Enabling interrupts will not be the answer.  I just left this in comments in
case I want to enable it one day.  I have used this code on many projects
(previously in assember form) without trouble on many 16F87x parts.  When
you enable the UART it will override the PORTC TX and RX I/O control so in
theory it does not matter what you set the TRISC value to.  When TXEN (bit 5
of TXSTA) is set, PORTC[6] will become an output.

In looking at your code again it seems that you have the correct settings. 
The only thing I can suggest is to create a loop that checks the status like
my RS232putch and keep sending a character with lots of toggles.  Also,
double check that you are using the correct pin (pin 25 on the 40-pin
package, pin 17 on the 28 pin package).  Sometimes it is the simple stuff
that is going wrong when nothing makes sense. 


Jason-55 wrote:
> 
> From: "trossin" <ted_rossin@yahoo.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 11:35 AM
> 
>> Here it is in BoostC format.  You should be able to convert to JAL.
> 
> Thank you.  I still haven't gotten anywhere on the problem.
> 
> I can try translating that, but so far the only thing in it I see that I 
> haven't tried is enabling the transmit and receive interrupts
> 
>> set_bit(trisc,7); // PORTC[RX] is Input
>> clear_bit(trisc,6); // PORTC[TX] is Output
> 
> I'm confused by this now.  As Brent Brown pointed out earlier in the
> thread, 
> the datasheet says both tris bits should be set.  I originally was setting 
> RX and clearing TX as this code does.  I changed it to set both.
> 
> Jason 
> 
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