Richard Seriani, Sr. wrote:

> Would it have been 
> more correct to write, "you MAY have to set that pin low (clear it)..."?

The correct statement whould have been :

"You *never* have to set the pin to anything before
switching it into an input pin."

It just doesn't matter.

Well, if one deesn't have a quite bad design... :-)

> Without seeing the schematic or code, would this not be one possible 
> solution to the original poster's problem?

But if so, the "problem" is in the *design*.
Not in the code.

> Other possibilities that came to mind were lack of a pull-down resistor

Of course !
*Now* we are talking "solutions" ! :-)

Best Regards,
Jan-Erik.

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