On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 12:16 AM, Steve Maroney wrote: > Also, I think I should add that If I turn the contrast all the up, to > where I cant read the chars and see square blocks, I thought I would see > the second row blocks, as I do the first row, but I only see the first > row. > > Hopefully that makes some sense. Without examining your post in too much detail (have something urgent that needs attention), I would first assume that it would be a RAM address issue. I wrote some working code for the PIC18 in C18 - maybe it would be of some use to you: http://solar-blogg.blogspot.com/2009/02/pic18-hd44780-lcd-driver-interface-code.html -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist