I am in need of 2.5 serial ports on the 18F1320, (1) RS-232, (1) RS485,=20
and (1) Serial LCD, Tx only). The RS-232 would be the hardware USART,=20
and the others would be Software Uart's. I understand the part of=20
modifying the specific Library files, and rebuilding after  revising the=20
PORT numbers. Here's the approach I'm thinking:
1: Copy 2 sets of the library sw_uart  files to the project directory.
2: Rename one of the sets of files, say append "_2".
3: On the first set of files change the ports, function, and file=20
references to match the first UART.
4:  On the 2nd set of files do the same.
5: Rebuild both sets of  library  files.
6: There will be 2 sets of function calls with different names

A couple of questions:
1: Is there a way to economize on code size? I'm thinking that could add=20
an arguement to the functions where need be to specify which software=20
ports we are pointing.
2: I haven't looked in detail, but, I'm assuming not all of the=20
sw_uart's files are port dependent, and will have no changes. Since they=20
are small and storage in project directory isn't an issue, is there a=20
reason to rebuild them, or will they just come along for the ride?

Thanks for comments. :)
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