James,
     I understand. I'm going to post the code in a couple of minutes.
Thanks,
rich!

On 10/23/2015 2:27 AM, James Cameron wrote:
> As r/s line never goes high, work on that.  LCD_Send_data requires it
> to go high in order to clock data out.  It's the cause of the LCD
> ignoring you.
>
> I suggest writing a new program just to set r/s high, and test it
> against your LEDs.
>
> Pastebin won't have a trouble with a large C program.  It won't be
> private.  Don't use it if you don't mind others seeing it, but as
> you're posting to PIClist you should already be fine with that.
>
> As for compression, don't worry about it.  As long as you have a
> modern web browser, it will handle compression for you.
>
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 01:32:57AM -0500, Richard R. Pope wrote:
>> James,
>>       I just finished installing the LEDs. I increased wait(); to about =
2
>> seconds instead of about 20ms. The e line goes high and low. The r/w
>> line goes high and low. The r/s line never goes high. Can I zip the code
>> and put it into pastebin? I have never used it before. We could go
>> private but then others will miss out on what we are doing here.
>> Thanks,
>> rich!
>>
>> On 10/23/2015 1:14 AM, James Cameron wrote:
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> The LCD might not be properly initialised for communication, yet it
>>> might still have a flashing or movable cursor?
>>>
>>> Is the PIC moving the cursor, or is the LCD doing it alone?
>>>
>>> I'm looking through a peephole at your code.  My experience is better
>>> suited to looking at all the code.  Is there some reason you can't
>>> share all the code each time?  Too big?  Use a GitHub Gist, or a
>>> Pastebin and share the link by mail?
>>>
>>> Removing the check for busy doesn't sound like a good idea; if you
>>> send anything while it is busy, it has the right to ignore you.
>>>
>>> The symptom you describe sounds like it is ignoring you.
>>>
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastebin
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 09:54:48PM -0500, Richard R. Pope wrote:
>>>> James,
>>>>        I have never doubted your abilities and I have a lot of respect=
 for
>>>> you and David. I have a flashing cursor on the LCD. I can also move th=
e
>>>> cursor around on the LCD. That is how I know that the LCD has been
>>>> properly initialized. I have two o-scopes but I never thought of LEDs.
>>>> I'm going to install the LEDs. That is a great idea. Here is what I am
>>>> doing in main:
>>>> lcd_initialize(i);            //Initialize the LCD
>>>>
>>>> LCD_set_position(3);        //move the cursor to the third position
>>>> LCD_send_char('a');
>>>> //LCD_send_string("Hello!");
>>>> /*LCD_clear();  */
>>>>                        This is the routine to actually send the charac=
ter
>>>> to the LCD:
>>>>                                                        extern void
>>>> LCD_send_char(char char_)
>>>>                                                                {
>>>>      //unsigned char character;
>>>>        //character =3D char_;
>>>>      LCD_data =3D char_;
>>>>        LCD_e =3D 1;                    //pulse the enable line
>>>>        //LCD_Send_data(character);
>>>>        wait_ms(5);                   //wait_ms for 5 milliseconds (us)
>>>>      LCD_e    =3D 0;
>>>>        wait_ms(10);
>>>>        //read_busy_flag();       //wait for the LCD to finish
>>>>                                                                }
>>>>                        The commented out lines are where I have tried
>>>> different ways of doing this. All to no avail. When I originally wrote
>>>> this it was for a 16f84a. It ran on that PIC. But I have not been able
>>>> to get it to work on this PIC.
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> rich!
>>>>
>>>>
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