Hi Guys
Got it working....
Firstly thanks to Aldemir Da Silva,s for posting his serlcd serlcd sample code...Below is a link in the forum..
http://cq.cx/ladder-forum.pl?action=viewthread&parent=702
In his sample serlcd code he Powers the serlcd via a transistor..
I thought this was specific to his lcd so i chose to ignore it (silly me)...
Anyway what i did was connect my pic tx pin to the lcd and also to a rs232 chip ....On power up i could see on my pc that the pic would transmit my only programmed serial display message even though the rung in wasn,t true...The rung in had a timer on delay of 5 sec followed by an OSR and then the formatted serial message...I suspect the serlcd was initializing as it was receiving the messages on power ...Im wondering now if you have several formatted serial message will they all get transmitted on powerup...???
I have installed a npn transistor (switching the neg leg of the serlcd) and turn it on 5 sec after powerup...then 2 sec later i display my boot message and it works...;-)
Hopefully now i can progress....I,ll try and use Aldermir,s code if i can....
Thanks
Frank