this is the program i used which displayed only "hello" in the first line.

DB0 EQU P2.0
DB1 EQU P2.1
DB2 EQU P2.2
DB3 EQU P2.3
DB4 EQU P2.4
DB5 EQU P2.5
DB6 EQU P2.6
DB7 EQU P2.7

EN EQU P3.5
RS EQU P3.7
RW EQU P3.6
DATA1 EQU P2

org 0000h
LJMP START

org 2300h

WAIT_LCD:
CLR EN ;Start LCD command
CLR RS ;It's a command
SETB RW ;It's a read command
MOV DATA1,#0FFh ;Set all pins to FF initially
SETB EN ;Clock out command to LCD
MOV A,DATA1 ;Read the return value
JB ACC.7,WAIT_LCD ;If bit 7 high, LCD still busy
CLR EN ;Finish the command
CLR RW ;Turn off RW for future commands
RET



INIT_LCD:

SETB EN
CLR RS
MOV DATA1,#38h
CLR EN
lcall wait_lcd


SETB EN
CLR RS
MOV DATA1,#0eh
CLR EN
LCALL wait_lcd

SETB EN
CLR RS
MOV DATA1,#06h
CLR EN
LCALL wait_lcd
RET

CLEAR_LCD:

SETB EN
CLR RS
MOV DATA1,#01h
CLR EN
LCALL wait_lcd
RET

WRITE_TEXT:

SETB EN
SETB RS
MOV DATA1,A
CLR EN
LCALL wait_lcd
RET

START:

LCALL INIT_LCD
LCALL CLEAR_LCD


MOV A,#'h'
LCALL WRITE_TEXT
MOV A,#'e'
LCALL WRITE_TEXT
MOV A,#'l'
LCALL WRITE_TEXT
MOV A,#'l'
LCALL WRITE_TEXT
MOV A,#'o'

SETB EN
CLR RS
MOV DATA1,#0c0h
CLR EN
LCALL wait_lcd

MOV A,#'W'
LCALL WRITE_TEXT
MOV A,#'O'
LCALL WRITE_TEXT
MOV A,#'R'
LCALL WRITE_TEXT
MOV A,#'l'
LCALL WRITE_TEXT
MOV A,#'d'
LCALL WRITE_TEXT

LJMP $
END
the program is from the tutorial.
please i need some help
thank you
jayanth