Hi Sherwin,

This is the control line sequence from one of my programs :

;RS (1) 1 1 1
;EN (0) 1 1 0 (EN 1>0 LATCHES DATA Y)
;DATA (X) X Y Y
;

;RS (1) 0 0 0 0
;E (0) 0 1 1 0 (E=1>0 LATCHES INSTR Y)
;DATA (X) X X Y Y
;

This is 3 years old, so I can't explain why it works, but it does! About the LCD status bit, I was lazy & the processor had all the time in the world, so I used a couple of delays - don't tell anyone!

Regards,

Richard