HSERIN issue with a 18F452 and IF THEN statements or Case statements

I am using PB3 and programming a 18F452. The code I am using waits for a "%" from HSERIN then grabs the next 4 characters and processes them. A "!" is sent and then a numeric value. Then a "?" is sent next followed by another numeric value. So the whole incoming string would look like this %!2?3 for example. Everything seems to work OK as far as receiving the serial data. I just can't process it afterwards using IF THEN statements or CASE statements either. I am only interested in the numeric values of 2 and 3 in the %!2?3 received string. Now as you can see in my posted code the value after I receive the "!" is a 2 and it should be passed to the variable PS_State. Using an LCD I can confirm I am getting 2 passed to PS_State. The problem is the IF THEN statement "IF PS_State = 2 Then" will not process it. It will not update my PORTB and PORTC lines. I tried using a CASE statement to handle this before and it wouldn't work either. IF someone can offer some help or suggestions of what is wrong with this code it would be greatly appreciated. I have been trying to figure this out for several days with no success. I am using Labview to communicate with the 18F452 PIC that seems to be working correctly too. Labview communicates at 9600 baud, 8N1.

Code:

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Include "modedefs.bas"

#CONFIG
    CONFIG  OSC = HS              ; XT oscillator
    CONFIG  OSCS = OFF            ; Oscillator system clock switch option is disabled (main oscillator is source)
    CONFIG  PWRT = OFF            ; PWRT disabled
    CONFIG  BOR = OFF              ; Brown-out Reset enabled
    CONFIG  BORV = 20            ; VBOR set to 2.0V
    CONFIG  WDT = OFF              ; WDT enabled
    CONFIG  WDTPS = 128          ; 1:128
    CONFIG  CCP2MUX = OFF          ; CCP2 input/output is multiplexed with RC1
    CONFIG  STVR = ON            ; Stack Full/Underflow will cause RESET
    CONFIG  LVP = OFF            ; Low Voltage ICSP disabled
    CONFIG  DEBUG = OFF          ; Background Debugger disabled. RB6 and RB7 configured as general purpose I/O pins.
    CONFIG  CP0 = OFF            ; Block 0 (000200-001FFFh) not code protected
    CONFIG  CP1 = OFF            ; Block 1 (002000-003FFFh) not code protected
    CONFIG  CP2 = OFF            ; Block 2 (004000-005FFFh) not code protected
    CONFIG  CP3 = OFF            ; Block 3 (006000-007FFFh) not code protected
    CONFIG  CPB = OFF            ; Boot Block (000000-0001FFh) not code protected
    CONFIG  CPD = OFF            ; Data EEPROM not code protected
    CONFIG  WRT0 = OFF            ; Block 0 (000200-001FFFh) not write protected
    CONFIG  WRT1 = OFF            ; Block 1 (002000-003FFFh) not write protected
    CONFIG  WRT2 = OFF            ; Block 2 (004000-005FFFh) not write protected
    CONFIG  WRT3 = OFF            ; Block 3 (006000-007FFFh) not write protected
    CONFIG  WRTC = OFF            ; Configuration registers (300000-3000FFh) not write protected
    CONFIG  WRTB = OFF            ; Boot Block (000000-0001FFh) not write protected
    CONFIG  WRTD = OFF            ; Data EEPROM not write protected
    CONFIG  EBTR0 = OFF          ; Block 0 (000200-001FFFh) not protected from Table Reads executed in other blocks
    CONFIG  EBTR1 = OFF          ; Block 1 (002000-003FFFh) not protected from Table Reads executed in other blocks
    CONFIG  EBTR2 = OFF          ; Block 2 (004000-005FFFh) not protected from Table Reads executed in other blocks
    CONFIG  EBTR3 = OFF          ; Block 3 (006000-007FFFh) not protected from Table Reads executed in other blocks
    CONFIG  EBTRB = OFF          ; Boot Block (000000-0001FFh) not protected from Table Reads executed in other blocks
#ENDCONFIG

 DEFINE OSC 20
 DEFINE USE_LFSR 1         
 DEFINE LCD_DREG PORTD
 DEFINE LCD_DBIT 0
 DEFINE LCD_RSREG PORTA
 DEFINE LCD_RSBIT 3
 DEFINE LCD_EREG PORTA
 DEFINE LCD_EBIT 1
 DEFINE LCD_BITS 4
 DEFINE LCD_LINES 2
 DEFINE LCD_RWREG PORTA
 DEFINE LCD_RWBIT 2
 DEFINE LCD_COMMANDUS        2000
 DEFINE LCD_DATAUS        50
 
 DEFINE HSER_CLROERR 1 
 DEFINE HSER_BAUD 9600
'DEFINE HSER_SPBRG 129    '9600 Baud @ 20MHz, 0.16%

LCDOUT $FE, $01
Pause 100

TRISA = %11111111           
TRISB = %11100000       
TRISC = %10110000           
TRISE = %111
ADCON0=$07
ADCON1=$07
CCP1CON = $0
CCP2CON = $0               
RCSTA =  $90   
TXSTA =  $20
 INTCON = %00000000   
 PORTC.2 = 0         
 PORTB = %00010000 
 

RX_Buff VAR  Byte [5]       
PS_State VAR Byte
   

MainLoop:
 GOSUB RCVfromPC      'Go wait for data from the PC
 GOSUB SortData
 GOSUB Power_Supply
 GOTO MainLoop

RCVfromPC:
  HSERIN 5000,TimeOut, [WAIT("%"), STR RX_Buff\4]
  RETURN

TimeOut:
        pause(50)
        GOTO RCVfromPC

SortData:
IF RX_Buff(0) = 33 THEN PS_State = RX_Buff(1)
RETURN


Power_Supply:       
IF  PS_State = 1 Then             
      PORTB.0 = 1     
      PORTB.1 = 0       
      PORTB.2 = 0     
      PORTB.3 = 0               
      PORTC.2 = 1
EndIf
IF PS_State = 2  Then
        PORTB.0 = 1
        PORTB.1 = 1
        PORTB.2 = 0
        PORTB.3 = 0
        PORTC.2 = 1
EndIf       
IF  PS_State = 3  Then                         
      PORTB.0 = 1
      PORTB.1 = 1
      PORTB.2 = 1
      PORTB.3 = 0
      PORTC.2 = 1
EndIf
 IF  PS_State = 4  Then             
      PORTB.0 = 1
      PORTB.1 = 1
      PORTB.2 = 1
      PORTB.3 = 1
      PORTC.2 = 1     
  EndIf

        LCDOUT $FE, 1, PS_State
        Pause(2000)
        LCDOUT $FE, $01   
       
RETURN

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The problem is the IF THEN statement "IF PS_State = 2 Then" will not process it.

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did you send binary 2 or ascii 2? if its ascii

IF PS_State = "2" Then" .... or IF PS_State = 50 Then" .... or IF PS_State = $32 Then" ....

It was an ASCII 2.
I tried $32 and that worked. Thank you.