trying the pot command to control delay

Can anyone help? I'm using a pic 16f84a to control some relays. I want to have a variable delay using a pot. This is what was programed

POT 1,255,B0
Let B1 = B0 * 1000
pause B1

I was thinking that the pot val B0 would be multipled by 1000 (1sec) and end up being anywhere from 0 to 255 seconds worth of delay (or pause) Well, it only gives me from 0 to a little more than 1 second worth of delay.
I'm new to this and am a loss. Is this the wrong way to go about this? Please help!! Can you pont me in the right direction?

POT is one of those commands you have to experiment with depending on your values of R and C.

For example, in one design, to get a span of approximately 0-255 into my variable I use...

POT WLTimer,95,DataA

For this particular Scale value, I was using a 10K preset and a 100nF Capacitor (the same ultra-cheapo Y5V dieletric Capacitors that are used for decoupling the PIC).

Hi, red Dog ...

The POT command works well only @ 4 MHz, with 0.1µF and 5 to 50 kohms...

further trials could show you the 0 -255 result range is a view of mind, linearity is also only acceptable within a limited range.

If you want fine results, try to use RC Time ...as Melabs recommends !!!

Alain