HSERIN and SEROUT2

I have an application where I want to use HSERIN and SEROUT2 on a 16F88. For this application TX needs to be inverted and HSEROUT won't do that without some type of inverter circuitry. I've set up the following I am able to RX but not TX. NOTE: Serout2 is not inverted for testing. Also I'm connected via a max232 TX functions noramlly if I swap Serout2 with Hserout.

Is using Serout2 for TX even possible? If so where am I going wrong?

DEFINE HSER_BAUD 9600
DEFINE HSER_RCSTA 90h
DEFINE HSER_TXSTA 04h ; Disable USART TX
DEFINE HSER_CLROERR 1
SerOut2 PORTB.5,84,["AT",CR] ; No data to PC via hyperterm

Hi Ben,

The SPEN bit in the RCSTA reg, sets control of both the RX and TX pins to the USART. There's no way to use the TX pin as general I/O at the same time.

You could put the SerOut2 on a different pin if you have a spare, but if Murphy's involved here, there probably aren't any.
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Hardware it is I guess