Thanks for the response.

I tried loading the 9 characters after the $7E, and then running it through the case statement and I get the same problems.

I tried sending back out serially what I am was loading into inp, and I realized that I think that actually it is receiving correctly, but in fact that it has something to do with the dimming. I don't know if anybody has the time to look at all of this, but I'll attach my code below and see if anybody catches anything that I'm not.

DEFINE HSER_RCSTA 90h ' Enable serial receive
DEFINE HSER_TXSTA 24h ' Enable serial transmit

SPBRG = 10

DEFINE HSER_CLROERR 1 'Clear Overflow Automatically


PIE1.5 = 1 ' Enable interrupt on USART

ADCON1 = %01111111
INTCON = %11000000
INTCON3 = %10010000


ON INTERRUPT GoTo Interupt ' Declare interrupt handler routine

INP VAR BYTE(9)
TMP VAR BYTE
LowTimer VAR BYTE
HighTimer VAR BYTE



HSEROUT ["Now Operating at 115.2KBps",10]




TRISA.0 = 0 'Channel 1 'Red
TRISA.1 = 0 'Channel 2
TRISA.2 = 0 'Channel 3
TRISA.3 = 0 'Channel 4
TRISB.3 = 0 'Channel 5 'Green
TRISB.2 = 0 'Channel 6
TRISB.7 = 0 'Channel 7
TRISB.6 = 0 'Channel 8

TRISB.0 = 0 'New Channel 8

TRISB.2 = 1 '120VAC Line In

PORTA.0 = 0
PORTA.1 = 0


Loop:

'String Reading and Brightness Adjustment

LowTimer = TMR0L
HighTimer = TMR0H

IF HighTimer = 0 THEN
IF INP(0) > LowTimer THEN
PORTA.0 = 1 'Channel 1
GOSUB TRIAC_PAUSE
PORTA.0 = 0
ENDIF
IF INP(1) > LowTimer THEN
PORTA.1 = 1 'Channel 2
GOSUB TRIAC_PAUSE
PORTA.1 = 0
ENDIF
IF INP(2) > LowTimer THEN
PORTA.2 = 1 'Channel 3
GOSUB TRIAC_PAUSE
PORTA.2 = 0
ENDIF
IF INP(3) > LowTimer THEN
PORTA.3 = 1 'Channel 4
GOSUB TRIAC_PAUSE
PORTA.3 = 0
ENDIF

LowTimer = TMR0L
HighTimer = TMR0H

IF INP(4) > LowTimer THEN
PORTB.3 = 1 'Channel 5
GOSUB TRIAC_PAUSE
PORTB.3 = 0
ENDIF
IF INP(5) > LowTimer THEN
PORTB.6 = 1 'Channel 6
GOSUB TRIAC_PAUSE
PORTB.6 = 0
ENDIF
IF INP(6) > LowTimer THEN
PORTB.7 = 1 'Channel 7
GOSUB TRIAC_PAUSE
PORTB.7 = 0
ENDIF
IF INP(7) > LowTimer THEN
PORTB.0 = 1 'Channel 8
GOSUB TRIAC_PAUSE
PORTB.0 = 0
ENDIF
ENDIF

Goto LOOp

DISABLE

Interupt:

IF INTCON3.1 = 1 THEN
TMR0H = 0
TMR0L = 0
T0CON = %10000110
INTCON3 = %10010000
ELSE
HSERIN [wait($7E),wait($80),STR INP\8]
INTCON = %11000000
ENDIF


Proceed:
Resume
Enable

triac_pause:



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