I made a short program to test the input switch.
It flashes a couple of LEDs and if the switch is pressed (ground pin1 GPIO1)
it by passes the later flash.
I did learn that Ihad to do the CMON callto get the 12F629 digital.
I declared no variables since the button command seems to do this.

What ever I do, it ignores my input switch.
I went to the button command, but it still ignores.
GPIO1 is 1 and then 0 when switch pressed.
I set B0 = 1 which is steady state before switch pressed. This should be unnecessary but i tried it anyway.

Everything works, it just ignores my input. Just keeps trucking on without no short loop.
Thanks
Gene

'************************************************* ***************
'* Name : Test.BAS *
'* Author : Gene Choin *
'* Notice : Copyright (c) 2009 *
'* : All Rights Reserved *
'************************************************* ***************
'* Date : 9/20/2009 2:13 *
'* Version : 1.0 *
'* Notes : TEST for 12F629 Input *
'* *
'************************************************* ***************
'TEST program for reading input on pin 1 (Physical pin 6 on 12F629 = GPIO1).
'pin1 has a 24K pull up resistor to 5V and switch to ground.
'If pin1 = 0, flash pin 4 and retest.
'If pin1 = 1. flash pin 5 also and then GOTO TEST

Symbol CMCON = $1f 'Alias $1f to CMCON
Poke CMCON, 7 'makes all digital I/O
'Variables

'Ports
Output 0 'Make GP0 the Strike output
Input 1 'Make GP1 the Run Sense in
Output 2 'Make GP2 the Filament Drive out
Input 3 'Make GP3 the MCLR in
Output 4 'Make GP4 the START LED out
Output 5 'Make GP5 the RUN LED out


'Begin Program
TEST:
pulsout 4,2000 'Marker - Pin 4 for 4 sec
High 4
Pause 4000
Low 4
Let B0 = 1 'clear B0
button 1,0,0,0,B0,0,Fil_hi
High 5 'Marker - Pin 5 for 4 sec
pause 4000
Low 5

Fil_HI:
High 2
Pause 4000 'Marker - Pin 2 for 4 sec
Low 2
GOTO TEST
end