Sorry guys, getting confused....
Can somebody PLEASE simply adjust "MY" few lines of code (up near top of thread) to show me EXACTLY what i should be writing/reading.

If i write decimal or hex i can't get the right figures.
Someone tells me i can't write in decimal, someone else says i can, and so on.....

If i remove the "#" in my SerOut line, i get NOTHING to come out.

What the ???????