The below rather simple code will not operate a 2x16 LCD display that is installed in my EasyPic6 with a 18F4550 MCU. I have studied the examples that came with the EasyPic6 (which work with a 16F887 indicating the EasyPic6 is not the problem), the schematic for the EasyPic6 to make sure I had the port settings correct as used in the EasyPic6/LCD, and the LCDOUT section of the PBP manual. From this I am convinced I have the hardware setup and initalized correctly. I placed the TOGGLE statements in the code to trigger LED's that are on the EasyPic6 as a troubleshooting measure, and they continuously light up in the correct sequence, telling me that the code is actually working through the Main loop. So this made me believe I have some kind of problem with analog settings so used DT's ALLDIGITAL.pbp INCLUDE which I am not sure works with the 18F4550.
I checked the contrast and it is OK so the display's blue backlight turns on and it clears properly during the code, but no words are displayed.
From all of this, I am still not succeeding and am getting frustrated. Can anyone look at this rather simple code and tell me what might be wrong?
Code:
Define OSC 8

' LCD DEFINES
'============
    DEFINE LCD_DREG PORTB       ' Use PortB for LCD Data
    DEFINE LCD_DBIT 4           ' Use lower(4) 4 bits of PortB
                                ' PORTB.0 thru PORTB.3 connects to
                                ' LCD DB4 thru LCD DB-7 respectively
    DEFINE LCD_RSREG PORTB      ' PORTB for RegisterSelect (RS) bit
    DEFINE LCD_RSBIT 4          ' PORTB.4 pin for LCD's RS line
    DEFINE LCD_EREG PORTB       ' PORTB for Enable (E) bit
    DEFINE LCD_EBIT 5           ' PORTB.5 pin for LCD's E line
    DEFINE LCD_BITS 4           ' Using 4-bit bus
    DEFINE LCD_LINES 2          ' Using 2 line Display
    DEFINE LCD_COMMANDUS 2000   ' Command Delay (uS)
    DEFINE LCD_DATAUS 50        ' Data Delay (uS)

'** DEFINE LCD Control Constants ** 
'====================================
    I       CON 254           ' Control Byte 
    Clr     CON 1             ' Clear the display 
    Line1   CON 128           ' Point to beginning of line 1 
    Line2   CON 192           ' Point to beginning of line 2 

;--- if you un-comment these, you must comment the ones in the .inc file--
ASM  ; 18F2550/4550, 8mhz crystal
   __CONFIG    _CONFIG1L, _PLLDIV_2_1L & _CPUDIV_OSC1_PLL2_1L & _USBDIV_2_1L
   __CONFIG    _CONFIG1H, _FOSC_HSPLL_HS_1H
   __CONFIG    _CONFIG2L, _PWRT_ON_2L & _BOR_OFF_2L & _VREGEN_ON_2L
   __CONFIG    _CONFIG2H, _WDT_ON_2H & _WDTPS_512_2H
   __CONFIG    _CONFIG3H, _PBADEN_OFF_3H
   __CONFIG    _CONFIG4L, _LVP_OFF_4L & _XINST_OFF_4L
ENDASM

' Initialize Hardware 
' ------------------- 
INCLUDE "ALLDIGITAL.pbp"    ' Sets all registers for digital ops.
                            ' User must make sure the AllDigital.pbp file 
                            ' is in same directory location as this source
                            ' code before compiling.
    DEFINE SHOWDITIAL 1     ' When uncommented will show analog settings
                            ' in Assembler Results window.                        
    ' A/D & Comparators disabled for digital ops
        ' All of these statements should be commented out when using the
        ' INCLUDE "AllDigital.pbp" statement to set digital ops.
        'ADRESH = 0
        'ADRESL = 0
        'ADCON0 = 0
        'ADCON1 = %11111111
        'ADCON2 = 0
    TRISA =%00000000 
    TRISB =%11111111 
    TRISC =%00000000 
    TRISD =%00000000 
    TRISE =%00000000
    PORTB = 0

'Main Loop
'=========
Main:
    Pause 2000                          ' Delay to let LCD start up 
    TOGGLE PortA.2:Pause 1000           ' For test only...ops comment out
    LCDOut I,Clr:Pause 1000             ' Clear Display
    TOGGLEe PortA.3:Pause 1000           ' For test only...ops comment out
    LCDOut I,Line1+2," TEST "           ' Display "TEST" on 1st line
    LCDOut I,Line2+2,"..Power On.. !!"  ' Display "Power on" on 2nd line
    TOGGLE PortA.4:Pause 1000           ' For test only...ops comment out
    Goto Main                           ' Continue loop