Skip the EEPROM statement, and use DATA.

If you know the last used EEPROM location from the previous program.
Start somewhere after that with ...
Code:
DATA @128 ; anywhere past the original data
Then let PBP decide where the rest goes with ...
Code:
ee_patnum      DATA 2
ee_stepnum     DATA 0
ee_bright      DATA 255
ee_xfade       DATA 254
And when you want to retrieve it ...
Code:
READ ee_bright, bright
READ ee_xfade, xfade
Or write to it ...
Code:
WRITE ee_bright, bright
WRITE ee_xfade, xfade

If you have PBP 2.60, you can also have DATA Words or Longs.

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