Thanks for the input, Al. I build a PCB for my project today and that is when I discovered that I had left out resistors R6 and R7 from my schematic. I also realized that I had not done anything with pin 4. I went to the data sheet and, after reading, I decided to use pin 4 as MCLR. I also decided that I wanted POR active so I added the RC network that was suggested in the data sheet and then turned on those options in the PIC. I don't know the pros and cons of that decision but the MCLR and POR could be useful, in my opinion. I've updated my schematic and included it in the following attachment.
Tenaja, thank you for looking over the code and pointing out that PAUSE will work with a byte variable. Actually, I did realize that a BYTE was not large enough for my original calculation after I had struggled with it for a long while.Thanks again!
OK, here's the latest iteration of my circuit. This is the way I have built it onto a PCB today and it appears to be working great. Just have to experiment with the magnets under the train in order to get the spacing correct for the reed switches. I will post the final version of the code once I get a chance to update it and maybe try a couple little changes.
Regards,
Mitch
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