well it sure is embarssing when you answer your own questions.

1. E is the "Clock" line
2. R/S tell the LCD whether the incomming data is intruction data or diplay data.
3. all display data is in ascii format.

A. initalization sequence before using the lcd.

B. i send the upper half (4 bits), make E go from high to low to high, send the lower half (4 bits), make the E go from high to low to high.



If any of these statements are wrong then please correct me. this is what i have gathered and not 100% on it all.