I am at a loss here, I have researched over 30 online douments using HSERIN and for the most part they are all almost identicle. They all seem to be based on the MELABS HSERIN Sample, which is what mine is based off here. here is my code as it stands right now

Code:
'****************************************************************
INCLUDE "LCD_D.bas"
define OSC 4                               ' PORTA is input
define HSER_BAUD 9600
DEFINE HSER_CLROERR 1
DEFINE HSER_EVEN 0
DEFINE HSER_ODD 0
RCSTA = $90
TXSTA = $24
TRISD = 0                               ' PORTD is output

Char var byte[8]
Hserout ["Hello World", 13, 10]

Mainloop:
hserin 5000, Timeout, [Char]
LCDOUT $FE, 2
LCDOUT $FE, $80
LCDOUT "MY DATA = ", DEC Char
GOTO mainloop                           ' Repeat

Timeout:
Hserout ["Hello World", 13, 10]
goto mainloop  
END
Note that HSEROUT - I get no data on my pc... dont know why
on HSERIN it sometimes changes the number but its rare and random. and the numbers may not be the same after reset.

For right now, I just need to send a 16bit number to the PC and have the PC send a 16 bit number to the PIC, if this has to be done by sending the characters (2) from the PC to the PIC (i.e. AE ZT... etc...) for it to store each letter in its own byte and then the PIC can read 2 bytes together thats ok. sending from PIC to PC, im not sure what to expect right now