18f14k22 portb.5 always high using hserout

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There are threads in this forum which have addressed this, worth a search, that said HSERIN idles the input pin at high logic level. To switch it to an i/o port you need to turn it off before you try to use it. Look at pp184 of the data sheet as it addresses RCSTA register.

push goes to shove you might use Debug instead of HSER commands, it's pretty lean for bit bang serial port.