Henrik-
Thanks for the assist, but I don't think I can use that idea. There are some outputs which will be already active which another serial command comes in and I will need to add to the already ON LEDs with whatever new ones are called for.
There is a serial comm line coming into the project and on that serial comm is a byte which will let me know which output(s) to turn on. Some may or may not be on.
So, I will have to logically AND them to get the correct outputs on when they need to be.