help with 4 x 20 LCD

[richard]

LCDOUT $FE,1
lcdout $FE,$80,"Hello"

the $FE,$80 is tolally unnecessary , the $FE,1 not only clears the screen it homes the cursor to
line 1 pos 0 too

LCDOUT $FE,1:FLAGS=0:PAUSE 250:LCDOUT $FE,1:PAUSE 250 ' Initialize LCD

is a waste of code space and indicates that the power on lcd wait may be too short



Pause xxx ' Wait for LCD to start up
LCDOUT $FE,1

is adequate , I have had displays that need the pause xxx to be as long as 500mS


its also possible that the default config settings in your pic16f887.inc file don't match your setup

can you blink a led at defined rate correctly ?