I think that you are talking about a different project. What the problem that I was having is not seeing anything on a LCD.

I got something to display, but the problem that I am having now is that the character lineup for the row and column isn't right. 00 for the hdm-20416h is row 1 column 1. I get nothing there when I write to it. from the home position I get something. If I write to line 2 which is 40 I get nothing. 40 meaning line 2 column 2.