Quote Originally Posted by mister_e


The LCDOUT defines don't alter the SERIN/SEROUT... it's two different things.
Yes , that I knew already
Quote Originally Posted by mister_e
If you want to use the internal USART RCSTA/TXSTA/SPBRG you have to use HSEROUT/HSERIN AND the dedicated I/O.
This I am already doing and now understand how to shift baud rates . . easy
Quote Originally Posted by mister_e
If you want to use your favourite I/O and don't want to mess your time in calcs, use SEROUT/SEROUT2. these allow to change the baudrate on the fly without too much effort, fat free and allow to use almost every PIC i/o.
No need, serial backpack works great, tweaking to add features.
Quote Originally Posted by mister_e
And if you want to configure your Serial LCD... i don't know how as you never said which one you're using

But for sure LCD_LINES is not the solution.
My real question was, or is : in the <h4>LCDOUT DEFINES</h4> if LCD_LINES 2 has no apparant effect to limit the LCD from displaying more, why is it even used?