Quote Originally Posted by Joe S.
<h4>LCDOUT DEFINES</h4> if LCD_LINES 2 has no apparant effect to limit the LCD from displaying more, why is it even used?
In the example code you gave you are sending to a Serial LCD display using SEROUT

LCDOUT DEFINES are exactly what the name suggests...definitions for the LCDOUT command which you are not using!!!

Likewise HSER_ defines are for HSEROUT and will have no effect on any SEROUT commands.