I thought I had better restate what I am trying to do.
I want to simulate an 8 bit input from A2D (referenced to Vpp +5V)
using a FOR....NEXT loop. I want to see 0.00 climb up to 5.00 VDC...... on my LCD

Can someone tell me why my code below does not work?

Y var word
Value var byte

FOR Value = 0 to 0 STEP 255
Y =(Value/255)*5 '8 bit resolution math
LCDOUT 254,row1+1,"BATTERY ",DEC Y,".",DEC2 Y, " VDC" 'decimal point 3 sig figs
pause 10
next Value

All I get on my screen is "BATTERY 0.00 VDC" and no change

thanks...