Don't bother playing with the SSP registers.
PBP's I2C commands are "bit-banged", and they do not use the Hardware I2C (SSP module).

I2C_INTERNAL is only for a small group of Very OLD pic's that have Internal I2C memory. It doesn't apply to PBP's I2CWRITE/READ commands.

coyotegd,

You still haven't responded to the previous suggestions regarding the Word sized Address.
Can't go any further without that result.
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