Quote Originally Posted by Sphere View Post
Is the display not compatable with pic basic and do you know what the EXT pin is.

Thanks Sphere.
I'd say it's 'compatible enough', it just needs different parameters than what the PBP manual calls for.
From the quick read I did of that datasheet (the rest is up to you), it looks to me like the left 12 characters can be accessed normally, like it was a regular 12x4 display. But to get to the right 8 characters, you have to use that pin in some way.
It's either that or write your own routines to handle the display...