I'm have inconsistant results when using a Serial LCD as a debug/development tool to tell me what's happening in my program.

I've homed in on:

+ Pausing for 1 second on powerup to all the LCD to stabalize
+ I pause for 0.5 seconds after a clear
+ If I direct the cursor to the home position (line1 or line2) I'll pause for
10ms or so to make sure the command is executed.
+I tried running at 2400 baud and have changed over to 1200 baud.

One frequent quirk is that I usually get a bogus character at the home postion
after powering up, clearing and sending the first "Message".

Seems I'm spending more time debugging the LCD display rather my code. :-(

Thanks for any experience you can share...Chris