Hi Joe,

Does the receiver still fail to boot sometimes?
No, so far so good

You may need to add some character pacing scheme and or send data X # of times to insure reception.
Did that...well...sort of...

Here's the RX code
Code:
'****************************************************************
'*  Name    : RXDemo.BAS                                        *
'*  Author  : [select VIEW...EDITOR OPTIONS]                    *
'*  Notice  : Copyright (c) 2008 [select VIEW...EDITOR OPTIONS] *
'*          : All Rights Reserved                               *
'*  Date    : 01-06-2009                                        *
'*  Version : 1.0                                               *
'*  Notes   : Demo for SureElectronics RF modules               *
'*          : 16F88                                             *
'****************************************************************

    CCP1CON = %00000000         ' Disable CCP
    SSPCON.5 = 0                ' Disable SSP Module
    ANSEL = %00000000           ' Set analog ports to digital mode
    CMCON = %00000111           ' Turn off comparator  


TRISA=%00100000
TRISB=%00000100
   
'*****************************************************************************
'DEFINEs
'*****************************************************************************

DEFINE OSC 4

@ DEVICE PROTECT_OFF
@ DEVICE CCPMX_OFF
@ DEVICE DEBUG_OFF
@ DEVICE WRT_OFF
@ DEVICE CPD_OFF
@ DEVICE LVP_OFF
@ DEVICE BOD_OFF
@ DEVICE MCLR_OFF
@ DEVICE PWRT_ON
@ DEVICE WDT_ON
@ DEVICE XT_OSC
     
'*****************************************************************************
' DEFINE LCD pins

DEFINE  LCD_DREG        PORTA
DEFINE  LCD_DBIT            0

DEFINE  LCD_RSREG       PORTB
DEFINE  LCD_RSBIT           1

DEFINE  LCD_EREG        PORTB
DEFINE  LCD_EBIT            0

DEFINE  LCD_BITS            4

DEFINE LCD_LINES 4              ' # of Lines on LCD,  1 or 2 (Note: use 2 for 4 lines)
DEFINE LCD_COMMANDUS 2000       'lcd delay us
DEFINE LCD_DATAUS 50            ' Data delay time in us

'*****************************************************************************
'debug defines

INCLUDE "modedefs.bas" 
DEFINE DEBUG_REG PORTB  
DEFINE DEBUG_BIT 3
DEFINE DEBUG_BAUD 19200
DEFINE DEBUG_MODE 1
define DEBUGIN_REG PORTB
define DEBUGIN_BIT 2
define DEBUGIN_BAUD 19200
define DEBUGIN_MODE 1
DEFINE DEBUG_PACING 10000

'*****************************************************************************
'PINS
 
adc     var          PORTA.0  '
a1      var          PORTA.1  '
lcd1    var          porta.2  '
lcd2    var          porta.3  '
freq    var          porta.4  'pin8 of transceiver
BUT1    var          porta.5  'Button1
xtal1   var          porta.6  '
xtal2   var          porta.7  '
B0      var          portb.0  '
B1      var          portb.1  '
RX      var 	     PORTB.2  ' out
TX      var 	     PORTB.3  ' in
lcd4    var          portb.4  'Data pin for LCD         
lcd5    var          portb.5  'Data pin for LCD
lcd6    var          portb.6  'Data pin for LCD  
lcd7    var          portb.7  'Data pin for LCD  

'*****************************************************************************
'variables

maximo   var        WORD	'maximum value detected
minimo   var        WORD	'minimum value detected
media    var        WORD	'average
mediac   var        WORD	'total of records received - average count
km       var        WORD	'PowerOn counter
MA       var        WORD	'
MI       var        WORD	'
ps4      var        WORD	'
value    var        WORD	'value received
medres   var        WORD	'value sum for avg math
ADDR     var        word
ra       var        word
time     var        word
timex    var        word
MYDATA   var        word

'contants
Row1  CON 128 'constant for LCD line1
Row2  CON 192 'constant for LCD line2
Row3  CON 148 'comstant for LCD line3
Row4  CON 212 'constant for LCD line4
cl    con 254 'constant for LCD clear line


clear
'*****************************************************************************

INCLUDE "lcdbarIN.bas" 
DEFINE  LCD4X20  1
 
'***********************************************************
INIT:
high tx
high rx
pause 400
lcdout $fe,1,"  RX demo " 
lcdout $fe,$c0,"     ...        "
pause 1500
if but1=1 then
goto chann
endif

man:
lcdout cl,row1," adc ", dec value 
lcdout cl,row2," media  ", dec media

rec:
debugin [wait ("ok"),dec MYDATA]     
lcdout cl,row4, "received - ",dec MYDATA,"   "

goto REC

chann:
low freq
pause 50
while but1=1
debug $af, $20
wend
goto man

'
end
and the TX code
Code:
'****************************************************************
'*  Name    : TXDemo.BAS                                        *
'*  Author  : [select VIEW...EDITOR OPTIONS]                    *
'*  Notice  : Copyright (c) 2008 [select VIEW...EDITOR OPTIONS] *
'*          : All Rights Reserved                               *
'*  Date    : 01-06-2009                                        *
'*  Version : 1.0                                               *
'*  Notes   : Demo for SureElectronics RF modules               *
'*          : 16F88                                             *
'****************************************************************

    CCP1CON = %00000000         ' Disable CCP
    SSPCON.5 = 0                ' Disable SSP Module
    CMCON = %00000111           ' Turn off comparator 

TRISA=%00100001
TRISB=%00000100
   
'*****************************************************************************
'DEFINEs
'*****************************************************************************
 
@ DEVICE PIC16F88, HS_OSC
@ DEVICE PIC16F88, MCLR_OFF
@ DEVICE PIC16F88, PROTECT_OFF

DEFINE OSC 10

@ DEVICE PIC16F88, CPD_OFF
@ DEVICE PIC16F88, LVP_OFF
@ DEVICE PIC16F88, BOD_OFF
@ DEVICE PIC16F88, PWRT_OFF
@ DEVICE PIC16F88, WDT_OFF
@ DEVICE PIC16F88, CCPMX_OFF

'*****************************************************************************
'ADC

DEFINE ADC_BITS 10 ' Set number of bits in result ( 8 or 10 bits )
DEFINE ADC_CLOCK 3 ' Set clock source (3=rc)
DEFINE ADC_SAMPLEUS 50 ' Set sampling time in uS

'*****************************************************************************

ANSEL=%00000001 
ADCON1=%10000000 'no Vref - Right Justify 
ADCON0=%11000001  
     
'*****************************************************************************
' DEFINE LCD pins

DEFINE  LCD_DREG        PORTB
DEFINE  LCD_DBIT            4

DEFINE  LCD_RSREG       PORTA
DEFINE  LCD_RSBIT           3

DEFINE  LCD_EREG        PORTA
DEFINE  LCD_EBIT            2

DEFINE  LCD_BITS            4

DEFINE LCD_LINES 4              ' # of Lines on LCD,  1 or 2 (Note: use 2 for 4 lines)
DEFINE LCD_COMMANDUS 2000       'lcd delay us
DEFINE LCD_DATAUS 50            ' Data delay time in us
'*****************************************************************************
'debug defines

INCLUDE "modedefs.bas" 
DEFINE DEBUG_REG PORTB  
DEFINE DEBUG_BIT 3
DEFINE DEBUG_BAUD 19200
DEFINE DEBUG_MODE 1
DEFINE DEBUGIN_REG PORTB
DEFINE DEBUGIN_BIT 2
DEFINE DEBUGIN_BAUD 19200
DEFINE DEBUGIN_MODE 1
DEFINE DEBUG_PACING 10000

'*****************************************************************************
'PINS
 
adc     var          PORTA.0  'analog input
A1      var          PORTA.1  '
lcd1    var          porta.2  '
lcd2    var          porta.3  '
freq    var          porta.4  'pin8 from transceiver
BUT1    var          porta.5  'But1
Xtal1   var          porta.6  'Xtal
Xtal2   var          porta.7  'Xtal
B0      var          portb.0  '
B1      var          portb.1  '
RX      var 	     PORTB.2  ' in
TX      var 	     PORTB.3  ' out
lcd3    var          portb.4  'Data pin for LCD         
lcd4    var          portb.5  'Data pin for LCD
lcd5    var          portb.6  'Data pin for LCD 
lcd6    var          portb.7  'Data pin for LCD  

'*****************************************************************************
'variables

maximo   var        WORD	'maximum value detected
minimo   var        WORD	'minimum value detected
media    var        WORD	'average
mediac   var        WORD	'total of records received - average count
km       var        WORD	'PowerOn counter
MA       var        WORD	'
MI       var        WORD	'
ME       var        WORD	'
ps4      var        WORD	'
value    var        WORD	'value received
medres   var        WORD	'value sum for avg math
ADDR     var        word
ra       var        word
time     var        word
timex    var        word
MYDATA   var        word

'contants
p1a             con   $10     
p1b             con   $e20
ctw             CON   $A0 
Row1  CON 128 'constant for LCD line1
Row2  CON 192 'constant for LCD line2
Row3  CON 148 'comstant for LCD line3
Row4  CON 212 'constant for LCD line4
cl    con 254 'constant for LCD clear line


clear
'*****************************************************************************

INCLUDE "lcdbarIN.bas" 
DEFINE  LCD4X20  1
 
'***********************************************************
INIT:
high rx
high tx
pause 400
lcdout $fe,1,"  TX demo " 
lcdout $fe,$c0,"     ...        "
pause 1500
debug $55
if but1=1 then
goto chann
endif

man:
high freq        
me=0
for ra=0 to 15
adcin adc,value
pause 50
me=me+value
next ra
me=me/16
media=me
media=(media*/5000)>>2
lcdout cl,row1," adc ", dec value 
lcdout cl,row2," media  ", dec media


transmit:
lcdout cl,row4,"transmiting - ",dec value ,"   "
debug $55,"ok", dec value dig 3, dec value dig 2, dec value dig 1, dec value dig 0

goto man

chann:
low freq
pause 50
while but1=1
debug $af, $20
wend
goto man

end