16F627 with LCD

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I used the PRINT command to send words to a 16x1 LCD but only the first 8 characters of the word were displayed.  Am I doing something wrong?  Is their a command that will allow the entire word to be shown on the LCD.

[Nobody/Anonymous]

You should be able to display more than 8 characters using PRINT.

What make and model of LCD are you using? Could you post your code?

[Nobody/Anonymous]

The LCD may be wired up internally as 8 characters by 2 lines even though its physically 16x1. You could try moving the cursor to the second line using LOCATE and print something - it will probably appear on the last 8 characters.

[Nobody/Anonymous]

The LCD is an Epson EA-D16015AR.

The code is:
;Chip Settings
#chip 16F627,4
#config OSC=INTRC_OSC_CLKOUT

;Defines (Constants)
#define LCD_IO 8
#define LCD_DATA_PORT PORTB
#define LCD_RS PORTA.2
#define LCD_RW PORTA.1
#define LCD_Enable PORTA.3

'LCD connection settings
'A program to write words to an LCD display.
'Show opening message
Wait 1 s
Repeat 3
Print "GCBASIC Words"
Wait 2 s
CLS
Print "Msg. Sent"
Wait 2 s
CLS
End Repeat

[Nobody/Anonymous]

Try adding locates to your repeat loop to see if it is wired as an 8x2 line internally -

Repeat 3 
    Print "GCBASIC "
    Locate 1,0
    Print "Words" 
    Wait 2 s 
    CLS 
    Print "Message "
    Locate 1,0
    Print "Sent" 
    Wait 2 s 
    CLS 
End Repeat

If you haven't tried that already.

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I finally got a chance to try the suggested LOCATE command.  It worked. Thanks!