Rs232 receive problem

[pixman]

HI TO ALL
I AM WORKING ON A PROJECT USING RS232. I HAVE GOT THE TRANSMIT PART WORKING PROPERLY BUT HAVE PROBLEMS WITH RECEIVE. TO TEST IF MY RECEIVE WORKS I SIMPLY RECEIVE THE DATA THE SEND IT BACK WITH THE TRANSMITTER
SAME A NIGELS TUTORIAL 7.7A I AM USING HYPERTERMINAL TO TEST WITH.
TO CHECK IF THE MAX232 IS WORKING I CONNECTED THE RX AND TX WIRES ON THE PIC SIDE AND IT ECHOS THE TEXT BACK.
DOES THIS MEAN THAT IS A PROBLEM ON THE PIC ITSELF.
I AM USING A PIC18F4520

HERE IS THE SERIAL INT I AM USING
SER_INIT
MOVLW d'207' ;9600 baud @ 8 Mhz Fosc -0.16 err SPBRG=207
MOVWF SPBRG
MOVLW b'00100100' ;brgh = 1
MOVWF TXSTA ;enable Async Transmission, set brgh
MOVLW b'10010000'
MOVWF RCSTA ;enable Async Reception
MOVLW B'00001000'
MOVWF BAUDCON

ANY THING ELSE I CAN TEST

 

[upand_at_them]

Did you turn off flow control in HyperTerminal? And are you using a loopback? At the PIC side of the connector connect pins 1, 4, and 6 together, and then pins 7 and 8 together.

 

[pixman]

Tried with flow none and hardware.
As i said ealier connected pins 9 and 10 of max232 together and get loop back.
I think it is something todo with the pic.

 

[upand_at_them]

Sorry, I didn't mean that type of loopback. Tying the suggested pins together is a signal loopback for the PC. And, yes, you want no flow control. Are you sure the MAX232 is wire properly? Is your loopback test done before or after the MAX232?

 

[pixman]

After the MAX232 pin9 and 10 go to the pic

 

[birdman0_o]

The max232 clearly functions properly. There is a problem with the PIC. It is good that it sends but there is a problem with receiving. Please post your code and use the code setting. Also , all capitals are annoying and hard on the eyes.

 

[Lourens]

The following code i use on a PIC18F2520
movlw B'11111111'
movwf TRISC,ACCESS ; Make Port C all inputs
movlw D'12'
movwf SPBRG,ACCESS ; Baud = 9600 for 8Mhz
bsf RCSTA,SPEN,ACCESS ;Enable serial port pins
bsf RCSTA,CREN,ACCESS ;Enable receive

 

[birdman0_o]

Full code please, this shows us nothing.

 

[pixman]

I found the problem late last night. I tried a pic16f876a in negels tutorial 7.7a and still no sending of rs232.
the problem was a stupid mistake. I never connected the max232 to GND. Strange how it was still able to send.