Lincoln technology has some modules. They are easy to use but a little bigger and more expensive than others but worth it for small scale ease of use.

Probably a register error or Mclr or wdt not disabled. Proper osc settings?

The flag set is a pretty good method. I can't imagine a scenario where that would not be my first choice.

I am starting to study your problem a little more. See if I am up to speed on things. The datasheet you referenced I saw 9600 baud but it is working at 57600? You wrote the MiniGPS program but on a PC? The PC is buffering all your data. Here is one of many uart interrupt samples I have posted. I thi...

Two thoughts
use an interrupt
Maybe try a write from uart 2 but send it to the pc

Good points Mince.

After I thought about it, if there was a problem with the peripheral bus and baud rate there would not be a readable output ("Encode Running"). The problem is likely on the input. Have you connected your pic to the PC to send in characters or did you connect the GPS to the PC? Perhaps the level comi...

I think as multiple compiler projects is OK as long as there is clear labeling of what the projects are. Perhaps use logos that are very easy to read. I think it would be helpful to have some selective searching similar to what Mouser offers to help limit the parameters. Sorry mE I hope this section...

Is the baud rate calculation contingent on a certain peripheral clock rate and is that consistent?
Edit : don't use pull up.dn resistors on the lines.

I would suspect the baud rate is wrong or there is a lot of noise.

I've been looking for a reason to pimp up some code for a uart interrupt example and this just might be it!

I dont understand the question.
Do you have a value of 48 and want to know the ascii value ("0")?
Have you consulted the character map in the IDE?
What are doing with the data? - Uart? - LCD?

Maybe post some code?

Maybe try

hybyte = hybyte << 1;

Build your own for fun. Cool. You should be able to increment. Maybe try