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XC164CS-32 port problems

Hello,

I'm using the XC164CS-32, 40 MHz, and I'm experiencing some problems with the ASC0 port where it seems that its not synchronizing with the program I wrote in C#. The application I wrote will send out at least 6 ASCII characters, but no more than 9.

#define TIMEOUT_100MS                                   31250
#define EBCMOD0_SETTING                                 0x1820
#define EBCMOD1_SETTING                                 0x003F
#define FCONCS1_SETTING                                 0x0031u
#define TCONCS1_SETTING                                 0x0181u
#define ADDRSEL1_SETTING                                0xB000u

#define PORT1_HIGH_DIRECTION_SETTINGS   0x0F
#define PORT1_LOW_DIRECTION_SETTINGS    0xFF
#define PORT3_DIRECTION_SETTINGS                0xB620
#define PORT4_DIRECTION_SETTINGS                0x00FC
#define PORT9_DIRECTION_SETTINGS                0x0001

#define SYS_RDY                                                 P1H_P0



void main(void)

{




        char temp_string[9] = "\0";
        char label[3] = "";
        int i = 0;




        ASC0_FDV = 0x003B;      /* load ASC0 fractional divider register */
        ASC0_BG = 0x000E;       /* load ASC0 baud rate time reload register */
        ASC0_CON = 0x88D1;      /* load ASC0 control register */
        DP1L = PORT1_LOW_DIRECTION_SETTINGS;
         DP1H = PORT1_HIGH_DIRECTION_SETTINGS;




        ALTSEL0P3 = 0x2720;
        ASC0_TIC = 0x01B9u;
        ASC0_RIC = 0x01F9;
        DP3 = 0xB620;
        P3_P10 = 1;
        P1H_P3 = 0; /* Disable the loopback relays */
        ASC0_RXFCON = 0x0607;
        ASC0_RXFCON = 0x0605;
        GPT12E_T3CON_T3R = 1;  /* Start the timer T3 */
        printf ("Initialized\n");
        setup();
        update();

        while (1)
    {
        if (GPT12E_T3 > TIMEOUT_100_MS)
                {
                        GPT12E_T3 = 0; /* Reset the timer */
                        update();
                }

                  // if ( (ASC0_FSTAT & 0x0F) != 0)
                if ( (ASC0_FSTAT & 0x0F) > 6)
            {

                    gets(temp_string, 9);

                        if (strcmp(temp_string, "status") == 0)
                                printstat();

                        else if (strlen(temp_string) < 8)
                        {
                                printf("sync error. purging RX buffer...\n\n");
                                for (i = 0; i < 100; i++)
                                        ASC0_RBUF = 0x0;

                                ASC0_RXFCON = 0x0607;
                                ASC0_RXFCON = 0x0605;
                        }

                        else
                        {




                                label[0] = temp_string[6];
                                label[1] = temp_string[7];
                                label[2] = '\0';




                            printf("\nInput: %s \n", temp_string);
                                printf("\nhex label: %s \n",label);




                                if (strcmp(label,"38") == 0)
                                {
                                         // some code
                                }




                                if (strcmp(label,"72") == 0)
                                {
                                         // some code
                                }




                                if (strcmp(label,"8A") == 0)
                                {
                                         // some code
                                }




                        strcpy(label,"");
                        ASC0_RXFCON = 0x0607;
                        ASC0_RXFCON = 0x0605;




            }




        }




}

My problem lies in the following IF statement:

if (ASC0_FSTAT & 0x000F) != 0)

For some strange reason, it's not getting the first two characters that I send to it via RS232 and it seems to be some kind of synchronization problem.

I thought I would change the situation by replacing the != 0, but when I try making it greater than 6 (> 6), it will hang and will no received data is coming in.

Does any one see a problem and can help me out?

Steve