Cannot get lcd to work

Greetings,

Thank you all for the support.

I am trying to get some text displayed on an LCD but I cannot get it to work. I found some code and got rid of everything but the basics but for some reason I cannot get it to work. There is a timer interrupt within the code I'm not 100% sure what it does but i believe it triggers the reloading of the text to the LCD could someone clarify this for me?

Here is the code:

/*
 * UART TX demonstration program for MSP430G2231, using
 * SparkFun Serial LCD module.
 *
 * Hook up the RX line on the SparkFun Serial LCD backpack to
 * P1.1 (TXD) on the LaunchPad board, power everything appropriately,
 * and you're all set to go.
 *
 * Matthew R. Wilson <mwilson@mattwilson.org>
 * http://mattwilson.org/msp430/
 * August 16, 2010
 *
 * The code to deal with serial data transmission in the following
 * functions is copied and modified from the sample program that ships
 * with the TI MSP430 LaunchPad:
 *   ConfigureTimerUart()
 *   Transmit()
 *   Timer_A()
 *
 * Release for demonstration and education purposes only, I make no
 * promises that this code will even work properly, let alone do anything
 * useful.
 */

#include "msp430g2553.h"

// Pins on the MSP430 we're using
#define     TXD                   BIT1     // TXD on P1.1



//   Conditions for 9600 Baud SW UART, SMCLK = 1MHz
#define     Bitime                13       // 1,000,000 / 8 / 9600 = ~13

// variables for serial communication
unsigned char BitCnt;
unsigned int  TXByte;



// function prototypes
void TXString(char *string);
void ConfigureTimerUart(void);
void Transmit();
void brag(void);


void main( void )
{
  // Stop watchdog timer to prevent time out reset
  WDTCTL = WDTPW + WDTHOLD;

  // Set clock to 1MHz, and SMCLK to 125kHz
  BCSCTL1 = CALBC1_1MHZ;
  DCOCTL = CALDCO_1MHZ;
  BCSCTL2 &= ~(DIVS_3);         //SMCLK is DCO/8

  // Set up the timer to simulate a UART
  ConfigureTimerUart();


  // wait for LCD display to initialize
  __delay_cycles(1000000);

  __enable_interrupt();



  brag();

  // Display the current button count, then go into LPM4. The button
  // interrupt handler will turn the CPU back on which will bring us back
  // to the beginning of the while() loop.
  while(1)
  {
    brag();
    __bis_SR_register(LPM4_bits);
  }
}


void brag(void)
{
  // Clear LCD
  TXByte = 0xFE; Transmit();
  TXByte = 0x01; Transmit();

  TXString("You pressed the button ");
\
  TXString("foo");
  TXString(" times");

}

// Transmit a string via serial UART by looping through it and transmitting
// each character one at a time.
void TXString(char *string)
{
  while(*string != 0)
  {
    TXByte = *string; Transmit();
    string++;
  }
}

// Set up timer for simulated UART. Copied from MSP430 LaunchPad sample code.
void ConfigureTimerUart(void)
{
  TACCTL0 = OUT;                             // TXD Idle as Mark
  TACTL = TASSEL_2 + MC_2 + ID_3;            // SMCLK/8, continuous mode
  P1SEL |= TXD;                              //
  P1DIR |= TXD;                              //
}

// Function Transmits Character from TXByte
// Copied from MSP430 LaunchPad sample code
void Transmit()
{
  BitCnt = 0xA;                             // Load Bit counter, 8data + ST/SP
  while (TACCR0 != TAR)                       // Prevent async capture
    TACCR0 = TAR;                             // Current state of TA counter
  TACCR0 += Bitime;                     // Some time till first bit
  TXByte |= 0x100;                        // Add mark stop bit to TXByte
  TXByte = TXByte << 1;                 // Add space start bit
  TACCTL0 =  CCIS0 + OUTMOD0 + CCIE;          // TXD = mark = idle
  while ( TACCTL0 & CCIE );                   // Wait for TX completion
}

// Timer A0 interrupt service routine
// Copied from MSP430 LaunchPad sample code
#pragma vector=TIMER0_A0_VECTOR
__interrupt void Timer_A (void)
{
  TACCR0 += Bitime;                           // Add Offset to CCR0
  if (TACCTL0 & CCIS0)                        // TX on CCI0B?
  {
    if ( BitCnt == 0)
      TACCTL0 &= ~ CCIE;                     // All bits TXed, disable interrupt
    else
    {
      TACCTL0 |=  OUTMOD2;                    // TX Space
      if (TXByte & 0x01)
      TACCTL0 &= ~ OUTMOD2;                   // TX Mark
      TXByte = TXByte >> 1;
      BitCnt --;
    }
  }
}

Thanks once again for your patience