Help with using simple binaryoutpins__cuz I'm doing something wrong

[Digisapien]

Basically, I'm just experimenting. I've got 20m2 chip. Got the outputs on the right side of the chip connected to 8 led's via properly sized resistors. I can control them using high b.0 etc, and it works just fine.
However the experiment was to try to get used to binary to control multiple outputs at the same time, via the picaxe manual.
let pinsB = %00000000 dont work let outpinsB = %11111111 dont work. eliminating the "let" doesnt help? so what am I doing wrong.

 

[AllyCat]

Hi,

Have you first set the pins as outputs with {LET} DIRSB = %11111111 ?

Cheers, Alan.

 

[John West]

That one was too easy, Allan.