As a follow up. I checked the disassembly and the vector at $004A is correct and points to the interrupt handler. It's almost as if the interrupt is masked but when I debug into the code that sets the CONTROL register, I can see that UDRIE is being set so the interrupt should fire as it is level triggered. Very puzzling. Dave. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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RE: [AVR-Chat] Mega2560 UART1 no URDIE1 interrupts
2013-07-13 by Dave McLaughlin