[Lcdproc] CF631 and LCDproc 0.5

David GLAUDE dglaudemailing@gmx.net
Tue May 9 21:10:02 2006


Problem solved...

Peter Marschall wrote:
> The CFontzPacket driver is not doing any cross checks.
> So you might succeed if you set
> 	Model=633
> 	Speed=115200
> 	Size=20x2

I used:
 	Model=631
 	Speed=115200
 	Size=20x2

> I had issues with my USB CFA-63[135] too.
> I solved them by calling ./configure with the following command line
> 	CPPFLAGS="-DSEAMLESS_HBARS -DCFONTZ633_WRITE_DELAY=250" \
> 	./configure ....

And I used your compilation flag.

> This makes sure the LCD is ready before the next command is sent.
> (You might want to look at the code to see the exact details)
> I chose to make it optional to not disturb the serial CFA-63x

I think we should make at least the write delay standard.
Let's check if it work with serial CFA-63x (wich one?)

> With these options my 635 works flawlessly for months now.

It worked for minutes... but that's enough for now.

When removing the flags, it does not work that well.
I will do more test to see if no other difference exist such as level of
debug or else... but my test were quiet clear about the fact that those
flag are helping.

David GLAUDE