[Lcdproc] I2C-LCD with 2 enable lines

[Markus Dolze]

Hi,

What type of display (manufacturer, modell) do you have? How many colums does this display have, 20 or more? 20x4 displays usually do not have a second enable line.

AFAIK, the hd44780 driver (and it's i2c wiring driver) do only support vertically spanned displays. That is two or more displays which are arranged vertically to create a virtual display with more lines.

Does anybody know if the i2c wiring supports several displays connected to i2c port?

Or am I wrong and the i2c-driver is something different than hd44780 with i2c wiring?

Regards
Markus

-------- Original-Nachricht --------
Datum: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 20:16:25 +0100
Von: Stefan Herdler <herdler@gmx.de>
An: Carsten Tschense <carsten@michaeli-gymnasium.de>, lcdproc@lists.omnipotent.net
Betreff: Re: [Lcdproc] I2C-LCD with 2 enable lines

> Carsten Tschense wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I've got a LCD without backlight and 4 rows and I'm using the i2c-driver
> > on a nslu2.
> > I connected EN2 to P7, which is usually used for the backlight, but I
> > was not able to change the driver-code to use all 4 rows :-/
> > Can anybody help me? =)
> >   
> The file for your wiring is /server/drivers/hd44780-i2c.c.
> The information you're searching must be in the function 
> lcdstat_HD44780_senddata() of /server/drivers/hd44780-4bit.c. It's the 
> enableLines stuff, I guess.
> It`s only a little hint (it's all I can do without such a display) but i 
> hope it helps.
> > By the way, the display gets totally messed up (strange characters) as
> > soon as I lower the contrast with the potentiometer - the display only
> > works when the contrast is at maximum - any ideas?
> >   
> There's something wrong with the wiring, I guess.
> Does the contrast-potentiometer only mess up the display or does it 
> control the contrast too?
> > thanks,
> > Carsten
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