[Lcdproc] Custom characters - hd44780
denx denx
denx.lcd@gmail.com
Sun Nov 12 17:59:02 2006
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Thanks for your answer!
I am so sad because of these facts! I don't need any horizontal or vertical
bars neither the heartbeat function on menu build. I just want to print out
characters to the display and read the keypad. I didn't think that this is
so special claim.
BR:
denx
2006/11/12, Peter Marschall <peter@adpm.de>:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Thursday, 9. November 2006 17:10, denx denx wrote:
> > I just started to explore the LCDproc. I have to include a hd44780
> hardware
> > into my quite complex linux system.
> >
> > The LCD hardware is a 16x2 size hd44780 based display with winamp wiring
> > and 4x4 keypad. Is it any official way to display custom fonts on it? I
> > don't want to write a new driver for the LCDd for only this reason!
> > I've read the documentation of the program and as I see the TCP/IP
> > connection would be enough for me, but I've nowhere found how can I send
> > custom characters to the device - but this may be my fault...
> > The target language is hungarian and there are a lot of non-standard
> ASCII
> > character is needed but 8 is probably enough.
>
> You did not overlook anything in the dicumentation
> It currently is not possible to have custom-characters defined
> in the client and sent to the server.
>
> Please note that custom characters are used in a wide variety
> of standard places in the server: horizontal & vertical bars,
> big numbers, the heartbeat, icons ....)
> In some cases (e.g. vertical bars with heartbeat) all 8 custom
> characters of a hd44780 display are used.
> So, there are not many custom charactres left in such cases ;-)
>
> Regards,
> Peter
>
> --
> Peter Marschall
> peter@adpm.de
>
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<div>Thanks for your answer!</div>
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<div>I am so sad because of these facts! I don't need any horizontal or vertical bars neither the heartbeat function on menu build. I just want to print out characters to the display and read the keypad. I didn't think that this is so special claim.
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<div>BR:</div>
<div>denx<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">2006/11/12, Peter Marschall <<a href="mailto:peter@adpm.de">peter@adpm.de</a>>:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hi,<br><br>On Thursday, 9. November 2006 17:10, denx denx wrote:<br>> I just started to explore the LCDproc. I have to include a hd44780 hardware
<br>> into my quite complex linux system.<br>><br>> The LCD hardware is a 16x2 size hd44780 based display with winamp wiring<br>> and 4x4 keypad. Is it any official way to display custom fonts on it? I<br>> don't want to write a new driver for the LCDd for only this reason!
<br>> I've read the documentation of the program and as I see the TCP/IP<br>> connection would be enough for me, but I've nowhere found how can I send<br>> custom characters to the device - but this may be my fault...
<br>> The target language is hungarian and there are a lot of non-standard ASCII<br>> character is needed but 8 is probably enough.<br><br>You did not overlook anything in the dicumentation<br>It currently is not possible to have custom-characters defined
<br>in the client and sent to the server.<br><br>Please note that custom characters are used in a wide variety<br>of standard places in the server: horizontal & vertical bars,<br>big numbers, the heartbeat, icons ....)
<br>In some cases (e.g. vertical bars with heartbeat) all 8 custom<br>characters of a hd44780 display are used.<br>So, there are not many custom charactres left in such cases ;-)<br><br>Regards,<br>Peter<br><br>--<br>Peter Marschall
<br><a href="mailto:peter@adpm.de">peter@adpm.de</a><br></blockquote></div><br>
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