[Lcdproc] VK202-25 display strange looking

[Ethan Dicks]

On 10/4/07, Jomama <tirebiter@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hooking up a Matrix Orbital VK202-25  serial display to my KnoppmythTV box.
> MythLCD is supposed to be showing channel info and song info.
>
> Serial VFD (LCD display)   20x2
>
> Its kinda working...
> Flashes Date / Time
>
> then lots of
> V|
> V|
> or it could be
> VI
> VI
> With a block at the end. (Volume)? f
>
> Every cycle it displays LCDproc server  3

What version of LCDproc are you running?  I fixed a MatrixOrbital
problem a while back - it was an incorrect command to set brightness,
IIRC (different models of MO displays require different commands for
brightness, contrast, etc., unfortunately, due to command-creep over
the past 10 years).  AFAIK, that change hasn't hit a released version
of LCDproc yet, but has been in the nightly CVS releases for several
months.  Get one of the semi-recent nightly tarballs or the latest
right from the CVS repository and try that.  If you still have
problems, write again and I can see what's up.

I still have my 1999-era MO 20x4 VKD display (VFD w/keyboard), and am
entirely happy to continue to regression-test the MO driver.  I don't
have any of the newer displays, nor any MO LED displays, so I should
see about a "backpack" interface one of these days.

-ethan