[Lcdproc] CFA-635 with LCDproc on OSX

[Mark Cohen]

Greetings,

I'm new to the list, so forgive me if I'm treading improperly.

I've been using LCDproc with a 2 line hitachi LCD for a while and it  
worked well.. I then decided to try out a Crystalfontz CFA-635 and am  
having problems.

A little background:

I'm running on a Mac OSX 10.5.2

I compiled the CVS version of LCDproc (due to compile problems with  
the older versions)

When I connected to the old LCD, I got a server startup message. When  
I connect to the the CFA-635, I see nothing.

LCDproc "thinks" that it has connected and has screens. I'm just not  
seeing anything.

The driver I'm using is the FTDIUSBSerialDriver which is able to  
connect just fine using the LCD test program written for linux  
compiled on this machine.

Here is the relevant config from the LCDd.conf

Driver=CFontzPacket

# Tells the driver to bind to the given interface
Bind=127.0.0.1

# Listen on this specified port; defaults to 13666.
Port=13666

# Sets the reporting level; defaults to 2 (warnings and errors only).
ReportLevel=3

# Should we report to syslog instead of stderr ? [default: no, legal:  
yes, no]
ReportToSyslog=yes

# User to run as.  LCDd will drop its root priviledges, if any,
# and run as this user instead.
User=nobody

# The server will stay in the foreground if set to true.
#Foreground=no

# Hello message: each entry represents a display line; default: builtin
Hello="  Welcome to"
Hello="   LCDproc!"

# GoodBye message: each entry represents a display line; default:  
builtin
GoodBye="Thanks for using"
GoodBye="   LCDproc!"

## CrystalFontz packet driver (for CF631, CF633 & CF635) ##
[CFontzPacket]

# Select the LCD model [default: 633; legal: 631, 633, 635]
Model=635
# Select the output device to use [default: /dev/lcd]
Device=/dev/tty.usbserial-CF018444
# Select the LCD size [default: depending on model: 635: 20x4, 631:  
20x2, 633: 16x2]
Size=20x4
# Set the initial contrast [default: 560; legal: 0 - 1000]
Contrast=350
# Set the initial brightness [default: 1000; legal: 0 - 1000]
Brightness=1000
# Set the initial off-brightness [default: 0; legal: 0 - 1000]
# This value is used when the display is normally
# switched off in case LCDd is inactive
OffBrightness=50
# Set the communication speed [default: 9600; legal: 1200, 2400, 9600,  
19200, 115200]
Speed=115200
# Set the firmware version (New means >= 2.0) [default: no; legal:  
yes, no]
# Currently this flag is not in use, there is no such thing as  
NewFirmware. ;=)
#NewFirmware=no
# Reinitialize the LCD's BIOS [default: no; legal: yes, no]
# I want to reboot the LCD to make sure we start from a known state
Reboot=no <-- Tried yes as well w/o luck