[Lcdproc] CrystalFontzPacket driver and 635 - LCD not changing

epooch at cox.net epooch at cox.net
Wed Apr 8 20:41:28 UTC 2009


you need to specify the cu.serial device, not the tty. 
--Eric 

---- Bruce Wheaton <bruce at spearmorgan.com> wrote: 
> Hello,
> 
> just starting on LCDproc, and I've installed from CVS (using the Mac  
> LCD install script plus some fiddling, lcdproc-CVS-current-20090407)  
> and I can run LCDd with no evident errors, but my LCD never changes.
> 
> I have a Mac with OS 10.5, a fresh LCDproc and libusb install.
> 
> When I use the curses driver, I do see data.
> When I push a button, it's received.
> If I use CrystalFontz's Linux example, it does compile and work  
> properly on Mac (LCD prints).
> 
> So it's almost as if nothing gets 'sent' from LCDproc - there's not  
> even a reset, as specified in the driver prefs. There's no evident  
> error reports back from the LCD either.
> 
> Below is the output from a run.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bruce
> 
> 
> MacBook-Pro:~ bruce$ sudo /usr/local/sbin/LCDd -f -r 5 -s 0 -c /usr/ 
> local/etc/LCDd.conf
> LCDd version CVS-current-20090407 starting
> Built on Apr  7 2009, protocol version 0.3, API version 0.5
> Using Configuration File: /usr/local/etc/LCDd.conf
> Set report level to 5, output to stderr
> LCDd CVS-current-20090407, LCDproc Protocol 0.3
> Part of the LCDproc suite
> Copyright (C) 1998-2007 William Ferrell, Scott Scriven
>                          and many other contributors
> 
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> 
> Server running in foreground
> Listening for queries on 127.0.0.1:13666
> screenlist_init()
> driver_load(name="CFontzPacket", filename="/usr/local/lib/lcdproc/ 
> CFontzPacket.so")
> CFontzPacket: using Device /dev/tty.usbserial-CF057254
> CFontzPacket: rebooting LCD...
> CFontzPacket: init() done
> Key "Escape" is now reserved exclusively by client [-1]
> Key "Enter" is now reserved shared by client [-1]
> Key "Up" is now reserved shared by client [-1]
> Key "Down" is now reserved shared by client [-1]
> screenlist_process()
> screenlist_switch(s=[_server_screen])
> screenlist_switch: switched to screen [_server_screen]
> screenlist_process()
> screenlist_process()
> Connect from host 127.0.0.1:50650 on socket 5
> screenlist_process()
> sock_read_from_client: got message from client 5: "hello
> "
> Connect from host 127.0.0.1:50651 on socket 6
> screenlist_process()
> sock_read_from_client: got message from client 6: "hello
> "
> screenlist_process()
> screenlist_process()
> 
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