From helian.seele at gmail.com Mon Jul 6 20:37:13 2009 From: helian.seele at gmail.com (Helian) Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 17:37:13 -0300 Subject: [Lcdproc] Help with lcd JHD 204A Message-ID: Hi all, this is my first post here, sorry if this is the wrong place. I'm trying to configure a 20x4 lcd using the parallel port and the "winamp" wiring scheme with lcdproc 0.5.3. The datasheet for this lcd can be found at http://www.8051projects.net/e107_files/public/1231066792_13674_FT0_jm204aspec.pdf The problem is that I can't display anything, the lcd only shows garbage. I've tried theExtendedMode and all 4 CharMaps, but none works. To check my soldering I've tried lcdcenter 2.0 in windows, and it works fine, using the 44780 driver. Any ideas on how to fix it ? Thanks, helian -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bsdfan at nurfuerspam.de Tue Jul 7 20:57:37 2009 From: bsdfan at nurfuerspam.de (Markus Dolze) Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:57:37 +0200 Subject: [Lcdproc] Help with lcd JHD 204A In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A53B6C1.6070808@nurfuerspam.de> Helian wrote: > Hi all, > > this is my first post here, sorry if this is the wrong place. > I'm trying to configure a 20x4 lcd using the parallel port and the > "winamp" wiring scheme with lcdproc 0.5.3. The datasheet for this lcd > can be found at > http://www.8051projects.net/e107_files/public/1231066792_13674_FT0_jm204aspec.pdf > The problem is that I can't display anything, the lcd only shows > garbage. I've tried theExtendedMode and all 4 CharMaps, but none works. > To check my soldering I've tried lcdcenter 2.0 in windows, and it > works fine, using the 44780 driver. > > Any ideas on how to fix it ? Hi, the datasheets does not contain any unusual settings at a first glance. Are you using lcdproc and lcdcenter on the same computer? (BTW: where did you get lcdcenter? I found a lot of forums talking about it, but no download site.) On which OS are you running lcdproc? How exactly does "garbage" look like, e.g. do you see characters misplaced or are there no characters at all? Some things to check: * Is the display powered using the computers power supply or do they at least use the same ground? If not, connect display GND to pins 18-25 on the parallel port. * Check especially the EN (PP.1), RW (PP.14), and RS (PP.16) lines (PP = parallel port). Those may differ slightly from other connection types found out there. Regards, Markus From bsdfan at nurfuerspam.de Tue Jul 7 21:06:02 2009 From: bsdfan at nurfuerspam.de (Markus Dolze) Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:06:02 +0200 Subject: [Lcdproc] CVS cleanup Message-ID: <4A53B8BA.6060206@nurfuerspam.de> Hi, I shortly will remove the module named 'lcdproc-0.5' from CVS. It is a 8 years old directory skeleton only confusing people. Development takes places in the 'lcdproc' module. Regards, Markus From helian.seele at gmail.com Tue Jul 7 22:03:23 2009 From: helian.seele at gmail.com (Helian) Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 19:03:23 -0300 Subject: [Lcdproc] Help with lcd JHD 204A In-Reply-To: <4A53B6C1.6070808@nurfuerspam.de> References: <4A53B6C1.6070808@nurfuerspam.de> Message-ID: Hi Markus, > Are you using lcdproc and lcdcenter on the same computer? > (BTW: where did you get lcdcenter? I found a lot of forums talking about it, > but no > download site.) On which OS are you running lcdproc? the same computer. dual booting slackware 12.1 and windows xp. You can download lcdcenter from http://www.darrelltech.com/LCD/lcdcenter036.zip I've also installed portIO http://www.driverlinx.com/ftp/unsupported/port95nt.exe How exactly does "garbage" look like, e.g. do you see characters > misplaced or are there no characters at all? It shows a lot of characters Some things to check: > > * Is the display powered using the computers power supply or do they > at least use the same ground? If not, connect display GND to pins > 18-25 on the parallel port. I'm using the computer power supply, and the LCD and PP.18-25 are grounded together * Check especially the EN (PP.1), RW (PP.14), and RS (PP.16) lines > (PP = parallel port). Those may differ slightly from other > connection types found out there. EN is the pin 6 in the display and soldered to PP.1 RW is the pin 5 in the display and it's grounded. I've also tried soldering it to PP.14 but didn't work either RS is the pin 4 in the display and soldered to PP.16. I've also tried swapping EN and RS and setting the ConnectionType to 8bit Regards, -helian -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From parmeshwer.prasad at dexceldesigns.com Fri Jul 10 10:10:19 2009 From: parmeshwer.prasad at dexceldesigns.com (Parmeshwer Prasad) Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:40:19 +0530 Subject: [Lcdproc] lcdproc 20*4 LCD key events Message-ID: <430CFF3583611447A2950F7E826A30A1141DB9@server2.domain.dexceldesigns.com> Hi all, I am using first time this lcdproc, currently I am using picolcd version 0.5.3, in this LCD there is keys like F!,F2,F3,Esc,up,down,ok. but I am not able to get the key events at userspace , I want to operate various operation with these keys, so can you tell me how to access key events. -Regards Parmeshwer Prasad -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ehrnam45 at gmail.com Fri Jul 10 12:19:01 2009 From: ehrnam45 at gmail.com (Samuel Rogers) Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:19:01 -0400 Subject: [Lcdproc] lcdproc 20*4 LCD key events In-Reply-To: <430CFF3583611447A2950F7E826A30A1141DB9@server2.domain.dexceldesigns.com> References: <430CFF3583611447A2950F7E826A30A1141DB9@server2.domain.dexceldesigns.com> Message-ID: I had looked into something like this for my Matrix Orbital VFD a few months back. Currently, LCDproc only handles keypad presses within the server/client itself: primarily for menu navigation. If you want other applications to be able to receive them, you will need to write your own client to catch the key presses from LCDd and then use something like XLib to generate key press events. I was able to write a client in C++ that could register keypad keys with LCDd, but I was unable to get keys sent to other windows/processes. Sam On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 6:10 AM, Parmeshwer Prasad < parmeshwer.prasad at dexceldesigns.com> wrote: > Hi all, > I am using first time this lcdproc, currently I am using picolcd version > 0.5.3, > in this LCD there is keys like F!,F2,F3,Esc,up,down,ok. > but I am not able to get the key events at userspace , I want to operate > various operation with these keys, so can you tell me how to access key > events. > > -Regards > > Parmeshwer Prasad > > > > _______________________________________________ > LCDproc mailing list > LCDproc at lists.omnipotent.net > http://lists.omnipotent.net/mailman/listinfo/lcdproc > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From joehenley at kc.rr.com Fri Jul 10 15:48:35 2009 From: joehenley at kc.rr.com (Joe Henley) Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:48:35 -0500 Subject: [Lcdproc] lcdproc 20*4 LCD key events Message-ID: <4A5762D3.6070802@kc.rr.com> Parmeshwer, I have the same device. It seems that while Mini-Box continues to sell it, there is no support. Repeated requests for help have gone unanswered for months. Good luck. Joe Henley From andy at siliconlandmark.com Fri Jul 10 22:03:25 2009 From: andy at siliconlandmark.com (Andre Guibert de Bruet) Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:03:25 -0400 Subject: [Lcdproc] lcdproc 20*4 LCD key events In-Reply-To: <4A5762D3.6070802@kc.rr.com> References: <4A5762D3.6070802@kc.rr.com> Message-ID: On Jul 10, 2009, at 11:48 AM, Joe Henley wrote: > I have the same device. It seems that while Mini-Box continues to > sell it, there is no support. Repeated requests for help have gone > unanswered for months. I have not had the same experience. What issues has Nicu not gotten back to you on? Andy /* Andre Guibert de Bruet * 436f 6465 2070 6f65 742e 2042 6974 206a */ /* Managing Partner * 6f63 6b65 792e 2053 7973 4164 6d69 6e2e */ /* GSM: +1 734 846 8758 * 2055 4e49 5820 736c 6575 7468 2e00 0000 */ /* WWW: siliconlandmark.com * C/C++, Java, Perl, PHP, SQL, XHTML, XML */ From mahan at mahan.org Mon Jul 13 17:03:00 2009 From: mahan at mahan.org (Patrick Mahan) Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:03:00 -0700 Subject: [Lcdproc] Getting the "Hello=" message displayed Message-ID: <4A5B68C4.4030006@mahan.org> Version: lcdproc 0.5.2 System: Fedora Core 7 on a HP SMP (2 Pentium 4) I am trying to configure LCDd for my home management system that will go into my equipment closet. Due to space constraints I don't have room for the display, keyboard and mouse. However, I am looking at using a Matrix Orbital GLK19264 LCD connected to the serial port as a "front" panel to the HP. This would give me a mechanism to see the current status of the machine, and I plan on programming the keypad to setup a reset button to reboot as needed (to date this has not hung on me in over a year). To this end, I am testing using the "curses" driver to get my basic setup working. My problem is that I cannot get the "Hello=" clause to work. I have Hello=" Welcome to Mahan.org" Hello=" Don't feed the animals" According to both the online doc and the man pages this should be displayed if there are no clients attached. Instead I get the default screen: ## LCDproc Server ########################################## Clients: 0 Screens: 0 How do I get this message displayed? Thanks, Patrick From bsdfan at nurfuerspam.de Mon Jul 13 21:30:31 2009 From: bsdfan at nurfuerspam.de (Markus Dolze) Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:30:31 +0200 Subject: [Lcdproc] Getting the "Hello=" message displayed In-Reply-To: <4A5B68C4.4030006@mahan.org> References: <4A5B68C4.4030006@mahan.org> Message-ID: <4A5BA777.1050600@nurfuerspam.de> Patrick Mahan wrote: > > Version: lcdproc 0.5.2 > > System: Fedora Core 7 on a HP SMP (2 Pentium 4) Hi, if you are really using 0.5.2 that option is not available. The "hello" options was introduced with 0.5.3. Use that instead. Regards Markus From mahan at mahan.org Mon Jul 13 23:32:21 2009 From: mahan at mahan.org (Patrick Mahan) Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:32:21 -0700 Subject: [Lcdproc] Getting the "Hello=" message displayed In-Reply-To: <4A5BA777.1050600@nurfuerspam.de> References: <4A5B68C4.4030006@mahan.org> <4A5BA777.1050600@nurfuerspam.de> Message-ID: <4A5BC405.1080505@mahan.org> Well, I'll be, you are correct. I was using the online User's Manual which had the described the hello option. I was using the online doc at http://lcdproc.omnipotent.net/docs.ph3 and clicking on the "online HTML" link under "Version 0.5.x (stable)" It does not differentiate between 0.5.2 features and 0.5.3 features... Unless I am missing something? Also, the latest shown there is 0.5.2. I take it that 0.5.3 has not yet been released? Accessible only through CVS? Thanks, Patrick Markus Dolze presented these words - circa 7/13/09 2:30 PM-> > Patrick Mahan wrote: >> Version: lcdproc 0.5.2 >> >> System: Fedora Core 7 on a HP SMP (2 Pentium 4) > > Hi, > > if you are really using 0.5.2 that option is not available. The "hello" > options was introduced with 0.5.3. Use that instead. > > Regards > Markus > > From bsdfan at nurfuerspam.de Wed Jul 15 07:05:45 2009 From: bsdfan at nurfuerspam.de (Markus Dolze) Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:05:45 +0200 Subject: [Lcdproc] Getting the "Hello=" message displayed In-Reply-To: <4A5BC405.1080505@mahan.org> References: <4A5B68C4.4030006@mahan.org> <4A5BA777.1050600@nurfuerspam.de> <4A5BC405.1080505@mahan.org> Message-ID: <4A5D7FC9.9070900@nurfuerspam.de> Hi, Patrick Mahan wrote: > Well, I'll be, you are correct. I was using the online > User's Manual which had the described the hello option. > > I was using the online doc at > http://lcdproc.omnipotent.net/docs.ph3 and clicking on > the "online HTML" link under "Version 0.5.x (stable)" > It does not differentiate between 0.5.2 features and > 0.5.3 features... Unless I am missing something? The online documentation lcdproc.org is refering to had not been updated after the release => fixed now. > > Also, the latest shown there is 0.5.2. I take it that > 0.5.3 has not yet been released? Accessible only through > CVS? > The latest release is available on Sourceforge. Go to sourceforge.net/projects/lcdproc/. I am not responsible for lcdproc.org. Regards Markus From joehenley at kc.rr.com Sun Jul 19 16:08:38 2009 From: joehenley at kc.rr.com (Joe Henley) Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 11:08:38 -0500 Subject: [Lcdproc] lcdproc 20*4 LCD key events In-Reply-To: References: <4A5762D3.6070802@kc.rr.com> Message-ID: <4A634506.7070903@kc.rr.com> Andy, I have sent six unanswered notes to the mini-box site since February 13. The latter of those notes might more accurately be described as rants; after a while, the mini-box silence gets abit frustrating. The issues are related to missing button pushes, differences between the lcdproc and mini-box versions of the driver, and incompatibilities between the mini-box drivers and MythTV. Joe Henley Andre Guibert de Bruet wrote: > On Jul 10, 2009, at 11:48 AM, Joe Henley wrote: > >> I have the same device. It seems that while Mini-Box continues to >> sell it, there is no support. Repeated requests for help have gone >> unanswered for months. > > I have not had the same experience. What issues has Nicu not gotten back > to you on? > > Andy > > /* Andre Guibert de Bruet * 436f 6465 2070 6f65 742e 2042 6974 206a */ > /* Managing Partner * 6f63 6b65 792e 2053 7973 4164 6d69 6e2e */ > /* GSM: +1 734 846 8758 * 2055 4e49 5820 736c 6575 7468 2e00 0000 */ > /* WWW: siliconlandmark.com * C/C++, Java, Perl, PHP, SQL, XHTML, XML */ > > From rfc822sucks at hotmail.com Mon Jul 20 20:47:03 2009 From: rfc822sucks at hotmail.com (Douglas Medina) Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:47:03 -0600 Subject: [Lcdproc] Menu priorities. Message-ID: Hello, I have written a configuration utility screen and also a screen which shows some realtime status updates. The problem I am having I would like for the configuration to be hidden by default but it seems to take priority regardless of the -priority I assign it. there are two telnet socket connetions. the first looks like this hello screen_add stats screen_set stats -heartbeat on screen_set stats -priority 100 screen_set stats -duration 8 widget_add stats left_label string (this gives status) the second looks like this. hello client_set name "Configuration" menu_add_item "" ask menu "Write changes?" -is_hidden true menu_add_item "ask" ask_yes action "Yes" -next _quit_ menu_add_item "ask" ask_no action "No" -next _close_ menu_add_item "" test menu "Config" ... menu_set_item "" test -prev ask menu_set_main "" menu_goto "" now the second client always takes priority. I have read the API doc many times and I am source diving but I can't figure out how to do this. Any help would be appreciated. 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Everything is compiling fine, but when i try to start the LCDd daemon I get following error: -- ePIX# LCDd Could not open driver module /usr/local/lib/lcdproc/hd44780.so: /usr/local/lib/lcdproc/hd44780.so: Undefined PLT symbol "inb" (symnum = 12) Driver [hd44780] binding failed Could not load driver hd44780 There is no output driver Critical error while initializing, abort. -- ePIX# uname -a NetBSD ePIX 5.0 NetBSD 5.0 (GENERIC) #0: Sun Apr 26 18:50:08 UTC 2009 builds at b6.netbsd.org:/home/builds/ab/netbsd-5-0-RELEASE/i386/200904260229Z-obj/home/builds/ab/netbsd-5-0-RELEASE/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC i386 - From sbat at ugtel.ru Thu Jul 30 12:34:28 2009 From: sbat at ugtel.ru (Sergei Batakov) Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:34:28 +0400 Subject: [Lcdproc] hd44870 and NetBSD 5.0 not work In-Reply-To: <430CFF3583611447A2950F7E826A30A141BE4F@server2.domain.dexceldesigns.com> References: <1318631974.20090730152857@ugtel.ru> <430CFF3583611447A2950F7E826A30A141BE4F@server2.domain.dexceldesigns.com> Message-ID: <1659309255.20090730163428@ugtel.ru> Hello Parmeshwer, Thursday, July 30, 2009, 3:37:45 PM, you wrote: PP> Fine this problem comes ,it means that your driver is not PP> compiling i.e you are not getting driver_xyz.so file PP> you can do one thing that search hd44780.so from somewhere else PP> put it on server/driver/ directory then it PP> will start working ,otherwise try to see how the compilation PP> process is going on.If you done this problem PP> then tell me also. PP> -Regards Have compiled all drivers and have valid path in LCDd.conf == ePIX# pwd /usr/local/lib/lcdproc ePIX# ls -l total 528 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 20341 Jul 30 21:15 CFontz.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 24987 Jul 30 21:15 CFontz633.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 29427 Jul 30 21:15 CFontzPacket.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 20833 Jul 30 21:15 CwLnx.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 13018 Jul 30 21:15 EyeboxOne.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 15695 Jul 30 21:15 MD8800.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 29605 Jul 30 21:15 MtxOrb.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 12843 Jul 30 21:15 NoritakeVFD.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 11286 Jul 30 21:15 bayrad.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 13315 Jul 30 21:15 curses.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 8367 Jul 30 21:15 ea65.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 18102 Jul 30 21:15 glk.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 44225 Jul 30 21:15 hd44780.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 9300 Jul 30 21:15 icp_a106.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 9429 Jul 30 21:15 imon.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 10380 Jul 30 21:15 lb216.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 9736 Jul 30 21:15 lcdm001.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 14198 Jul 30 21:15 lcterm.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 11009 Jul 30 21:15 ms6931.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 14384 Jul 30 21:15 mtc_s16209x.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 17983 Jul 30 21:15 pyramid.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 16342 Jul 30 21:15 sed1330.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 20001 Jul 30 21:15 sed1520.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 12455 Jul 30 21:15 serialPOS.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 26437 Jul 30 21:15 serialVFD.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 11716 Jul 30 21:15 sli.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 12640 Jul 30 21:15 stv5730.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 26028 Jul 30 21:15 t6963.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 7409 Jul 30 21:15 text.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 19961 Jul 30 21:15 tyan.so == ePIX# cat LCDd.conf | grep ... Driver=hd44780 DriverPath=/usr/local/lib/lcdproc/ ... == PP> Parmeshwer Prasad PP> -----Original Message----- PP> From: lcdproc-bounces at lists.omnipotent.net on behalf of Sergei Batakov PP> Sent: Thu 30-Jul-09 04:58 PM PP> To: lcdproc at lists.omnipotent.net PP> Subject: [Lcdproc] hd44870 and NetBSD 5.0 not work PP> PP> Hello all, PP> I'm trying run lcdproc on NetBSD 5. Everything is compiling PP> fine, but when i try to start the LCDd daemon I get following error: PP> -- PP> ePIX# LCDd PP> Could not open driver module /usr/local/lib/lcdproc/hd44780.so: PP> /usr/local/lib/lcdproc/hd44780.so: Undefined PLT symbol "inb" (symnum = 12) PP> Driver [hd44780] binding failed PP> Could not load driver hd44780 PP> There is no output driver PP> Critical error while initializing, abort. PP> -- PP> ePIX# uname -a PP> NetBSD ePIX 5.0 NetBSD 5.0 (GENERIC) #0: Sun Apr 26 18:50:08 UTC PP> 2009 PP> builds at b6.netbsd.org:/home/builds/ab/netbsd-5-0-RELEASE/i386/200904260229Z-obj/home/builds/ab/netbsd-5-0-RELEASE/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC i386 PP> - PP> _______________________________________________ PP> LCDproc mailing list PP> LCDproc at lists.omnipotent.net PP> http://lists.omnipotent.net/mailman/listinfo/lcdproc ____________________________________________________________________________ S.Batakov [SBAT-RIPN] [SBAT-RIPE] | e-mail: sbat at ugtel.ru System Engineer | Tel: +7 861 2195101 | 2195140 Jujniy TELECOM | Mob: +7 861 2792010 Krasnodar, Russia [http://www.ugtel.ru] | Fax: +7 861 2195203 ____________________________________________________________________________ From laurent at latil.nom.fr Fri Jul 31 20:16:08 2009 From: laurent at latil.nom.fr (Laurent Latil) Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:16:08 +0200 Subject: [Lcdproc] Driver for the SURE Electronics LCD device Message-ID: <200907312216.15507.laurent@latil.nom.fr> Hi, I recently bought a LCD device from the SURE electronics shop, in order to use it through lcdproc. But it seemed that no drivers existed for this kind of devices (at least I didn't find one after a quick glance at the sources, and some googling). Having read the (somewhat inaccurate) documentation of the device, and some spying of exchange of the 'official' Windows program to control it I wrote a dedicated LCDProc driver for the device. Patch is attached to this mail. (currently only tested with my 16x2 edition II LCD device, of course) Please could you tell me if: - Suitable driver did actually not exist for this device - This patch is fine otherwise - This code works also for the 20x4 LCD available from same shop (if someone owns one) Thanks. -- - Laurent Latil - -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: SureElec.patch.gz Type: application/x-gzip Size: 9496 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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