Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Silverstone LC03V VFD
On Tuesday 15 March 2005 17:42, Paul wrote: > It will work with the stock LCDproc source/packages but I know the version > I was > using at the time had to be patched at get the character mapping sorted out > among > other things. I also did some character mapping for my DIGN4 VFD (it's samsung I believe). The mapping instructions I found here : http://www.angerman.net/articles/jukebox/#lcdproc I'm not sure if your display is a parallel mode one, but the main trick to get it working well in my case with LCDproc was setting the correct mode in the BIOS for the parallel port (you may have to experiment with the correct settings). Regards, Marcel ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Silverstone lc03v - VFD Display
One thing you should check is that the setting in BIOS for the parellel port is correct. I can't remember off the top of my head, but it has to be set to a correct setting... I can't remember if it's EEP or ECP, but try whatever it isn't. That should solve the problem. Then, please post how you succesfully did it so I can see if I can replicate :) On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 16:23:31 +0100, Peter Martens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 12:37:37 +0100, Nezar Nielsen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 18:56:25 +, Richard Holroyd wrote: > > > Thanks Nezar, I have managed to get something up on the VFD screen now. > > > It appears to display some jibberish - perhaps there is some kind of > > > problem with the character set being displayed. Have you experienced > > > this? There is also a little lag with scrolling text where the screen is > > > not correctly updated, leaving trailing characters!? Perhaps these two > > > problems are related!? > > > > > I have it working now. Don 't ask me what I did, because I don 't > know. Some reboots did the the trick. It seem however, after a few > days, I also get weird signs. When I reboot, it works again. Sometimes > even restarting LCDd is helpful. > In my eyes the display is somehow living its own live. I tried to rule > some things out even with help from the lcdproc-list, but no succes. > > Have a nice time with it! > > Peter > > > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Silverstone lc03v - VFD Display
On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 12:37:37 +0100, Nezar Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 18:56:25 +, Richard Holroyd wrote: > > Thanks Nezar, I have managed to get something up on the VFD screen now. It > > appears to display some jibberish - perhaps there is some kind of problem > > with the character set being displayed. Have you experienced this? There is > > also a little lag with scrolling text where the screen is not correctly > > updated, leaving trailing characters!? Perhaps these two problems are > > related!? > > I have it working now. Don 't ask me what I did, because I don 't know. Some reboots did the the trick. It seem however, after a few days, I also get weird signs. When I reboot, it works again. Sometimes even restarting LCDd is helpful. In my eyes the display is somehow living its own live. I tried to rule some things out even with help from the lcdproc-list, but no succes. Have a nice time with it! Peter ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Silverstone lc03v - VFD Display
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 18:56:25 +, Richard Holroyd wrote: > Thanks Nezar, I have managed to get something up on the VFD screen now. It > appears to display some jibberish - perhaps there is some kind of problem > with the character set being displayed. Have you experienced this? There is > also a little lag with scrolling text where the screen is not correctly > updated, leaving trailing characters!? Perhaps these two problems are > related!? > As far as I remember, I didn't experience that at all, but it could be it's not quite the same display(=driver)? Anyways, here are the uncommented parts of my LCDd.conf, which seems to work properly: [server] Driver=HD44780 Bind=127.0.0.1 Port=13666 WaitTime=5 User=nobody ServerScreen=yes Foreground=yes #these two above should probably be turned off for "production" Heartbeat=open InitialHeartbeat=on Backlight=open InitialBacklight=on BacklightBrightness=255 BacklightOffBrightness=0 [HD44780] Port=0x378 ConnectionType=winamp Keypad=no Backlight=no Size=16x2 DelayBus=true Device=/dev/lp0 -- Mvh. Nezar Nielsen http://fez.dk ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
