Re: [lcd4linux] New LCD Display

[Michael R. <mi...@re...>]

Hi Eric,


> I have a new LCD display from MatrixOrbital (LKL202-25-USB-WB). They
> recently updated this LCD to include a European display set instead of
> a Japanese one. This means that instead of sending code 0xFF to the
> display for a solid block, a custom character is needed. If you do
> send 0xFF, you get an inverted P instead. I cannot change this on the
> hardware and was wondering how I might do this in the source code...
> Since the bar widget expects to send a character (255) I can't figure
> out how to change it to a custom character that will display a full
> block instead of a "P".

Well, you're suffering from the "Portishead syndrome" :-)

just add "asc255bug 1" to the config file, and you'll be fine!

> Also, I've looked at "virtual rows". Will this be implemented soon?
> lcdproc does not work for me on this display, but lcd4linux does and
> this is the one feature I am missing.
I'm afraid there won't be a short-term solution to this.

HTH, Michael

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