Re: [lcd4linux] lcd4linux / new CFontz

[Barry G. <Bar...@pe...>]

I checked on my friend's 1.0 CFontz, and it works fine, so something must 
have changed in the 2.0 display. Links to docs are below.

Thank you,
Barry

>Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 18:10:04 -0700
>To: Herbert Rosmanith <he...@wi...>
>From: Barry Gould <Bar...@pe...>
>Subject: Re: [lcd4linux] lcd4linux / new CFontz
>Cc: lcd...@li...
>
>>At 05:02 AM 9/19/01, Herbert Rosmanith wrote:
>> > Hi, I have a new (version 2.0) CrystalFontz 634 display, and I'm having
>> > some trouble getting it to work with lcd4linux.
>>
>>maybe the 2.0 crystalfontz has a new command set?
>>can you mail the .pdfs to me?
>
>No; I know that one of the characters that LCDd/lcdproc uses has changed 
>appearance, and the max baud is now 19200, but otherwise, I believe it is 
>functionally similar.
>
>Like I said, it works about 1 in 20 tries, so I THINK it just isn't 
>getting initialized correctly most of the time.
>
>Here's manufacturer's info and pdfs:
>http://www.crystalfontz.com/products/634/index.html
>http://www.crystalfontz.com/products/634/cgrom.html
>http://www.crystalfontz.com/products/634/634full.pdf
>http://www.crystalfontz.com/products/634/634brief.pdf
>
>I believe my friend has a 1.0 CFontz 634, I'll see if I can try that one 
>with lcd4linux to see if it initializes correctly.
>
>Thank you,
>Barry

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