Re: [lcd4linux] lcd4linux / new CFontz

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

Herbert, pages 13-14 of the "full" manual says the 634 can be reset by 
sending 9 blanks (\032) followed by 2 CTRL-Z's (\026).

Where should this go in the code? Do you think it would help?

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