[lcd4linux] Futaba VFD with phone jack connector

[Andrew C. <and...@bi...>]

Has anyone managed to use a Futaba VFD, M202MD10AA?  It is from an IBM
SureOne POS machine and has a 8 pin phone-type jack connector.  The cable
and connector seem to be a one-off for this machine as far as I can tell.  I
can't find any documentation for the connector other than that it is serial,
9600 baud, 8 data bits, no parity, 2 stop bits.  Without knowing which pins
are which, it is a bit difficult to try it out.  The display has no power
connector so must also be powered through the serial connector too.

Any suggestions for how to connect this or test the pinouts?

thanks,
Andrew Chapman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Reinelt" <re...@eu...>
To: "Benjamin Eichhorn" <big...@we...>
Cc: "lcd4linux-users" <lcd...@li...>
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 5:26 AM
Subject: [lcd4linux] Re: M50530


> Hi Benjamin,
>
> > I got an 24x8 LCD with an Mitsuibishi M50530 display controller and
tried to get
> > it to work with lcd4linux.
> >
> > By starting up the display shows to black rows, one on the upper and one
in the
> > middle of the screen. The screen goes blank by starting LCD4Linux.
>
> Half of the display black means "uninitialized". If it goes blank, this
> means it has been reset.
>
>   I've checked my wirings but found no mistake (using the wiring sheme
> showed in
> > lcd4linux m50530 driver). I also tried to load the parport, partport_pc
and
> > ppdev modules without success....
> >
> > Do you have any idea whats the problem (maybe the timing cycles ?!) ?
>
> Maybe, maybe not. The M50530 normally works reliable.
>
> I'd need your lcd4linux.conf and the output of 'lcd4linux -Fvvq'
>
> bye, Michael
>
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