Re: [lcd4linux] Silly question...or is it?

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

Hi there,

> As for the two displays having only one controller each... The problem 
> I'm going to have is the fact that the system in question has only ONE 
> parallel port. And no way to add a second one.

No, you wont need a second parallel port!

You connect every line from the displays in parallel to the lines from 
the parallel port, except the enable signals. you use different parallel 
port output signals for each display.

and afterwards you'll have to define the display in lcd4linux.conf as 
twice the size it really is (e.g. if each display has 2 rows and 20 
columns, the resulting display woult be 4 rows by 20 columns. row 1 & 2 
would be the first display (the oen connected to Wire.ENABLE), row 3 & 4 
on the second one (Wire.ENABLE2)

bye,Michael

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