Re: [lcd4linux] Serial CrystalFontz 632 layout question!

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

Hi there,

> Also it is unclear how to slow down a widget, I have played with the
> different speeds, the documentation is also not clear on what exactly
> the tick and tack do, and what the update is for. I understand it is in
> milliseconds, but it does not seem to work as advertised.

You are right, all these update speeds are in milliseconds. So a value
of 1000 should give you an update every second.

using 'tick' and 'tack' ist just a trick: tick and tack are 'variables',
which are initialized on startup (you should have a 'variables' section
in your config file)

note that these two are the same

variables {
   tick 1000
}
widget any {
   ...
   update tick
}

and

widget any {
   update 1000
}

> If I try to use the gpo widget, I get
> this when it tries to run the test.
> 
> Crystalfontz::GPO(1): GPO out of range (1..0)
> Crystalfontz::GPI(1): GPI out of range (1..0)
> Crystalfontz::GPO(4): GPO out of range (1..0)
> Crystalfontz: gpio_draw(1): GPO out of range (0..0)
> Crystalfontz: gpio_draw(1): GPO out of range (0..0)

You are using the 632, right? After having a look into the code, it
looks like the 632 does not have any GPOI's configured (both values are
set to zero). If you could tell me the number of GPI's/GPO's, I'd modify
the driver.

> Also if you run lcd4linux in interactive mode how do you quit out of the
> mode? The man page does not show the proper technique to stop it.  I
> have to kill the process to make it stop. ctrl C, or ctrl X, just seem
> to be std output.
Sorry,I just added this to the wiki: to leave interactive mode, just
press Ctrl-D


bye, Michael

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