[lcd4linux] Sure LCDs

[Matt J. <mat...@gm...>]

Hi,

I'm having a devil of a time getting a 4x20 LCD from Sure Electronics
working with Lcd4Linux.
The device works via LCDSmartie on Windows, so I recon the hardware is OK.

I've tried a lot of MatrixOrbital driver models, but none have worked.

Looking at the device manual
http://www.sure-electronics.net/download/DE-LD023_Ver1.0_EN.pdf

It show that to establish communications, the command
'\xfe\x53\x75\x72\x65' (Sure) must be sent.

Looking at the MatricOrbital driver code (the best that I can), it
does not send this sequence for the Sure model that it support.
http://ssl.bulix.org/projects/lcd4linux/browser/trunk/drv_MatrixOrbital.c

Just wondering how much effort would be required to support the newer
Sure model.

Regards

Matt
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