Re: [lcd4linux] Sure LCDs

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

OK, I added support to MatrixOrbital.c and it seems to work with newer
Sure LCDs.

Regards

On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 22:39, Matt Joyce <mat...@gm...> wrote:
> 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
> --
> http://www.lostplot.com
>



-- 
http://www.lostplot.com