[Lcd4linux-devel] Re: lcd4linux MilfordInstruments driver

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

Hi Andy, Hi List,

> I found the bug - it looks like the display gets confused if you put 0xfe 
> escape characters inside a 'define char' sequence. I've added a loop which 
> AND's all the characters with 0x1f before sending them to the display.

Funny, but I fixed a bug with Crystalfontz displays yesterday, which had 
exactly the same reason - bit 7 made a bar blinking. Thanks for 
debugging this one!

> This has been checked in to cvs - hope that's OK.
Ok, but I changed it a bit so it does not modify the passed buffer but 
copy it into a loxcal buffer. I modified all other drivers, too.

> I also wrote a couple of plugin functions which are useful for testing - one 
> just increments and decrements a number between two limits every time you 
> call it, which is good for testing bars;
Hey, that's a good idea!

> another alternates one of a series 
> of numbers between -1 and +1, which i used for making icons visible and 
> invisible. I haven't checked these in because I'm having trouble adding the 
> plugin to the source tree properly - it was working on one machine, and then 
> not on the other, so I'll wait until this is sorted.
You can send the to me, I'll add them.


bye, Michael

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