[mythtv-users] mythlcd

[Tomi Makinen]

Thanks for all the info, I tested the lcdd with curses and it was great.
Made my lcd screen today. Well backlight is not working yet, but
gonne buy some parts tomorrow. I have nice 20x2 display.

One thing.. Is there any way to make the clock to show up in the first row
and not the second ?... really a minor thing, but I would prefer the
upper row .

On 1/18/06, Robin Gilks <g8ecj at gilks.org> wrote:
>
>
> > Where could I moer information about mythlcd and what it shows ?
> > Does it show clock when you watch TV or dvd ? Or can you configure it
> > easily
> > ?
> >
> > On 1/2/06, Robin Gilks <g8ecj at gilks.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> > Hello List,
> >> >
> >> > Is there a way to use mythlcd with the stable 0.18.1 code ?
> >> >
> >> > I don't want to run the CVS version if possible
> >> >
> >>
> >> Any reason you particularly want the seperate task driving the LCD?
> >> 0.18.1
> >> will already talk to an LCD device through LCDproc - its just that the
> >> SVN
> >> code has factored out a lot of the LCD stuff to make it easier to
> >> support
> >> and to add new features (like better operation with MythMusic).
> >>
> >> Tick the check box on the last 'appearance' setup screen to enable the
> >> LCD
> >> stuff and select the items you want displaying...
> >>
>
> The easiest way to see what it does is to try it - fortunately you don't
> need an LCD for testing!!
>
> Install lcdproc and set up the ncurses driver. Set the size to what you
> would expect to use on a real LCD (mine is 2 lines of 20 for example) and
> run up LCDd on a seperate virtual screen before you start up mythfrontend.
> In Mythfrontend, go into setup/appearance and select the things you want
> to be displayed. I think you have to restart the frontend to it to work...
>
> You'll see displayed (including all the scrolling etc) everything you can
> expect to see on a real LCD.
>
> Very handy for debugging this method is, as I found when the display I
> bought wouldn't run directly off the 3.3volt printer port on an Epia
> SP13000 (even with pullup resistors) such that I had to put in voltage
> shifting buffers. When I was at last convinced that the software DID work
> I debugged the hardware and sorted it!!
>
> --
> Robin Gilks zl3rob/g8ecj
> Internet: g8ecj at gilks.org    http://www.gilks.org
>
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