[mythtv-users] imon lcd device

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Marius,

Tuesday, February 16, 2016, 7:40:44 PM, you wrote:


> Hi again,

>  Next problem is my Soundgraph imon LCD screen and IR receiver.

>  I really wanted to avoid lirc altogether this time as the
> scancodes now work perfectly through the event interface (before I
> even installed lirc. Surprisingly, the problem is with the LCD
> screen, which is refusing to work.

> I ended up installing lirc just to get LCDd and lcdproc, then used
> the cme editor to write the following file:

>  ## This file was written by cme command.
> ## You can run 'cme edit lcdproc' to modify this file.
> ## You may also modify the content of this file with your favorite editor.


> [server]
> Driver=imonlcd
> DriverPath=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lcdproc/
> GoodBye="Goodbye!"
> Hello="Welcome to"
> Hello="mythbox!"
> NextScreenKey=Right
> PrevScreenKey=Left
> ReportToSyslog=yes
> ToggleRotateKey=Enter
> User=nobody

> [imonlcd]
> Backlight=on
> Device=/dev/lcd0
> DiscMode=0
> OnExit=1
> Protocol=1
> Size=16x2

> [menu]
> DownKey=Down
> EnterKey=Enter
> MenuKey=Escape
> UpKey=Up

> The usb device exists:
>  lsusb | grep -i soundgraph
> Bus 004 Device 003: ID 15c2:0038 SoundGraph Inc. GD01 MX LCD Display/IR Receiver


> as does the driver file:
> # ls -l /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lcdproc/  | grep imonlcd
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18944 mai   18  2015 imonlcd.so

>  I tried adding device type 2 to /etc/modprobe.d/lirc_imon.conf:

> cat /etc/modprobe.d/lirc_imon.conf
> options lirc_imon display_type=2


>  but get this when loading the module:
> 583.467327] lirc_imon: module is from the staging directory, the
> quality is unknown, you have been warned.
> [ 3583.467420] lirc_imon: unknown parameter 'display_type' ignored
> [ 3583.467484] usbcore: registered new interface driver lirc_imon

> root at mythbox:~# sudo systemctl status LCDd.service
> ● LCDd.service - LSB: LCD daemon
>    Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/LCDd)
>    Active: active (exited) since ti. 2016-02-16 19:38:13 CET; 10s ago
>      Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
>   Process: 2931 ExecStop=/etc/init.d/LCDd stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
>   Process: 3015 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/LCDd start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

> feb. 16 19:38:13 mythbox systemd[1]: Starting LSB: LCD daemon...
> feb. 16 19:38:13 mythbox LCDd[3015]: Starting LCDd: LCDd.
> feb. 16 19:38:13 mythbox systemd[1]: Started LSB: LCD daemon.

> I am missing the dev node, so a udev rule might be a good place to
> start, but is there a way to use the lcd without loading lirc?

> BR.

> --Marius--

It's one of the /dev/input/eventx devices!

Tot mails,
  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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