[mythtv-users] iMON VFD LCD driver for SilverStone LC14/16 cases

[Karl Newman]

On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 11:40 AM, Bob Sully <rcs at malibyte.net> wrote:

> Hi all -
>
> Recently updated my Myth system from 14.04 to 16.04 (running
> 0.28-fixes).
>
> All seems well at this point except for the fact that the VFD LCD panel
> on my case doesn't come up (with LCDd and lcdproc).  The imon drivers
> that come with the new kernels don't work with it (the module will load
> but the LCD daemon fails to run, as it can't find /dev/lcd0 - "Did you
> load the iMON VFD module?" in /var/log/syslog.
>
> After doing a bit of Googling, I now recall that I had to compile a
> custom driver from Venky to get it to work before, but the download link
> is no longer any good, and I can't find the .tgz file anywhere.  The
> SilverStone site has Windows drivers but not Linux (they point to
> Venky's site for the Linux driver).  Anyone still have a copy of that
> imon_vfd.tgz lying around?  It needs to be compiled for the current
> running kernel.
>
> Thanks!
> Bob
>

Hi Bob,

I have an SilverStone LC11m with an iMon VFD display/IR receiver. I'm
pretty sure I'm no longer using custom code. I was able to get the
in-kernel drivers working. I don't know if I have the exact same model as
you though (lsusb shows ID 15c2:ffdc SoundGraph Inc. iMON PAD Remote
Controller). I do have the following options in /etc/modprobe.d/lirc.conf
options imon display_type=1 nomouse=1 pad_thresh=28

I think the display_type is the key. Without it, I think it will assume an
LCD instead of VFD type. Note that I'm using Gentoo so you'll need to put
those kernel module options where appropriate for Ubuntu.

Karl
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