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bretti_kivi
PostPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 14:46 
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hi,

i've been playing with LCDInfo for a short while and come across something wierd. any time i try to put anything in the lower two lines of my 20x4, i get nothing. nada.
I know the screen works as until about an hour ago it was happily delivering winamp track info.... hmm.... and the top two lines work perfectly.

setup:
8 bit data; HD 44870. LPT1, WinXP SP2, Thinkpad R40. LCDInfo 0.6 Build 18.

have i missed something?

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bretti_kivi
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 15:12 
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something else: ä and Ä and Ö and ö don't get displayed properly. this is a screen shot: it should read - "Älkää"
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Henri
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 09, 2004 11:13 
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I haven't tested the HD44780 driver that much as it's not written by me but I recently got a 4x40 HD44780 display and when testing with that one it worked fine for me. What happens if you try with the 4x40 setting ?

The reason that letters like ä, ö, Ä, Ö don't display correctly is that the the mapping in the HD44780 chip doesn't match the ASCII table. Workaround for this could be made to the driver. If someone wants to have a try in fixing it I put the source here. It has been published in the forum before but that is the latest version just to be sure.
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rudi Grobler
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 10:28 
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I am now busy updating this driver, I will try to fix any errors and do a proper doc about it...

If the last 2 lines don't work, then your e2 line is either not connected or configured to be the wrong pin.

E2 is the chip select for the second hd44780 chip on the 4 line lcds...

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rudi Grobler
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The problem is now fixed...

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rudi Grobler
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 14:21 
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Sorry, the driver can be found here:

http://www.cme.co.za/rudi

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 15:49 
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Here is a description of the changes made:

http://www.cme.co.za/rudi/pivot/entry.php?id=6

New version is now available...

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