- From: bsdfan at nurfuerspam.de (Markus Dolze)
- Subject: [Lcdproc] Some advice on 5.25" bay graphic LCD module or VFD
- Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:38:32 +0100
Hi
On 14.01.2012 22:13, Kaya Saman wrote:
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Thanks so much for the response Markus :-)
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I was looking at getting something like this:
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http://www.matrixorbital.com/Economy-Display-MOU-Character-VFDs/c42_20/index.html
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or
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http://www.matrixorbital.com/Intelligent-Display-Graphic-LCDs/c39_5/p362/GLK12232-25-SM-WB-(Black)/product_info.html
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where the second option shows some graph like graphics....
The GLK12232-25-SM is supposed to be supported by LCDproc ('glk'
driver), but they have not been tested for some time. I don't know if
the the MOU series will work.
Anyone else?
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would lcdproc support that or is it just simply standard bargraphs or
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block-style graphs that are supported?
You will just get standard (block character) bar graphs.
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Also is it possible to show 'alternating' screens so that say when
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the OS has booted the default screen will display a mixture of
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processes for n-seconds or minutes? Kinda like CPU for 10 seconds
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then memory for the next 10 seconds then system load etc....?
This is exactly what LCDproc is for. See some examples at
http://www.lcdproc.org/screenshots.php3
Regards,
Markus
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On Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:33:18 +0100 Markus
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Dolze<bsdfan at nurfuerspam.de> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> On 06.01.2012 20:52, Kaya Saman wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> first up I'd like to ask what a good USB 5.25" LCD or VFD module
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>> is???
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>> The bigger the display area the better for me and touch screen is
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>> not necessary.
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>> I have looked at CrystalFontz and MatrixOrbital and they look
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>> really interesting.
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> The Crystalfontz models (533 / 63x) work quite well with LCDproc
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> (note the temperature and fan control stuff is not supported).
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> MatrixOrbital devices work equally well, but have not been tested
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>> I don't know much about LCD module's for computer bays and would
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>> like to get more into it by adding them into my server bays.
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>> Ideally I would like to make use of the graphic features on the
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>> LCD panels but I have read in the lcdproc documentation that it
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>> is not supported??
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>> Would it be just worth getting a simple monochrome text LCD and
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>> displaying bargraphs and text info or would I actually be able to
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>> make use of the graphical features with lcdproc.
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> LCDproc does not support 'graphical features' like drawing images
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>> Currently I am using lcd4linux on one box which has a built in
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>> PicoLCD display - the Mini-Box M300 model which does a good job
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>> but segfaults when I try to use the buttons and the support is
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>> quite limited too as the mailing list is pretty low traffic. For
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>> someone like myself with not much knowledge or experience in the
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>> area it's quite difficult to get things working with what I want
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>> to display.
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> The PicoLCD displays work with LCDproc as well and there have been
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> no reports about segfaults recently. If you already own one you may
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> give it a try with LCDproc.
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> Regards, Markus
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