Writing to display

AllenConquest · Post by **AllenConquest** » March 1st, 2005, 2:52 pm

Well I've got the demo plugin working, now something a bit more advanced ...

How do I output to multiple lines on the display ?

AllenConquest · Post by **AllenConquest** » March 1st, 2005, 3:09 pm

Oh dear

I've really shown myself up as a noobie now. No need to answer I figured it out myself

Post by **limbo** » March 2nd, 2005, 9:36 am

Hey man this is the forum for...

no special way to show multiple lines to display...
just call a fuction in each line of lcd smartie....

I think you found it by your self

AllenConquest · Post by **AllenConquest** » March 2nd, 2005, 9:21 pm

Thanks limbo. Just after posting that message I suddenly realised it

I'm just working out what I can do in plugins. Is there a good example plugin that does something a bit more useful than the demo ones ? I want to make sure anything I write is up to the usual standards. Are there any tricks you tend to use, such as threading, or anything else ?

Post by **limbo** » March 2nd, 2005, 10:22 pm

Coding Language?

I use mainly vb.NET for coding....

I can provide you some code examples for the VB if use the same platform...

the source of a released plugin for example

Post by **clansley** » March 2nd, 2005, 10:34 pm

There's also the code for all of our plugins in CVS. (i.e. winamp, perf, menu, etc)

[The code's a little ugly as I didn't have time to clean it up...]

AllenConquest · Post by **AllenConquest** » March 7th, 2005, 11:29 pm

So is there a way of making LCDSmartie go to my new screen when my application first starts ? I've also been looking at jaLCD and this seems to be able to do this. What I want is for my plugin to control what screen is displayed on the VFD. Is this possible ?

Post by **limbo** » March 8th, 2005, 1:11 pm

I think it's possible to write a plugin to interact with any program...
This needs programming expierience....

However you cannot control the screens of LCD smartie through plugin's functions. Plug-is returning only string type data to LCD smartie.

In other hand you can develop a plugin that returns various strings depending on the received data or status of the application interacting with { a very simple example for this is my warnif plugin }.

AllenConquest · Post by **AllenConquest** » March 8th, 2005, 3:55 pm

So this isn't really going to be able to do what I want. It looks like I'll have to stic with jaLCD which can be controlled from the plugin. It's a shame because I know the LCDSmartie already works with so many displays.

My only other option is to write a direct interface so that I output direct to the LCD. Is there an easy way to do this in a way that is compatible with many LCD devices ?