Help identifying LCD display please

[luckyvision]

I have a DMX case with LCD in the front that the backlight comes on, but that's it. DMX is basicly a 'canned music' company, they pipe in the music & has comercials taylored to the business.

the unit itself is a basic desktop computer with a linux os. the hard drive was locked out, so that got wiped & XP loaded.

the lcd is allways back lit but that's it. it's hooked to COM2 on the MB.

before the HD swap it would show a message (i forget what) but now nothing. i've been searching for software to run it, lcd smartie is the closest i've gotten (i can only do the simplest of code, & with some effort will figure out LCDSmartie)

if you click the link you can get descriptions of each pic. PLEASE NOTE I had a brain fart & wrote "DXM" when it's really DMX" (profusionx). i used to work for a horrible little company called DXM computers, & had a brain fart while typing the descriptions.

Thanks!! --Lucky

http://cid-bff952b9e3bde7b6.skydrive.li ... haringLink

[luckyvision]

Oh, & then if you can sugesst which driver...

I might be able to mod a config file, but i don't know enough to write one...

Thanks, --Lucky

[caesar]

It has an Atmel microcontroller to translate serial commands into LCD output and buttons on the panel into serial data for the PC.
It would be great to get a hold on the protocol specs, so you can use all the features. (either by documentation or sniffing data on the serial port)

If not you can play around a little with the testdriver, it's made just for that.

[luckyvision]

Ok, i'll play with that, but to start with, is it normal for the backlight to always be on?

[caesar]

Most probably it's permanently powered or the microcontroller turns it on when powered, waiting for a command to dim it or shut it down.

[samwin]

Hi there, would like to know if there's a working display driver for the same DMX lcd.
I've got it working with matrix.dll (matrix orbitol), but noticed that the display lines are incorrect. (4x20 instead of 4x24), also the display redraw doesn't refresh correctly.
All buttons on are working though, shame I can't get it working since it's almost there...
Would appreciate any help or let me know if you're a developer an want to write something for it.