LCD KS0108 Chip

[MMC]

Hi all,

I am a newbie that has got a major problem, I have just installed Girder and LCD Master to check it out. My problem is that I can't get my LCD to work at all. It has the KS0108 controller chip, and it should be supported with lcd master 0.85....however it only says "cannot open device" is there something wrong with LCD Hype driver?

Anyone that have an idea what could be wrong?

Thanks

[Promixis]

Who maks this device?

What size is it ie col/row?

Serial or parallel?

Do you have a link to it?

In the mean time, you can setup the lcd driver to display a simulated display.

[MMC]

Hi Mike,

Thank you for your answer.

The display is a graphic 128x64,
parallel and it is made by Fordata Electronics.

Here is a link.

http://www.fordata.cn/22_2_2.asp

Model number is FDCG12864B

Thanks

[Promixis]

I looked the data sheet. This is a graphic display vs. a character display. The LCD Driver and LCD Master are designed around character displays.

If you have some progamming experience, you probably could overcome this limitation :D

[MMC]

Hi,

Yeah my programming experince is non at all :) , however the display is in LCD Master....it should be supported thru the LCD Hype dll.

Maybe it is just easier for me to buy another display...

[Promixis]

I don't see the display listed in the LCD driver list.

Much easier to get another display :D

I highly recommend the martox oribtal products 4x20 usb. I have 2 of them.

[MMC]

Well it is in the list under various, supported by the LCD Hype plugin.

LCD driver 3.5

Well I have to see if there will be a fix for it or if I just will buy another LCD....

Thanks for your time.

[Promixis]

Can you point to where its listed?

I am the author of LCD Master.

[Marsupial]

the KS0108 seams to be a standard for GRAPHICS lcd... you should have a way to communicate with it via serial and manage standard screens or something.

[MMC]

Can you point to where its listed?

I am the author of LCD Master.


Ohh, then U really are the right guy for this question :lol: good work U put in this...however when U download the LCD Driver 3.5 and unpack it, there is a readme.htm in archive under plugins\lcd ...and on one line it says this...

"Various LcdHype Various The LcdHype library, which supports graphical displays."

Best Regards

[Promixis]

MMcM wrote the LCD Driver. I haven't tried that library extension and I am not sure how that works. Have you looked at that web site? It sounds like you need to install some additional software.

[MMcM]

Shura_k wrote the LCD plug-in support for LCDHype.

You need both LCDHype itself and the port I/O driver to interface to the parallel port. Did you install both? They are both available from the LCDHype site.

[Promixis]

MMcM,

Does this work via your lcd plugin or is it seperate?

[MMcM]

There is only the one Girder LCD plug-in. It is configured to use LCDHype KS0108 128x64 and LPT1 (for example). ks0108_128x64.dll will need to be in the path as will dlportio.dll. It will use Windows fonts to rasterize the characters for the graphics display.

[Promixis]

Ok, I see how it works now. Cool.

[MMC]

This sounds great! Big thanks to Mike C and MMcM for GREAT support.
I will try this later tonight and let U know how it works out.

Greetings from Sweden.

[Promixis]

Keep me posted. I hadn't heard about lcdhype before!

[Marsupial]

I like the idea of LCD Hype too... might have to get a graph LCD.

can we send graphics also?

this seams really interesting.

[MMC]

OK, I have tried it now and I am sorry to say that it diden't work. I got one bit closer to the goal but now I got an runtime error in lcdhype.dll.

I have copied the driver dll from LCD Hype site and put it in girder directory. I have also dlportio...but it just wont work.

So when it comes to LCD init in LCD master it just hangs and it complains about an error in lcdhype.dll that is supplied with LCD driver 3.5

So if there is any kind person out there that have a solution, I would be very happy.

@ Marsupial --> Wait with buying an graphic LCD :)

[Promixis]

Did you try the test command on the lcd driver setup page?

[MMC]

Did you try the test command on the lcd driver setup page?


Yes, with same result :cry:

[Promixis]

Probably worth asking on their forum..

[MMC]

Yes, I will try that...but my german is "nicht so gut" :lol:

[Marsupial]

altavista translation?

[shura_k]

OK, I have tried it now and I am sorry to say that it diden't work. I got one bit closer to the goal but now I got an runtime error in lcdhype.dll.

I have copied the driver dll from LCD Hype site and put it in girder directory. I have also dlportio...but it just wont work.


Hi All.
I try to test this Device DLL and I've crash!!!!
This trouble also in SED1530 device.
Any other is OK!!!!

[MMC]

lcdhype.dll 3.5.0.11 80k 2004-06-01
ks0108_128x64.dll No version 91k 2004-04-21
girder.exe 3.3.0.0 1540k 2004-07-01
lcd.dll 3.5.0.46 92k 2004-06-01


спасибо за помощь :lol:

[shura_k]

Hi.
I fix the ERROR!!!

[Promixis]

Hi.
I fix the ERROR!!!

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Send me in PM e-mail and i send new DLL.

Do you want us to host it or are you going to give it MMcM to include in the driver.

Also, note, as a new feature, you can attached uploads to the forum now.