Marino

This is good news. You may have identified the problem.

Can you please send me a HEX example of how to Clear the screen and the display HELLO using the proper Start Condition and Stop Conditions.

I just want to make sure I fully understand.

Many Thanks. Bob

Martino: I currently have a 2 second delay after power up and before I write the first command to the display. Are you suggesting inserting a delay before each data byte is sent or just before each command? for example: Clear Screen and then Print HELLO 0x50 0xFE 0x58 (DELAY) 0x50 0x48 0x45 0x4C 0x4...

Hi Martino: Thanks for your reply. The random character always seems to be the same character (see attached photos). The display seems to properly execute all commands sent to it. I have attached three photos. The first shows the random character after a colon.......this may occur in one our of ever...

I also am having problems with the LCD0821 intermittently displaying a random unrecognizable character. I am using the display in I2C mode with a PIC microcontroller. After power us the MO character is displayed. Sometimes a random charter is displayed on this screen a second or two after power up. ...