Fonts get corrupted after using the LCD for a while

[Thor]

GLK12232-25...

about 15-30 minutes after booting up...the current font that the LCD is using gets corrupted and starts displaying garbage characters...starts with only one letter but eventually screws them all up...

using LCD Center 2.0...with MBM5...and the email checking...

[Henry]

Post your INI file from LCDCenter, I had similar trouble here, but figured it out, the ini file was doing funky stuff in places...

[Thor]

will do when I get home...I'm at work right now, so I don't have access to the INI file...

one thing I did notice about LCD Center is that if you don't put a blank display as the last display in the list (say you have 4 displays...the 5th needs to be blank)...the timing gets screwed up and doesn't display the screens for very long...bug in the program I guess...

oh...and I'll be gettin some images up soon...

[Henry]

The program was modified to work with the graphic displays, not writen for it, so some bugs are to be expected.

[Thor]

yeah I know...I didn't expect it to work perfectly since this something fairly new to Home PCs...

[Henry]

Wll, the LCD has been around for a year or so, but the software was patched and modified to work with the graphic displays. Jo did his best to get it working.

[Thor]

Here's the INI file...





[headlines]
interval=10


[winamp]
path=C:Program FilesWinampwinamp.exe

[config]
driver=MO
port=2
speed=19200
scrollspeed=100
keypad=1
rows=4
cols=20
;interval in milliseconds
screenspeed=1000
winamp="c:program fileswinampwinamp.exe"
digibus=1
digibusport=2
digibusspeed=19200

[email]
username1=*****
password1=*****
mailserver1=*****
username2=*****
password2=*****
mailserver2=*****
username3=*****
password3=*****
mailserver3=*****
interval=2
;interval in minutes

[startup]
n2" LCDcenter2.0"
n3="www.borderfield.com"
n0=""
n1=""

[menu0]
title="1. MP3 Playlist"
n0="JUKEBOX"

[menu1]
title="2. Winamp"
n0="WINAMP"

[menu2]
title="3. DigiBus"
n0="DIGIBUS"


[menu3]
title="4. Temperature"
n0="Ambient: $TEMP1"
n1="Mobo : $TEMP3 CPU: $TEMP2"
r0=2000
r1=2000

[menu4]
title="5. Fan RPM"
n0="CPU FAN: $FAN1 rpm"
r0=1000
n1="VID FAN: $FAN2 rpm"
r1=1000

[menu5]
title="6. CPU"
n0="CPU: $CPULOAD% MEM: $MEMLOAD%"
n1="$CPUMHZMhz $MEMFREE/$MEMTOTALMb free"
r0=1000
r1=1000

[menu6]
title="7. Uptime"
n0="Uptime: $UPTIME"
r0=1000
n1="$DATE $TIME"
r1=1000

[menu7]
title="8. Voltages"
n0="C: $VOLT1 - 3.3: $VOLT3"
r0=1000
n1="5: $VOLT4 - 12: $VOLT5"
r1=1000

[menu8]
title="8. Network stats"
r1=500
n0="I:$NICIN2Mb O:$NICOUT2Mb"
n1="Speed: $NICBYTESPERSECRECV2Kb/s"
r0=1000

[menu9]
title="10. HD stats"
r1=1000
n0="$HDFREEGBC/$HDTOTALGBCGb Free"
n1="$HDFREEGBE/$HDTOTALGBEGb Free"

[menu10]
title="11. Email"
n0="VUB: $EMAIL1 new mails"
r0=1000
n1="SW : $EMAIL2 new mails"
r1=1000

[menu11]
title="12. MP3"
n0="$WINAMPSONGNAME ($WINAMPSONGPOSITION/$WINAMPSONGLENGTH) Now playing "
r0=-1
n1="$WINAMPSONGKBPSKbps - $WINAMPSONGKHZKhz"
r1=1000
[perfmon]


<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Thor on 2001-10-24 14:54 ]</font>

[Thor]

here's the profile ini...



[info]
name=default
[lines]
n0=" -=THOR=-"
r0=0
n1=" CPU $CPUMHZ MHz @ $CPULOAD%"
r1=1000
n2=" MEM: $MEMLOAD% used"
r2=1000
n3=" $MEMFREE/$MEMTOTALMb free"
r3=1000
n4="CPU Core: $VOLT1 V"
r4=0
n5="3.3V Line: $VOLT3 V"
r5=1000
n6="5V Line: $VOLT4 V"
r6=1000
n7="12V Line: $VOLT5 V"
r7=1000
n8="Cooling"
r8=0
n9="CPU Temp: $TEMP1 C"
r9=1000
n10="System Temp: $TEMP2 C"
r10=1000
n11="CPU Fan: $FAN1 RPM"
r11=1000
n12="Computer: $LOCALHOSTNAME"
r12=0
n13="IP: $LOCALHOSTIP"
r13=0
n14="Download: $NICIN2MB"
r14=1000
n15="Upload: $NICOUT2MB"
r15=1000
n16="C: $HDFREEGBC GB Free"
r16=0
n17="D: $HDFREEGBD GB Free"
r17=0
n18="E: $HDFREEGBE GB Free"
r18=0
n19="G: $HDFREEGBG GB Free"
r19=0
n20=" $DATE"
r20=1000
n21=" $TIME"
r21=1000
n22=" Uptime:"
r22=0
n23=" $UPTIME"
r23=1000
n24=""
r24=0
n25=""
r25=0
n26=""
r26=0
n27=""
r27=0
[screendelays]
d1=10000
d2=10000
d3=10000
d4=10000
d5=10000
d6=10000
d7=10000

[Profezzor BoB]

Shit Thor, stop showing up everywhere I do

[Thor]

Bob...I was here first...

the fonts now get screwed up within minutes of starting to use LCDCenter to display stuff on the unit...it is basically worthless to try to use it now...

[Henry]

If you try to use on of the demo programs, like MOGD, can you display to the screen no problem? with out messing up the fonts?

[Thor]

once I reload the fonts they display fine in MOGD...but as soon as I start using anything but that program the fonts start to get corrupted...I found out this weekend that it also happens when trying to use the Winamp plugin you guys use (according to the customer app page)

it isn't a speed issue because I set it to the lowest speed possible and it still happens...

are there any heat sensitive components on the LCD PCB (or the LCD itself)? I used a hot glue gun to attach the LCD to a faceplate cutout I did...could this be the problem?

[Henry]

There is no Winamp plug in trhat supports the GLK12232-25 any where yet. The plugins are only alpha numeric at this time. That might be corrupting the memory because of bad/weird commands getting recieved by the display from the winamp plugin.

[Thor]

well...that defines the problem for the winamp plugin...but up till this weekend I hadn't run the winamp plugin...so the problem with LCDCenter still remains...

are there any other proggies that work with the GLK12232-25 that I can try?

[Henry]

I talked with Jo about your problem, he suggested going at a lower speed (9600) and drop the time in the updates to something a little slower.