Ok...I did some tests...and downloaded the Matrix Orbital LCD Tester.

Things seem to be working now...not sure exactly what I did...but I did a few things with the Tester, including changing contrast etc...disconnected with the Tester and turned LCDC back on...now it is working.

FYI...I can enter characters and they show on the screen through HyperTerminal.

Can you try the following instructions?

1)Unpower your display
2)Place a jumper on pin 6 and 7
3)Power up your display again
4)The Baud will be set at a default 19200

Refer to the link, which is the manual, below ...

Ok...I have set a jumper on pin 6 and 7 and things look the same so far.


looking for an extra jumper ...be right with you... :(



Can you try the following instructions?

1)Unpower your display
2)Place a jumper on pin 6 and 7
3)Power up your display again
4)The Baud will be set at a default ...

looking for an extra jumper ...be right with you... :(



Can you try the following instructions?

1)Unpower your display
2)Place a jumper on pin 6 and 7
3)Power up your display again
4)The Baud will be set at a default 19200

Refer to the link, which is the manual, below. The instructions are on ...

Sorry, had to pull it out:

REV 1.0

Tom wrote:There is a number on the backside of your LCD display. It's the side that shows all most of the electronic components. There is a Revision number shown on there. An example is Rev 1.4 . Can you please tell me what the revision number?

I'm sorry, PCB?

Tom wrote:What revision of PCB do you currently have?

No matter what I do, the display shows gibberish characters. I have tried to install the drivers again, updated to the latest version of LCDC, etc. No luck.

This display worked great for almost a year. Now the display is very dim and displays weird characters. When I unplug it from the USB ...