It arrived.
I connected the power to one of the small leads off the HDD power supply, but changed the cabling so it is black at one end and red at the other, putting the black at the end so it would match up with the large GND marked on the back of the LCD panel.
Attached the DB9 M/F cable I got (RS-232 the little man in the store told me) it's branded as a "mouse/mono monitor ext."
Plug it all in and nothing, nada, blank screen, no funnt smells, no big bangs, no exploded chips, nothing, ran LCDC and when I search for the LCD it comes back as nothing.
What is the debug route, is there anyway to check that the COM port is even seeing it, how do I know what to do next.
Many thanks in advance for any input.
LCD 2041-WB-V Getting Nothing
OK, Now I'm super confused.
I go to configure/test in LCDC and select:
Com1
9600
LCD2041
55% contrast
And hit test display.
It says:
Attempting to connect to COM1
Connection to COM1 successful
Resetting Contrast/Brightness
So I hit send selected to send L.C.D.C!!!! to the panel
it gives me the [sent] confirmation, but I see nothing.
I go to configure/test in LCDC and select:
Com1
9600
LCD2041
55% contrast
And hit test display.
It says:
Attempting to connect to COM1
Connection to COM1 successful
Resetting Contrast/Brightness
So I hit send selected to send L.C.D.C!!!! to the panel
it gives me the [sent] confirmation, but I see nothing.
OK, found the issue. And you guys need to look into adding something a little clearer for this.
I'm following the manual for my LCD, but I have the wide voltage one.
5v won't do it, it needs the 12v plugged in.
It actually says that in the manual, but not clearly and in small print. Just add it at the top in big red letters.
Thanks anyway, I'm off to play with this beast.
I'm following the manual for my LCD, but I have the wide voltage one.
5v won't do it, it needs the 12v plugged in.
It actually says that in the manual, but not clearly and in small print. Just add it at the top in big red letters.
Thanks anyway, I'm off to play with this beast.
