Interfacing CFA533-TMI-KC with an Arduino via I2C

Medio.Litro

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I am trying to interface the I2C-ready CFA533-TMI-KC with an Arduino for some prototyping purposes, but am running into difficulties. As a "Hello, world!" test I have been trying to send the LCD command 14 (Set LCD & Keypad Backlight) with a value of 0 to turn off the backlight, since this would clearly indicate that I am communicating with it; however, nothing seems to be happening.

I have checked the waveforms of the I2C transactions between the devices and they are clearly communicating, so I'm thinking that the problem is in how I'm going about trying to talk to the LCD. My code is below, is there any obvious flaw in my methodology?

Thank you!

edit: for reference here is the documentation for the Arduino I2C library http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/Wire

Code:
#include <Wire.h>

//byte commandBytes[2] = {1, 0};

void setup() {
    Serial.begin(9600);
    Wire.begin();
}

typedef unsigned char uint8_t;
typedef unsigned int uint16_t;
static const uint16_t kInitialCRC = 0xFFFF;

uint16_t UpdateCRC(uint8_t *bufptr, uint16_t len, uint16_t crc)
{
//CRC lookup table to avoid bit-shifting loops.
static const uint16_t crcLookupTable[256] =
{0x00000,0x01189,0x02312,0x0329B,0x04624,0x057AD,0x06536,0x074BF,
0x08C48,0x09DC1,0x0AF5A,0x0BED3,0x0CA6C,0x0DBE5,0x0E97E,0x0F8F7,
0x01081,0x00108,0x03393,0x0221A,0x056A5,0x0472C,0x075B7,0x0643E,
0x09CC9,0x08D40,0x0BFDB,0x0AE52,0x0DAED,0x0CB64,0x0F9FF,0x0E876,
0x02102,0x0308B,0x00210,0x01399,0x06726,0x076AF,0x04434,0x055BD,
0x0AD4A,0x0BCC3,0x08E58,0x09FD1,0x0EB6E,0x0FAE7,0x0C87C,0x0D9F5,
0x03183,0x0200A,0x01291,0x00318,0x077A7,0x0662E,0x054B5,0x0453C,
0x0BDCB,0x0AC42,0x09ED9,0x08F50,0x0FBEF,0x0EA66,0x0D8FD,0x0C974,
0x04204,0x0538D,0x06116,0x0709F,0x00420,0x015A9,0x02732,0x036BB,
0x0CE4C,0x0DFC5,0x0ED5E,0x0FCD7,0x08868,0x099E1,0x0AB7A,0x0BAF3,
0x05285,0x0430C,0x07197,0x0601E,0x014A1,0x00528,0x037B3,0x0263A,
0x0DECD,0x0CF44,0x0FDDF,0x0EC56,0x098E9,0x08960,0x0BBFB,0x0AA72,
0x06306,0x0728F,0x04014,0x0519D,0x02522,0x034AB,0x00630,0x017B9,
0x0EF4E,0x0FEC7,0x0CC5C,0x0DDD5,0x0A96A,0x0B8E3,0x08A78,0x09BF1,
0x07387,0x0620E,0x05095,0x0411C,0x035A3,0x0242A,0x016B1,0x00738,
0x0FFCF,0x0EE46,0x0DCDD,0x0CD54,0x0B9EB,0x0A862,0x09AF9,0x08B70,
0x08408,0x09581,0x0A71A,0x0B693,0x0C22C,0x0D3A5,0x0E13E,0x0F0B7,
0x00840,0x019C9,0x02B52,0x03ADB,0x04E64,0x05FED,0x06D76,0x07CFF,
0x09489,0x08500,0x0B79B,0x0A612,0x0D2AD,0x0C324,0x0F1BF,0x0E036,
0x018C1,0x00948,0x03BD3,0x02A5A,0x05EE5,0x04F6C,0x07DF7,0x06C7E,
0x0A50A,0x0B483,0x08618,0x09791,0x0E32E,0x0F2A7,0x0C03C,0x0D1B5,
0x02942,0x038CB,0x00A50,0x01BD9,0x06F66,0x07EEF,0x04C74,0x05DFD,
0x0B58B,0x0A402,0x09699,0x08710,0x0F3AF,0x0E226,0x0D0BD,0x0C134,
0x039C3,0x0284A,0x01AD1,0x00B58,0x07FE7,0x06E6E,0x05CF5,0x04D7C,
0x0C60C,0x0D785,0x0E51E,0x0F497,0x08028,0x091A1,0x0A33A,0x0B2B3,
0x04A44,0x05BCD,0x06956,0x078DF,0x00C60,0x01DE9,0x02F72,0x03EFB,
0x0D68D,0x0C704,0x0F59F,0x0E416,0x090A9,0x08120,0x0B3BB,0x0A232,
0x05AC5,0x04B4C,0x079D7,0x0685E,0x01CE1,0x00D68,0x03FF3,0x02E7A,
0x0E70E,0x0F687,0x0C41C,0x0D595,0x0A12A,0x0B0A3,0x08238,0x093B1,
0x06B46,0x07ACF,0x04854,0x059DD,0x02D62,0x03CEB,0x00E70,0x01FF9,
0x0F78F,0x0E606,0x0D49D,0x0C514,0x0B1AB,0x0A022,0x092B9,0x08330,
0x07BC7,0x06A4E,0x058D5,0x0495C,0x03DE3,0x02C6A,0x01EF1,0x00F78};

  //This algorithm is based on the IrDA LAP example.
  while(len--)
    crc = (crc >> 8) ^ crcLookupTable[(crc ^ *bufptr++) & 0xff];
  //Make this crc match the one’s complement that is sent in the packet.
  return crc;
}

struct BacklightPacket {
  uint8_t command;
  uint8_t length;
  uint8_t brightness;
  uint16_t crc;
};

void loop(void) {
  
  BacklightPacket pkt;
  pkt.command = 0x0E;
  pkt.length = 1;
  pkt.brightness = 0;
  pkt.crc = UpdateCRC((uint8_t*)&pkt, 3, kInitialCRC);
  Serial.print("CRC = ");
  Serial.print(pkt.crc);
  Serial.print("\n");
  
  Wire.beginTransmission(42);
  Wire.write((const uint8_t*)&pkt, sizeof(BacklightPacket));
  Wire.endTransmission();
  delay(50);

  Wire.requestFrom(42, 4);
  
  while(Wire.available()) {
    char c = Wire.read();
    Serial.print((uint16_t)c);
  }
  Serial.print("\n");

  delay(500);
}
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