633 Python Software

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mrtaz

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I am working on controlling/accessing my 633 via python code. Would anyone be interested in (very ugly) code?

I am not a professional coder, more of a tinkerer, so there may (will) be room for improvement.

I currently have a program that can recieve and decode messages from the 633 (Fan speed, etc) and send messages to it (set lcd contents, etc). It also opens a network port so other apps can send it commands.

The only non-standard python module I am using is pySerial so it should be portable.

Lenny Brown
mrtaz@tazman.com
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Gooserider

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I am not a coder, just a user, so I don't know if what you're talking about would be useful to me or not... I'm basically looking at using a 633 under Linux, and would like to be able to get config and performance info to / from it, and be able to log performance data. I'm not really into using the LCD for any function other than fan control and temp monitoring.

Gooserider
 
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marseillais

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deepspace said:
The latest LCDproc had also support for the 633!
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hello, I am in France and I have a usbLCD 633 CrystalFontz and I would like to make it work under Linux 2.6.1 I would like to know what I must install so that it goes.
 
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deepspace

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Well, not a lot to do...

Install the correct USB serial driver into the kernel, and config lcdproc to use the correct device (should /dev/usb/tts/0 or something).
 
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marseillais

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i have install the 2.6 version of the kernel and i congig LCDd.con with

[CFontz]
# CrystalFontz driver

# Select the output device to use [/dev/lcd]
#Device=/dev/ttyS0
Device=/dev/ttyUSB0

# Select the LCD type (size) [20x4]
#Size=20x4
Size=16x2

# Set the initial contrast [140]
Contrast=140

# The backlight brightness settings are retrieved
# from the serversection now. And can therefore be
# modified from the server menu now.

# Set the communication speed [9600]
# possible values: 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200
#Speed=9600
Speed=19200

# Set the firmware version (New means >= 2.0) [no]
# if set, set Speed to 19200
#NewFirmware=no
NewFirmware=yes

# Reinitialize the LCD's BIOS [no]
# normally you shouldn't need this
Reboot=no

# This is using the USB->serial driver [no]
#USB=no
Usb=yes

I have agorde the cable usb intern and the allimentaion but the CF-633 does not ignite i dont know what i do.
 
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deepspace

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here is my sectoin, hope it helps:

[CFontz]
# CrystalFontz driver

# Select the output device to use [/dev/lcd]
Device=/dev/usb/tts/0

# Select the LCD type (size) [20x4]
Size=20x4

# Set the initial contrast [140]
Contrast=140

# The backlight brightness settings are retrieved
# from the serversection now. And can therefore be
# modified from the server menu now.

# Set the communication speed [9600]
# possible values: 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200
Speed=19200

# Set the firmware version (New means >= 2.0) [no]
# if set, set Speed to 19200
NewFirmware=yes

# Reinitialize the LCD's BIOS [no]
# normally you shouldn't need this
Reboot=yes

# This is using the USB->serial driver [no]
USB=yes

[SGX120]
# Seetron SGX120-L driver

# Select the output device to use [/dev/lcd]
Device=/dev/ttyS0

# Select the LCD type (size) [20x4]
Size=20x4

# Set the communication speed [9600]
# possible values: 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200
Speed=9600

# Reinitialize the LCD's BIOS [no]
# normally you shouldn't need this
Reboot=no
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Well, the LCD backlight should be on and the LCD should boot, even if no software is loaded.

Is /dev/ttyUSB0 correct? If the backlight is on, you schould be able to put some thing on the usb with:

cat hello world > /dev/ttyUSB0
 
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marseillais

New member
I have a question, when you connect the cf-633 with port USB and has the power supply is the LCD posts something,
because mine it posts anything.
 
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