CFA634-TMC-KU (Scrolling Marquee help)

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Neogeek

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Device: CFA634-TMC-KU
Feature: Scrolling Marquee aka 022
Scripting language: AutoIT ( http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/index.shtml )

I think the problem is my lack of understanding of this feature.
I can get the CFA634 to scroll the data I send to any line..
What I can't figure out is if I am not sending the data to it correctly. What I mean is...
What I expect when I enable scrolling marquee is all the data I send to that line to scroll across that line.
What I get is just the first 20 characters scrolling and any characters over the 20 going on to the next line.

Line 1 scrolling : This is the time for <scrolling>
Line 2 not scrolling:all good men to <not scrolling, as expected>

I did not tell it to "spill" over to line2 I was trying to figure out how to code more than 20 characters to scroll out from line1.
..am I making sense?
..do I just have to parse my data for line1 and feed it 20 characters at at time?

Thanks for any all help!
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starlon

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If that doesn't work for you, here's an excellent scroll algorithm from lcd4linux. It provides just about everything: prefix, postfix, marquee, pingpong, left/center/right alignments... Be sure and credit the lcd4linux team if you offer the code for download.

Code: 
void WidgetText::TextScroll()
{
    std::string pre = prefix_->P2S();
    std::string post = postfix_->P2S();

    std::string str = string_;

    int num, len, width, pad;
    unsigned int srcPtr = 0, dstPtr = 0;
    std::string src, dst;

    num = 0;
    len = str.length();
    width = length_ - pre.length() - post.length();
    if (width < 0)
	width = 0;

    switch (align_) {
    case ALIGN_LEFT:
	pad = 0;
	break;
    case ALIGN_CENTER:
	pad = (width - len) / 2;
	if (pad < 0)
	    pad = 0;
	break;
    case ALIGN_RIGHT:
	pad = width - len;
	if (pad < 0)
	    pad = 0;
	break;
    case ALIGN_AUTOMATIC:
	if (len <= width) {
	    pad = 0;
	    break;
	}
    case ALIGN_MARQUEE:
	pad = width - scroll_;
	scroll_++;
	if (scroll_ >= width + len)
	    scroll_ = 0;
	break;
    case ALIGN_PINGPONG:
#define PINGPONGWAIT 2

	/* scrolling is not necessary - center the str */
	if (len <= width) {
	    pad = (width - len) / 2;
	} else {
	    if (direction_ == 1)
		scroll_++;	/* scroll right */
	    else
		scroll_--;	/* scroll left */

	    /*pad = if positive, add leading space characters, else offset of str begin */
	    pad = 0 - scroll_;

	    if (pad < 0 - (len - width)) {
		if (delay_-- < 1) {	/* wait before switch direction */
		    direction_ = 0;	/* change scroll direction */
		    delay_ = PINGPONGWAIT;
		    scroll_ -= PINGPONGWAIT;
		}		/* else debug("wait1"); */
		pad = 0 - (len - width);
	    } else if (pad > 0) {
		if (delay_-- < 1) {
		    direction_ = 1;
		    delay_ = PINGPONGWAIT;
		    scroll_ += PINGPONGWAIT;
		}		/* else debug("wait2"); */
		pad = 0;
	    }

	}
	break;
    default:			/* not reached  */
	pad = 0;
    }

    dst.resize(length_);

    dstPtr = 0;
    num = 0;

    /* process prefix */
    src = pre;
    while (num < length_) {
	if (srcPtr == src.length())
	    break;
	dst[dstPtr++] = src[srcPtr++];
	num++;
    }

    src = str;

    /* pad blanks on the beginning */
    while (pad > 0 && num < length_) {
	dst[dstPtr++] = ' ';
	num++;
	pad--;
    }

    /* skip src chars (marquee) */
    std::string tmp = src;
    while (pad < 0) {
        src = tmp.substr(1, tmp.length()); 
        tmp = src;
	pad++;
    }


    /* copy content */
    while (num < length_) {
	if (srcPtr >= src.length())
	    break;
	dst[dstPtr++] = src[srcPtr++];
	num++;
    }

    /* pad blanks on the end */
    src = post;
    srcPtr = 0;
    len = src.length();
    while (num < length_ - len) {
	dst[dstPtr++] = ' ';
	num++;
    }

    /* process postfix */
    while (num < length_) {
	if (srcPtr >= src.length())
	    break;
	dst[dstPtr++] = src[srcPtr++];
	num++;
    }

    buffer_ = dst;

    /* finally, draw it! */
    if (Draw)
	Draw(this);
    else
        LCDError("WidgetText: No draw method.");
}
 
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Neogeek

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Thanks to both Starlon and Cosmicvoid.
I am still not the best script writer, or in other words I can read and tweak others code better then I can write my own.
That said, after reading and re-reading what Starlon pointed me to (duurr RTFM) my take away is that at best I get 40 characters per line even with scrolling? So I would have to use software (scripts) to keep it all on one line, like what Cosmicvoid linked me to, right?

What I am working on is weather info on my nightstand. The forcast data ("fcttext", http://api.wunderground.com/auto/wui/geo/ForecastXML/index.xml?query=Eugene,OR ) is longer then 40 characters so that's why I am trying to scroll it to one line.

Thanks again for all the help.
 
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