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wirz lcd code

ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2000-05-04 00:49 in General Discussion
Does anyone have the DIP switch setting for the Wirz serial board when
using it with a stamp? Also, I would love to see some code on how to make
it work.
Thanks,
Heath

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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2000-04-28 23:03
    Heath:
    I received a Wirz data sheet with my board when I bought it from MPJ. If
    you can tell me your LCD rows, columns, and baud rate, I can give you the
    settings. Here is a simple BS1 test program I made from reading Scott
    Edwards site on his backpack. The Wirz docs are not too good, but
    apparently the commands that Scott gives work with the Wirz. (We should
    probably buy the well documented Scott backpack[noparse]:)[/noparse])

    'FILE SCOTTBPK.BAS 4/15/00
    'try demo prog from Scott's backpak doc
    SYMBOL I=254
    SYMBOL CLR=1
    SYMBOL LINE2=192
    SYMBOL L1_C7=134
    PAUSE 1000
    SEROUT 0,N2400,(I,CLR)
    SEROUT 0,N2400,("HELLO WORLD")
    PAUSE 2000
    SEROUT 0,N2400,(I,CLR)
    SEROUT 0,N2400,("COUNT:")
    AGAIN:
    SEROUT 0,N2400,(I,L1_C7)
    SEROUT 0,N2400,(#B2," ")
    B2=B2+1
    PAUSE 200
    GOTO AGAIN

    Ray McArthur

    Original Message
    From: Heath A. Lovell <halove00@p...>
    To: <basicstamps@egroups.com>
    Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 8:43 AM
    Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] wirz lcd code


    > Does anyone have the DIP switch setting for the Wirz serial board when
    > using it with a stamp? Also, I would love to see some code on how to make
    > it work.
    > Thanks,
    > Heath
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2000-04-28 23:32
    At 06:03 PM 4/28/00 -0400, you wrote:

    >Heath:
    >I received a Wirz data sheet with my board when I bought it from MPJ. If
    >you can tell me your LCD rows, columns, and baud rate, I can give you the
    >settings. Here is a simple BS1 test program I made from reading Scott
    >Edwards site on his backpack. The Wirz docs are not too good, but
    >apparently the commands that Scott gives work with the Wirz. (We should
    >probably buy the well documented Scott backpack[noparse]:)[/noparse])

    Actually the Wirz unit has an important difference from the way
    instructions are handled by the SEETRON unit. If I'm remembering correctly,
    when your character DRAM address gets to the end of a line, the wirz board
    *automatically* inserts a linefeed and a carriage return. This can be
    confusing, and the Scott Edwards board doesn't do it. It's simple enough to
    send the same instructions with command codes, but with the wirz board you
    don't have a choice. I find the SEE unit much more straight forward to
    format. This is also how my PBP code does it:

    http://www3.sympatico.ca/orthner/serialcd.html

    Best, Duncan
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2000-05-04 00:49
    Duncan:
    Thanks for the heads-up. I haven't used the LCD enough to realize
    this....will print this out and file in our LCD folder.

    Ray McArthur

    Original Message
    From: <orthner@s...>
    To: <basicstamps@egroups.com>
    Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 6:32 PM
    Subject: Re: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] wirz lcd code


    > At 06:03 PM 4/28/00 -0400, you wrote:
    >
    > >Heath:
    > >I received a Wirz data sheet with my board when I bought it from MPJ. If
    > >you can tell me your LCD rows, columns, and baud rate, I can give you the
    > >settings. Here is a simple BS1 test program I made from reading Scott
    > >Edwards site on his backpack. The Wirz docs are not too good, but
    > >apparently the commands that Scott gives work with the Wirz. (We should
    > >probably buy the well documented Scott backpack[noparse]:)[/noparse])
    >
    > Actually the Wirz unit has an important difference from the way
    > instructions are handled by the SEETRON unit. If I'm remembering
    correctly,
    > when your character DRAM address gets to the end of a line, the wirz board
    > *automatically* inserts a linefeed and a carriage return. This can be
    > confusing, and the Scott Edwards board doesn't do it. It's simple enough
    to
    > send the same instructions with command codes, but with the wirz board you
    > don't have a choice. I find the SEE unit much more straight forward to
    > format. This is also how my PBP code does it:
    >
    > http://www3.sympatico.ca/orthner/serialcd.html
    >
    > Best, Duncan
    >
    >
    >
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