Re: Some advice on 5.25" bay graphic LCD module or VFD

Hi,

On 06.01.2012 20:52, Kaya Saman wrote:
> Hi,
>
> first up I'd like to ask what a good USB 5.25" LCD or VFD module is???
>
> The bigger the display area the better for me and touch screen is not 
> necessary.
>
> I have looked at CrystalFontz and MatrixOrbital and they look really 
> interesting.

The Crystalfontz models (533 / 63x) work quite well with LCDproc (note 
the temperature and fan control stuff is not supported). MatrixOrbital 
devices work equally well, but have not been tested recently.

>
>
> I don't know much about LCD module's for computer bays and would like 
> to get more into it by adding them into my server bays. Ideally I 
> would like to make use of the graphic features on the LCD panels but I 
> have read in the lcdproc documentation that it is not supported??
>
> Would it be just worth getting a simple monochrome text LCD and 
> displaying bargraphs and text info or would I actually be able to make 
> use of the graphical features with lcdproc.

LCDproc does not support 'graphical features' like drawing images or GUI 
elements. You will just get text, bar graphs, and a few icons.

>
> Currently I am using lcd4linux on one box which has a built in PicoLCD 
> display - the Mini-Box M300 model which does a good job but segfaults 
> when I try to use the buttons and the support is quite limited too as 
> the mailing list is pretty low traffic. For someone like myself with 
> not much knowledge or experience in the area it's quite difficult to 
> get things working with what I want to display.

The PicoLCD displays work with LCDproc as well and there have been no 
reports about segfaults recently. If you already own one you may give it 
a try with LCDproc.

Regards,
Markus