Problem with the lcd

**wyrd** · 02-16-2004, 12:10 PM

Can someone tellme how to use the lcd with MediaCar?
It works ok after running winamp with the lcd plugin, but if I start Media Car Before winamp, the lcd doesn't works...

**Confused** · 02-16-2004, 01:58 PM

The LCD support is for the HD44780 parallel based LCD. You do not need any extra plugins for winamp. That's probably your problem, in that MediaCar is trying to control the LCD, and so is your Winamp plugin. You need to use one or the other

Garry

**wyrd** · 02-16-2004, 02:40 PM

You don't understand me,
IF
1st I run winamp with the lcd plugin and then close winamp.
2nd I run mediacar with the lcd enabled.
THEN it works ok.
BUT if I try to run mediacar directly after startup, the lcd doesn't work.
The lcd is an HD44780 compatible and is connected to the parallel port. It works ok with winamp, smartie, JaLCDs, etc... I don't know where is the problem...

**coyote** · 02-16-2004, 05:42 PM

You don't understand Confused.

Use the plugin of Winamp or the Mediacar LCD support but not the both at the same time.

If you launch winamp before Mediacar the winamp LCD plugin takes the control and lock the parallel port for him, if you start Mediacar with the LCD support enabled before Winamp thus Mediacar takes the control of the parallel port but don't lock it for him thus the both applications tries to control the same LCD at the same time and your LCD don't work.

**Jamez_Warner** · 02-17-2004, 06:36 AM

on this topic - when I go to GPS the LCD shows "DVD"
Probably best to show any current song information if playing, and if not just show GPS and time/date.... coyote, what would be fantastic is if you could customise the LCD display, ie: pulling speed and cordinates out of desintator !

**Caveman** · 03-23-2004, 11:42 AM

Hi,

I have the same problem and I didn't get it to work :-(

I got a driver ("Driver Linx Port I/O Driver") together with the LCD and was told it has to be installed. I tried and together with the Winamp-Plugin it works.
But not within Mediacar (even if I deinstall the Winamp-Plugin). When the PC starts, the first and third row of the LCD show a "bar". This doesn't change if Mediacar starts. The only change I did in Mediacar Setup was checking "LCD enabled". Is this really the only thing I have to do? I tried using this DriverLinx and I tried to uninstall it, allways the same. The Driver-EXE (port95nt.exe) is from 2002-04-15. May this be a too old version and does not work together with MC?

What do I do wrong? Plz help, the Lilliput is absolutly useless when driving with open roof (Cabrio, Peugeot 206cc) and the LCD is really good for this so I need both ;-)

**Caveman** · 03-24-2004, 02:35 AM

OK, now it get's really strange:

It did not work without stopping Mediacar, starting Winamp, stopping Winamp, starting Mediacar. And this after every Hibernate.

Now I thought, "let's use the Display as a clock until I receive an answer" and installed a program called "LCD clock". In the moment I start this program, Mediacar takes control of the display. Hugh? What's that? Is there any initialisation missing in Mediacar? What's that?