LCD's on FC8

[Lord Grezington]

Hi Everyone

I have used Alphanumric LCD's with FC5 loads and work quiet well, but I now need to do a new program and want to use FC8. Hut I only have the option for the 16x2 LCD, now do I convert down to an 8x2 like FC6?

Now, secondly how do I print special charectors? I am looking for thigs like a competly filled box and some sharing charecotrs like putting " 's " in a single box.

Thanks

[Benj]

Hello,

Flowcode 8 has the following alphanumeric displays, you probably want the configurable one which can be set to a 8x2 display.

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If you have a datasheet for your display then it will contain a character map showing the characters built into the display. Simply combine the upper and lower hex values and use the PrintASCII function with the hex value as the parameter.

You can find information on creating your own custom characters here.
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[Lord Grezington]

Thanks Ben

But why is it that I dont get all the optiosn that you do on the drop down menu?

[medelec35]

Have you updated to 8.1.1.11?
If not, you need 8.11 fix from here.
If still running 8.0 then you will also require the 8.1 update as well.
I'm running 8.1.1.11 and can see the same as Ben posted.

[Lord Grezington]

Hi Martin

Thanks for the reply. I have updted to V8.1.1.11, and this is what I currently see.

If I do a search for Config I get the generic LCD, but not the same as yours.

PS - Is there a way I can get notifications of any Patches? This is now the second time I have missed one.

Thanks

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[Benj]

Hello,

Looks like your components may not be fully up to date. Open a project and then click Help -> Check For Updates.

In the bottom left hand corner change "Files in use" to "Full database" and this should get you the latest of everything.

[Lord Grezington]

Thanks Ben

That seems to have done the trick