Lcdproc-plugin

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Latest revision as of 20:57, 24 November 2006

Contents 1 Description 2 Hardware requirements 3 Software requirements 4 Installation 5 Configuration 5.1 Parameter 6 Problems 7 Links

Description

The LCDProc plugin make use of alphanummeric displays.

Text LCD 20x4

Hardware requirements

• Alphanummeric displays

Software requirements

• LCDProc

Installation

To install LCDProc

cd $SOURCEDIR
tar xvzf lcdproc-CVS-stable-0-4-4.tar.gz
cd lcdproc-CVS-stable-0-4-4-20030317
./configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-drivers=hd44780
cp LCDd.conf /etc
make
make install

You have to adjust the --enable-drivers option to your needs. Use

./configure --help

to see a list of all possible drivers and other options. After compilation and installation of LCDProc you have a deamon in your system called LCDd. You hav to start it before VDR e.g. in the runvdr

LCDd -c /etc/LCDd.conf &

For the plugin see plugin installation.

Configuration

Parameter

Parameter (short)	Parameter (long)	Description
-h HOST	--host HOST	LCDproc host (default=localhost)
-p PORT	--port PORT	LCDproc port (default=13666)

Problems

• Use a recent CVS version of LCDProc to avoid memory problems

Links

[1]	http://home.pages.at/linux/dvb.html	Plugin homepage
[2]	http://joachim-wilke.de/vdr-patches.htm	Recent versions for vdr >= 1.4.0
[3]	http://lcdproc.omnipotent.net	LCDproc homepage
[4]	http://lcdproc.sourceforge.net/nightly	Recent versions of LCDproc