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by g4egh
Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:59 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Math utilty bc
Replies: 10
Views: 1322

Re: Math utilty bc

Sorry, working 4.1.8 not 4.1.2 :oops:
by g4egh
Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:50 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Math utilty bc
Replies: 10
Views: 1322

Re: Math utilty bc

Greetings, I had a working install of Pistar 4.1.2 and decided to rebuild it. I built 4.2.1 I am running a Nextion screen that prior to the rebuild all fields worked. The screen is the 3.5 inch version, dated 8th October 2022, by EA7KDO. Initially, the CPU temps in F and C showed nothing. I then ins...
by g4egh
Wed Jan 05, 2022 7:16 pm
Forum: Nextion Screens
Topic: Nextion screen issues
Replies: 2
Views: 16170

Re: Nextion screen issues

A Pi 3b+ That is a good theory regards the pairing of the path/driver. You are right re the Pi4 regards the USB3 ports, although I guess since there are still four ports to choose from, it could happen again. I will have to try it with a pi Zero 2. Should be fast enough, but only one (micro) usb por...
by g4egh
Wed Jan 05, 2022 6:25 pm
Forum: Nextion Screens
Topic: Nextion screen issues
Replies: 2
Views: 16170

Nextion screen issues

Greetings, Some time back, I had a working Nextion screen, using the excellent layout by Mitch, EA7KDO. It worked fine. And fast. I am not entirely sure what I did next, but it would not communicate with the Pi3b any more. I found the answer in that I needed to write a very simple hmi file to have a...
by g4egh
Tue Apr 13, 2021 5:03 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: HD44780 LCD Display update
Replies: 7
Views: 4572

Re: HD44780 LCD Display update

Greetings, May I suggest that KE7FNS has, perhaps, missed the point, in that M5YRG, and myself have made a request that a certain feature be incorporate into Pistar when an LCD screen is employed. There could be a number of ways that this could be done, and I don't suppose M5YRG is any more fussy th...
by g4egh
Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:17 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: HD44780 LCD Display update
Replies: 7
Views: 4572

Re: HD44780 LCD Display update

I, too, have a 20 x 4 LCD screen, and like the OP, it would be nice to see an IP address. Why? The acquisition of an IP address is a good indication of a successful link to the outside world. My portable unit uses an LCD screen, and my smartphone is used as an AP. Knowing that the connection is good...