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Posted: **Sat Oct 20, 2018 6:14 pm**

Hi,

I've connected a HD4478 LCD module to my Raspberry Pi 2 which is running Pi-Star.
The wiring is done like described in https://github.com/g4klx/MMDVMHost/blob ... ME.HD44780.
I'm not using I2c.

But it isn't working. posting.php?mode=post&f=3#
The Display shows nothing.

I've read that HD44780 support has to be compiled in to the mmdvmhost program.
Is the mmdvmhost version, contained in Pi-Star, compiled with HD44780 support?

If so, what do i have to configure to get the display working?
The usual things are already done: Set the "MMDVM Display Type" to "HD44780", in Expert Mode the MMDVMHost settings for "HD44780" are at their defaults. My Display is a 16*2 type.

Some lines from my /etc/mmdvmhost:

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[General]
Display=HD44780
...
[HD44780]
Rows=2
Columns=16
Pins=11,10,0,1,2,3
#I2CAddress=0x20
PWM=0
PWMPin=21
PWMBright=100
PWMDim=16
DisplayClock=1
UTC=0

Any hints?

73s de Thomas, DG0OFZ

Posted: **Sat Oct 20, 2018 8:48 pm**

Good news:

The Display is now working. Forgot a GND wire to the displays R/W pin...

So there is one question left:

Is the mmdvmhost version, contained in Pi-Star, compiled with HD44780 support?

73s de Thomas, DG0OFZ

Posted: **Sun Oct 21, 2018 5:39 pm**

Examine the "MMDVM Display Type:" pull-down menu in the "MMDVMHost Configuration" section of the Configuration page. If your display type is listed there then your answer is "yes".

Posted: **Sun Oct 21, 2018 6:38 pm**

Hi w7efs,

w7efs wrote: ↑Sun Oct 21, 2018 5:39 pm Examine the "MMDVM Display Type:" pull-down menu in the "MMDVMHost Configuration" section of the Configuration page. If your display type is listed there then your answer is "yes".

Are you really sure?

I can't believe this, because there are three things:

- If I use the original mmdvmhost binary or my self-compiled one (with HD44780 support), I see the same options in this pull down menu.
- As far as I understand, one has to decide, which display to compile in because there is only ONE makefile for one display type. I think this way you can't compile multiple Displays into it.
- I've had a look at the php file, which is generating the HTML page for configuring the display type. One of the lines there for the display types is:

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<option <?php if ($configmmdvm['General']['Display'] == "HD44780") {echo 'selected="selected" ';}; ?>value="HD44780">HD44780</option>

I read this so, that only the "selected" value is generated dynamically. All the other statements are static.

73s de Thomas, DG0OFZ

Posted: **Mon Jan 07, 2019 11:45 pm**

I don't use the off-the-shel Makefile(s)

So yes really - there are multiple display types compiled into the one binary.

Posted: **Thu Jan 24, 2019 10:22 am**

Sorry to ask a stupid question, but is the HD44780 connected via I2C on the modem board, and what "Port" should I select ?? Modem ??

I've connected mine via that port but I'm not seeing anything

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