Lcdw allows you to write on HP NetServer 5/133 LS2 LCD display from Linux or FreeBSD. Usage is simple, you may want to check out some usage examples on the HP LCD article page or have a look at included lcdinfo.sh script. The source can be useful if you want some simple code to handle HD44780 as well.
Tested on:
- FreeBSD 5-CURRENT
- Linux 2.4 (needs /dev/port)
Releases:
- Sat Dec 6 19:37:52 CET 2003, first release
- Sat Dec 27 18:29:23 CET 2003, ported to Linux. I/O timeout alarm.
- Sat Jan 17 23:21:30 CET 2004, version 0.2: features LCD scrolling, some bugfixes and a nice FreeBSD script to put some system statistics on display.
- Wed Jun 15 01:34:35 CEST 2005, version 0.21: minor bugfixes.