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a_carneiro
Jun 08, 2024Tutor
Front display control
Well, I'm not sure if there is anyone left in this forum but, on the off chance, here goes a question đ I have installed Debian on my old ReadyNAS Pro 6 (it has a VGA header on the motherboard, ...
- Dec 07, 2024
From a shell, try the following:
cat /etc/init.d/lcd #!/bin/bash echo "E" > /dev/ttyS1 sleep 0.5 echo "L OMV" > /dev/ttyS1
Note that you do have to include the L in the last line for the text afterward to actually display - and yes, the L is inside the quoted text portion.
You can replace the OMV portion with whatever text will fit.
a_carneiro
Jun 17, 2024Tutor
No, doesn't seem to make a difference.
The only thing that I can make happen is the display go blank.
Oh, well. Shame but not the end of the world đ
timekills
Dec 07, 2024Aspirant
From a shell, try the following:
cat /etc/init.d/lcd
#!/bin/bash
echo "E" > /dev/ttyS1
sleep 0.5
echo "L OMV" > /dev/ttyS1
Note that you do have to include the L in the last line for the text afterward to actually display - and yes, the L is inside the quoted text portion.
You can replace the OMV portion with whatever text will fit.
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