Hmmnnn,

Sounds like what we need is an LCDproc client. Due to the appliance
nature of m0n0wall if we used a printer port to drive the LCD in the
traditional LCDproc server mode we would exclude quite a few folks from
using it.

If the client would forward its data to a remote server somewhere then
one could display all sorts of system stat's.

I only wish I could write code :{

Mark


On Sat, 2006-12-30 at 11:46 -0600, Tim Nelson wrote:
> I've also wanted to do something like this with Mono. I've used LCDs 
> with Linux -MANY- times for multiple purposes... but not with BSD. The 
> most common LCD of the type you mention is the Hitachi 44780. They're 
> quite inexpensive and any software you'll find for controlling LCD's 
> under *NIX/BSD will no doubt have support for that chipset. Typically... 
> under Linux at least... after installing the proper kernel module, you 
> create a device node such as /dev/lcd or something more creative. As 
> long as your text is properly formatted (with control characters, 
> etc...) you can just pipe data to /dev/lcd. Under BSD, I'm not quite 
> sure... unfortunately I've little experience with LCDs under BSD. If 
> there is much interest in this, I'd be willing to pick up a couple 
> panels again and write up some docs. Anyone interested?
> 
> Tim Nelson
> Technical Consultant
> Rockbochs Inc.
> http://www.rockbochs.com
> 
> 
> Mark Rupright wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > New to the lists. I have searched the web looking for info on setting up a 20x2 or 20x4 LCD with
monowall...no luck. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Mark
> >
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