The LCD device also has a blue backlight whereas the VFD has no backlight. The little square pixels that display the characters on the VFD device are greenish in colour whereas those on the LCD device are blue. You must therefore know which device you have in your case beforehand. The Part 1 procedures should work for either device, but different procedures are required to get the displays on these alternative devices working. NOTE: We have found that the ffdc model designator can refer to either the older VFD (Vaccuum Fluorescent Display) or the newer LCD displays. I'm starting with a monster page just to get everything in one place before splitting NOTE: The model-specific sections might make more sense as separate pages that links back and forth to/from this page. My intention is to make the instructions more generic over time to work with more IMON display models. The rest of this page will help with older Ubuntu releases. Sudo /etc/init.d/LCDd stop sudo /etc/init.d/LCDd start

For the imonlcd driver go do the imonlcd section and make sure the Protocol= line is set correctly for your device (0 for older LCDs, 1 for newer LCDs) Run Synaptic and select the lcdproc packageĮdit /etc/nf and change the Driver= line to imon or imonlcd as appropriate. Run Synaptic and select lirc-modules-source and lirc packagesĪt a Terminal window prompt: sudo dpkg-reconfigure lirc The package is currently compiled for Jaunty.įollow the Read about installing instructions

UPDATE: I have created a PPA with a pre-release version of LIRC 0.8.6 which seems to solve all the problems addressed by this page. UPDATE: Users of Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic should see this page: Please see the credits section for information on the people who have contributed to this guide. Setting Up LIRC For The IMON VFD and LCD Display

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