clock @ VFD Control

[skorpios268]

At VFD control it is easy to have an option to display clock instead of showing the name of the channel;
My spark decoder (Amiko Alien 8900) show 4 digits only, better to show the clock

[cl0g]

AFAIK it is disabled because of better performance.

[adjutant]

At VFD control it is easy to have an option to display clock instead of showing the name of the channel;
My spark decoder (Amiko Alien 8900) show 4 digits only, better to show the clock

I agree..

[skrasher]

For my GM990 I disabled evfd.getInstance().vfd_write_string in VFD-Icons/plugin.py and enabled the clock via fp_control.

[skorpios268]

For my GM990 I disabled evfd.getInstance().vfd_write_string in VFD-Icons/plugin.py and enabled the clock via fp_control.

I would prefer to have option at VFD Control skrasher

[Raitis Pud]

For my GM990 I disabled evfd.getInstance().vfd_write_string in VFD-Icons/plugin.py and enabled the clock via fp_control.

Can You PLEASE give instuctions how to enable clock ON VFD ? or can you just send files to replace for My GM990 ?

BR
Raitis

[santa]

with fp_control you have to open telnet, then:

fp_control -dt 1

but i´m not sure.

[Raitis Pud]

I get like this ... what next ?


GM990HD:~# fp_control -dt 1
fp_control: SW Version 1.02
Model: spark
vBoxType: 10
Selected Model: Edision Spark frontpanel control utility
Spark_init
checkConfig
configs: DISPLAY = 1, DISPLAYCUSTOM = 1, CUSTOM = %H:%M %a %d.%m
, WAKEUPDECREMENT 300
GM990HD:~#

[santa]

i think you have to modify this plugin.py first.

maybe skrasher can upload this file.

[skrasher]

The problem is the fp_control. The option -dt isn't implemented for spark.
You can use -s to set the time. I modified ft_control, so '-s 0' sets the actual time to the vfd. In my version '-w' displays the wakeup reason.

I attached my compiled version and the source code.