Dan,

If you could send me those files offlist I'd appreciate it.

Wow, if the pre-defined XLCD routines don't work... I wonder what else is
broke?

This really makes it tougher for newbies like me.

amg

On Tue, 2 Sep 2003 07:45:42 -0700 Dan Devine <dannyboy259@COMCAST.NET>
writes:
> I just had the same problem a few days ago....
>
> There seem to be a number of small errors in the XLCD routines,
> which prevented me from really "plug and play" operation with respect
to
> this lib...I tried the "recompile" thing, that just didn't work for me.

> The best advice I can give, is to simply include botth the headers and
> actual "c" files with your project and simply edit the definitions
> where required.
>
> Here's are a few of the things I remember fixing....
>
> 1)  All function headers had "PARAM_SCLASS" as function argument
> type....the function bodies themselves did not have this....correct
> these by simply adding "PARAM_SCLASS" to the definitions or
> similarly removing from the declaration.
>
> 2)  The init sequence within openXLCD() was not correct ( or didn't
> work for me on the picdem2+)..  I found an old datasheet for the
hitachi
> that recommended using the following init sequence.  0x02, 0x02, 0x08
> (about line #98).  After modifying this, my LCD started working.  I
> continue to have some difficulty, but it does dispay my "hello world"
message.
>
>
> I can send you what I modified, or copies of this old "Everyday
> Practical Electronics" article that I got the hints from.....
>
>
> DD
>
>
>
> On Tue, 2003-09-02 at 05:28, amg amg wrote:
> > I'm trying to use the XLCD functions in C18 to display a simple
"Hello
> > World" message.
> >
> > I must be doing something wrong.
> >
> > Hardware is PICDEM 2 Plus board with the PIC18F452 running at 4 Mhz.
> >
> > What I've done:
> > 1)  Re-defined Data Port assignments in XLCD.H  (lines 35, 36)
> > 2)  Re-defined Control Pin assignments in XLCD.H (lines 46-51)
> > 3)  Changed to small memory model in XLCD.H (line 84)  I was getting
> > compiler error 1109 "Type mismatch in redeclaration of  putrsXLCD"
until
> > I did this.
> > 4)  Included the 3 necessary delay functions in my program.  (Similar
to
> > the ones shown on pg. 73 of the "MPLAB C18 C Compiler Libraries"
book.)
> > 5)  Included all the LCD source files in my project.
> >
> > As best this newbie can tell, everything compiles fine.  No
errors/warnings.
> >
> > Programs hangs when it tries to "OpenXLCD (FOUR_BIT & LINES_5X7);"
If I
> > use my ICD2 to step into OpenXLCD, it hangs on line 117.
> > "while(BusyXLCD());"  This is the first busy check after setting the
> > display interface, lines and font.
> >
> > Any and all suggestions appreciated!
> >
> > The only thing I haven't tried is dragging out the 'scope and looking
at
> > some of the signals to/from the LCD.
> >
> > amg

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