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This software is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty. Use it at your own risk!
The author accepts no liability for any damage/loss of business that this product may cause.

 
Required driver for LCDs with parallel port interface and Windows NT, 2000 or XP 

This free driver is required for the Windows NT, 2000 and XP version of the HD44780, HD667xx, Noritake & SED153x LCD drivers which use the parallel port interface.
Attention: this driver is also required for the Noritake driver under Windows 9x/ME!
 
NT Port I/O Driver from Scientific Software Tools, Inc: driverlinx.com 
  

LCD interface wiring diagrams

HD44780 parallel port interface: 8-Bit, one controller - 8-Bit, two controllers (4x40 LCD)
More information about the different interfaces is provided in hd44780_howto.txt

Noritake VFD 800 parallel port interface 
 

How to contact me

lcdplugin@markuszehnder.ch

Please be patient if you send me an email. I usually reply every email, but it can take several weeks since I'm often on business trips with limited internet access...
Here's the deal: if I don't reply within 2 weeks then please resend your email.
  

Known bugs and limitations of v0.6

• See included readme file.
  

• Only tested under Windows 2000 and XP.

• Matrix Orbital serial keypad not yet tested.

• Volume variable doesn't work with all systems

• Please tell me if you find any new bugs - I'm sure there are...

Please visit the Bug Tracking System on SourceForge for further bugs and to report any new ones: https://sourceforge.net/projects/lcdplugin/ 

Installation

1. Extract the file gen_lcddisplay.dll from the downloaded zip file into the WinAmp plugin directory (normally c:\program files\winamp\plugins).
   

2. Optional: Load a configuration (since version 0.3):

   This will give a good starting point for your own settings.
   Open the configuration of the plugin, go to the 'Output' tab, click the load button.
   The zip file contains at least one configuration file in the 'config' folder.

3. Configure the plugin.
   See Configuration section.

Winamp configuration for best results with the LCD title selection function:

• MPEG input plugin:
  Use "%1: %2" as the ID3v1/v2 title formatting string. On the display only the part after the colon will be displayed. In this case %2 = song title, but you can specify whatever you like.
  Important: this functionality requires a space after the colon, otherwise everything will be displayed!
   

• Options:
  Set 'Read titles on' to Load.
  Otherwise the title formatting string will only be applied to the titles that have already been displayed, i.e. if one loads several files and then goes in the select title menu only the first file will be formatted as specified!
  The drawback of this method is that Winamp will access all files which might take a long time if the files are loaded from a CDRom or over the network.

Spectrum analyzer:

Important: The SA needs all custom characters! It's not possible to use any custom characters in any other rows.

1. Extract the file vis_spec_analyser.dll from the downloaded zip file into the WinAmp plugin directory (normally c:\program files\winamp\plugins).
   

2. Select the Spectrum Analyser LCD plug-in in Winamp visualization setup (make sure the LCD spectrum analyser is selected in the drop down box.)
   
   
    
   Attention: there can only be one active visualization plug-in!
   

3. Enable 'Auto execute visualization plug-in on play' in the main Winamp Plug-in cfg screen:
   
   
    

4. Define an input event to start and stop the spectrum analyzer:
   
   
   
   Or select Player Functions in the LCD menu - 'Spectrum analyzer'.
   

5. If you barely see the analyzer increase the LCD contrast.