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[mackrackit]

Yes, that link will show you how to do custom characters.
You will also want to look in the manual about how to place a normal character anyplace on the display along with different things that can be done with the cursor.

[LEDave]

I'm on it....

See you tomorrow.

Dave

[LEDave]

I had a go at loading a couple of custom characters with no success, so I thought I'd make my name move across the screen. Here's a part of the program.

The trouble is, on the third line down of the LCD (first square) my name also appears there. Could I when trying to load a custom character have inadvertently done something to the CGRAM setting? I then thought maybe it's the cursor so I turned that off with no joy, name moves across the screen still and also 1'st square third line.

  MAIN:
pause 1000
LCDOUT $FE,$0C    'Cursor off
PAUSE 50
LCDOUT $FE,1,"                    *"
pause 500
LCDOUT $FE,1,"                   *D" 
pause 500
LCDOUT $FE,1,"                  *DA"
PAUSE 500
LCDOUT $FE,1,"                 *DAV"
PAUSE 500
LCDOUT $FE,1,"                *DAVE"

Nice work on the website by the way.

Dave

[mackrackit]

Part of the problem might be the 21 spaces on a 20 character screen??

Post you custom character code and we will see whats up.

[LEDave]

Hi mackrackit,

Oh dear, I can't even count up to 20 now

I've been working on my HEX today, maybe that explains it

Working a treat now thanks, 'again'.

Post you custom character code and we will see whats up.

It's not mine it's Darrel Taylor's, from that link you posted. It's the battery symbol.

MAIN:
PAUSE 500
LCDOUT $FE,$78,$06,$0f,$0f,$0f,$0f,$0f,$0f,$00
GOTO MAIN

Dave

[mackrackit]

The LCDOUT character stuff place at the beginning of your code, in the variable area.

LCDOUT $FE,$40,$06,$0f,$0f,$0f,$0f,$0f,$0f,$00 'This is the first character #0
'The first place in the RAM is $40
'The next character would start with $48
VARS
DEFINES
...

Then in your loop

MAIN:
PAUSE 500
LCDOUT $FE,1,0 'First character
LCDOUT $FE,1,1 'Second character if you have one
GOTO MAIN

[LEDave]

Cheers mackrackit,

Things slowly starting to filter through. I'll have a look tomorrow.

I love the old LCD though, cracking.

Dvae