Having just got two 40x2 displays working with FSLCD, I'm now hooked. Great way to display info - I'll be building my MCP soon! Although my machine only has one LPT/Printer port, I've seen PCI cards that will add more. Before I buy a card, however, I'd like to know if FSLCD can support more than one port (and thus more than two displays) at the same time. I see the selection for LPT port, but I'm not clear if this means more than one can be driven at a time. Thoughts / info anyone?P.s. anyone building a cable for the first time - it got a lot easier once I figured out that if you're using ribbon cable, that the first wire will be pin 2, second wire pin 1, then 4, 3, 6, 5, etc. (Duh-oh)Best Regards.

I just got a cpl of displays working as well. I have the PCI card with 2 more ports on it and am ready to test it. I will let you know. I am betting that you can run multiple instances of FSLCD with each one set to use a different port. Hey, does anybody have good math for looking at the flaps postition? I can see the middle 2 positions, but no flaps and full flaps look the same. No doubt it's something I am doing wrong. I need to do this for another reason too, being that I have an IOCARDS master card using a parallel port as well.I am having pc boards made for the FSLCD wiring arrangement, any interest? It makes the boards cheaper if I order more. They should be really cheap, like maybe $10 each and you can put the ribbon cable headers on instead of directly soldering. Makes hooking up different displays easier.I am also interested in working on a board and software that can drive multiple LCDs in 4-bit mode, using a 8255 PPIO chip. It has 3 8-bit ports, I think maybe I can get 6 - 10 displays running from it, maybe more. Will let you know how that gets along. Hey, does anybody have good math for looking at the flaps postition? I can see the middle 2 positions, but no flaps and full flaps look the same. No doubt it's something I am doing wrong.

> Hey, does anybody have good math for looking at the flaps>postition? I can see the middle 2 positions, but no flaps and>full flaps look the same. No doubt it's something I am doing>wrong.As an example here is my (working) C-function that computes the position for the flaps of the PIC767.The variable FlapsIndic is read from FSUIPC address 0x0BE0 (4 bytes).// flap setting computation parameters:#define FI 16383/6#define FD 200 void flaps_flags(){ FlapFlags = 0; if (FlapsIndic <= FD) FlapFlags = FLAPS_0; else if ((((FlapsIndic >= ((1 * FI) - FD))) && (FlapsIndic <= ((1 * FI) + FD)))) FlapFlags |= FLAPS_1; else if ((((FlapsIndic >= ((2 * FI) - FD))) && (FlapsIndic <= ((2 * FI) + FD)))) FlapFlags |= FLAPS_5; else if ((((FlapsIndic >= ((3 * FI) - FD))) && (FlapsIndic <= ((3 * FI) + FD)))) FlapFlags |= FLAPS_15; else if ((((FlapsIndic >= ((4 * FI) - FD))) && (FlapsIndic <= ((4 * FI) + FD)))) FlapFlags |= FLAPS_20; else if ((((FlapsIndic >= ((5 * FI) - FD))) && (FlapsIndic <= ((5 * FI) + FD)))) FlapFlags |= FLAPS_25; else if ((((FlapsIndic >= ((6 * FI) - FD))) && (FlapsIndic <= ((6 * FI) + FD)))) FlapFlags |= FLAPS_30; }You'll probably able to figure out the math yourselves ;-)Regards,Nicowww.nicokaan.nl

Hi there.Did anyone manage to get this going?I have now got 4 LCD connected up to 2 LPT ports, but can't seem to get FSLCD connecting to them both.I havent been able to get 2 instances of FSLCD running at the same time.There is an option inside lcdinterface.ini:multi=0I tried changing this to:multi=1But I am not sure excatly ehat this option does.There is also a setting for LPT portlpt=1lpt1=378 // hexlpt2=278 // hexThis doesnt seem to accept multiple values.Any ideas? Any help would be greatly appreciated.CheersChris

Hi Chris,I was not able to get multilple copies running either.Timo the author of this software has been very obliging in the past.Try emailing him to see if it can be done,if not could he make it possible.I would also like to do this.At present i run networked pcs and connect a second set of lcd to this pc with widefs running.Hope this helpsLes

Hi Les,Thanks.I will try the WideFS option.I have e-mailed Jari (from the address on the FSLCD website), but havent heard anything back.Cheers again,Chris

Hi Chris,Here is Timo email address [email protected] Les