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<blockquote data-quote="Khryo" data-source="post: 15388" data-attributes="member: 11413">Hi,I don't know if you are aware about this product, but I bought one and find it wonderfull for playing music without having to turn on the TV!It works with UPnP and retreive the songs of MP through the WMC server ... well , why am I posting this here?Look to the picture : <img src="http://www.rokulabs.com/products/soundbridge/images/SB1_homepage_both.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />It is a full graphical VFD display with 280x16 pixels for the M1000 and 512x32 pixels for the M2000, and they use the wellknown Noritake VFD.Got the point?&nbsp; No?&nbsp; It is using Ethernet interfaces (LAN and/or WiFi) to play music and also control the display!By a simple Telnet session, you can control the VFD through the LAN,&nbsp; I made some tests myself with Girder, and with a simple LUA script was able to send messages to the VFD...Here are the available commands:&nbsp; help&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - displays this list&nbsp; rect x y w h&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - draws rect&nbsp; framerect x y w h&nbsp;&nbsp; - frames rect&nbsp; point x y&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; - draws point&nbsp; line x1 y1 x2 y2&nbsp; &nbsp; - draws line&nbsp; blit x1 y1 x y w h&nbsp; - blits from (x,y,w,h) to (x1,y1)&nbsp; slide x n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; - slides the display x pixels n times&nbsp; font n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - chooses a font&nbsp; color n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; - chooses pen color&nbsp; text x y &quot;text&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; - draws text&nbsp; marquee &quot;text&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - slides text across the display&nbsp; clear&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; - clears display&nbsp; quit&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - quits sketchYou just have to make a telnet to the device IP , port 4444 and enter in the Sketch menu , then you have the control of the display.&nbsp; If you do an exit, the display is back to its normal view (music still playing both case).SO , what do you think?&nbsp; This can be a great remote VFD for MP, without having to integrate it to the PC with USB/Serial/Parallel controler,etc...&nbsp; you can hide the PC, and let only the SB visible <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Do you think, it will be difficult to add this &quot;special&quot; VFD in the LCD plugin?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Khryo, post: 15388, member: 11413"] Hi, I don't know if you are aware about this product, but I bought one and find it wonderfull for playing music without having to turn on the TV! It works with UPnP and retreive the songs of MP through the WMC server ... well , why am I posting this here? Look to the picture : [img]http://www.rokulabs.com/products/soundbridge/images/SB1_homepage_both.jpg[/img] It is a full graphical VFD display with 280x16 pixels for the M1000 and 512x32 pixels for the M2000, and they use the wellknown Noritake VFD. Got the point? No? It is using Ethernet interfaces (LAN and/or WiFi) to play music and also control the display! By a simple Telnet session, you can control the VFD through the LAN, I made some tests myself with Girder, and with a simple LUA script was able to send messages to the VFD... Here are the available commands: help - displays this list rect x y w h - draws rect framerect x y w h - frames rect point x y - draws point line x1 y1 x2 y2 - draws line blit x1 y1 x y w h - blits from (x,y,w,h) to (x1,y1) slide x n - slides the display x pixels n times font n - chooses a font color n - chooses pen color text x y "text" - draws text marquee "text" - slides text across the display clear - clears display quit - quits sketch You just have to make a telnet to the device IP , port 4444 and enter in the Sketch menu , then you have the control of the display. If you do an exit, the display is back to its normal view (music still playing both case). SO , what do you think? This can be a great remote VFD for MP, without having to integrate it to the PC with USB/Serial/Parallel controler,etc... you can hide the PC, and let only the SB visible :) Do you think, it will be difficult to add this "special" VFD in the LCD plugin? [/QUOTE]

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