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<blockquote data-quote="cybrmage" data-source="post: 231002" data-attributes="member: 51680"><p>Well... That narrows down the where of the problem....</p><p></p><p>I have made some changes to the plugin core... see it that helps any...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It look like the "problem" has to do with the hardware refresh of the display... Hopefully, someone else will report if they have the same issue as you are experiencing and we will know for sure.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I was transferring the character definitions with each update of the display... I think that may have been causing the issue with the garbled characters... I have changed it so the character definitions are only sent when needed... hopefully that will resolve it.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sure... That's fine.... as long as you don't expect me to answer any of your posts... 8-} (my primary language is English... and I can manage a little bit of French... but the last time I had French lessons, or used the language regularly, was almost 30 years ago...)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Thank you for providing the clips!!!! It's nice to actually be able to see what the display does!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Umm... Please clarify... was that a statement??? or a question??? 8-}</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It actually has very little to do with capabilities, and more to do with other "projects" that need attention...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm looking through the logs....</p><p></p><p></p><p>Strange... The extensive logging option is just used as a flag to control logging... It doesn't do anything that would cause a crash... I'll check the log...</p><p></p><p></p><p>There are probably *MANY* bugs in the config UI... I test for and ensure basic functionality, then post the new version for testing of the new/changed feature/bugfix... I usually get to fixing the cosmetic glitches after the feature is stable...</p><p></p><p></p><p>Umm... I'll look at the logs and see if I find anything... but there are some situations where the shutdown message will not/should not be displayed...</p><p></p><p></p><p>The contrast slider should control the brightness of the display... We did have it working at one point... It may have become broken with the addition of specific support for different Mplay models... I'll check into it...</p><p></p><p></p><p>I'll just consider your accusation of typos as a typo... 8-}</p><p></p><p></p><p>You'll see this happening a lot in the next little while... I'm trying to acheive "feature parity" for all of the drivers that are supported by the plugin...</p><p></p><p></p><p>And thanks again for the "extensive logging"... At this rate, I should be finished reviewing them by the time I'm ready to move into a retirement home 8-}</p><p></p><p>Regards,</p><p>CybrMage</p><p></p><p>PS: New version is available (did I mention that in the reply??)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Here is a quick description of the updated shutdown logic...</p><p></p><p>1) If "Shut off display on exit" is selected, clear the display and set the brightness to 0</p><p>2) If "Shut off display on exit" is not selected AND the "Shutdown Message" is not set, sent the default ("MediaPortal Not Active") message to the display</p><p>3) If "Shut off display on exit" is not selected AND the "Shutdown Message" is set, sent the custom shutdown message to the display</p><p>4) If "Shut off display on exit" is not selected AND the device is an MR300, send the clock control commands to the display.</p><p></p><p>So... I guess, for completeness, I need to add "Enable clock display on shutdown" functionality to the options to allow a choice of shutdown message or clock display for devices that support the clock...</p><p></p><p>Regards,</p><p>CybrMage</p><p></p><p>New version is available...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cybrmage, post: 231002, member: 51680"] Well... That narrows down the where of the problem.... I have made some changes to the plugin core... see it that helps any... It look like the "problem" has to do with the hardware refresh of the display... Hopefully, someone else will report if they have the same issue as you are experiencing and we will know for sure. I was transferring the character definitions with each update of the display... I think that may have been causing the issue with the garbled characters... I have changed it so the character definitions are only sent when needed... hopefully that will resolve it. Sure... That's fine.... as long as you don't expect me to answer any of your posts... 8-} (my primary language is English... and I can manage a little bit of French... but the last time I had French lessons, or used the language regularly, was almost 30 years ago...) Thank you for providing the clips!!!! It's nice to actually be able to see what the display does! Umm... Please clarify... was that a statement??? or a question??? 8-} It actually has very little to do with capabilities, and more to do with other "projects" that need attention... I'm looking through the logs.... Strange... The extensive logging option is just used as a flag to control logging... It doesn't do anything that would cause a crash... I'll check the log... There are probably *MANY* bugs in the config UI... I test for and ensure basic functionality, then post the new version for testing of the new/changed feature/bugfix... I usually get to fixing the cosmetic glitches after the feature is stable... Umm... I'll look at the logs and see if I find anything... but there are some situations where the shutdown message will not/should not be displayed... The contrast slider should control the brightness of the display... We did have it working at one point... It may have become broken with the addition of specific support for different Mplay models... I'll check into it... I'll just consider your accusation of typos as a typo... 8-} You'll see this happening a lot in the next little while... I'm trying to acheive "feature parity" for all of the drivers that are supported by the plugin... And thanks again for the "extensive logging"... At this rate, I should be finished reviewing them by the time I'm ready to move into a retirement home 8-} Regards, CybrMage PS: New version is available (did I mention that in the reply??) Here is a quick description of the updated shutdown logic... 1) If "Shut off display on exit" is selected, clear the display and set the brightness to 0 2) If "Shut off display on exit" is not selected AND the "Shutdown Message" is not set, sent the default ("MediaPortal Not Active") message to the display 3) If "Shut off display on exit" is not selected AND the "Shutdown Message" is set, sent the custom shutdown message to the display 4) If "Shut off display on exit" is not selected AND the device is an MR300, send the clock control commands to the display. So... I guess, for completeness, I need to add "Enable clock display on shutdown" functionality to the options to allow a choice of shutdown message or clock display for devices that support the clock... Regards, CybrMage New version is available... [/QUOTE]
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