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1. picoLCD 256x64 SideShow from Mini Box com USER MANUAL Revision 1 0 CONTENTS 1 Hardware installation 4 2 Windows Vista driver installation 6 3 Linux driver installation 10 3 1 Driver installation and default programs cccccccccccccceeeeeeeeeeeseseeeeeeeeeeas 10 3 2 Customizing your picoLCD display with plugins and widgets 15 3 3 Customizing your picoLCD display with external python scripts 16 3 4 Controlling the display with the keypad keyS ccccccceccceeeeseeeeeeeneeeeeens 17 4 Appendixes LO 4 1 Appendix A Sample MRTG file for Linux MRTG display plugin 18 4 2 Appendix B Sample Icd4linux conf file for Linux picoLCD software 19 4 3 Appendix C Sample python script for Linux picoLCD 1 cece cece eees 21 4 4 Appendix D Key and values mapping for Linux software eeenn00000000 21 Welcome Thank you for purchasing the picoLCD 256x64 from mini box com A Unplug the power cord from the wall socket before installing the picoLCD256x64 Before you start installing the picoLCD 256x64 take note of the following precautions Hold the picoLCD by the edges to avoid touching the display or the integrated circuits on It Before you install or remove any component ensure that the ATX power supply is switched off or the power cord is detached from the power2. file located in installation folder picoLCDGraphic Configs and add other widgets plugins create different behaviors and display data as you see fit A sample Icd4linux conf file is available on Appendix B Available plugins are e Asterisk plugin e Config plugin e proc cpuinfo plugin e proc diskstats plugin e DVB plugin e exec external command plugin e FIFO plugin e file reading plugin e GPS NMEA plugin e hddtemp hard disk temperature e 2C sensors plugin e iconv charset converter plugin e ISDN Monitor imon plugin e ISDN plugin e KVV plugin e proc loadavg plugin e mathematical functions plugin e proc meminfo plugin e MPd plugin e MySQL plugin e proc net dev plugin e netinfo plugin e POP plugin e PPP plugin e proc stat plugin e Python plugin e Example plugin e SETI plugin e statfs plugin e string functions plugin e APM plugin e Time plugin e uname plugin e uptime plugin e WLAN plugin e XMMS plugin Available widgets are e Bar Widget e Icon Widget e Image Widget e Timer Widget e GPO Widget General Purpose Inputs and Outputs e Keypad Widget e Text Widget More information on working with widgets plugins can be found on Icd4linux page at http ssl bulix org projects Icd4linux wiki Plugins http ssl bulix org projects Icd4linux wiki Layout http ssl bulix org projects Icd4linux wiki Evaluator 3 3 Customizing your picoLCD display with external python sc
3. publisher of this driver software Don t install this driver software You should check your manufacturer s website for updated driver software for your device Install this driver software anyway Only install driver software obtained from your manufacturer s website or disc Unsigned software from other sources may harm your computer or steal information v See details Wait until the setup will install the device driver Wait until setup is installing your devices This might take several minutes Please stop any software which is using Your device Updating device drivers for 1 device s Please wait WW mini box com Now you have successfully installed the drivers for the PicoLCD 256x64 Press OK Access the Control Panel and open Windows SideShow This will let you to configure your Windows SideShow settings Control Panel Control Panel Home Classic View PR pw Internet iSCSI Initiator Keyboard Mouse WNetworkand Offline Files Parental Options Sharing Ce Controls BEGYy x Penand People Near Performance Personaliz Phone and Power Printers Input Devices Me Informatic Moder Options yy iw amp Problem Programs Regional and Scannersand Security Sound Speech Reports a and Features Language Cameras Center Recogniti Syne Center System Tablet PC Taskbar and Text to User Welcome Settings Start Menu Speech Accoun
4. timer to get the key values Widget Timerw class Timer expression n LCD GPI 1 nkey n 0 n nkey active 1 update 100 This will read key pressed every 100ms and store the key values in nkey variable A table for current key values mapping is pressented in Appendix D You will also need to define a widget that does an action when a given key is pressed The keypad up key will display text Arrow Up Widget GPO_kup class GPO expression nkey 5 Arrow Up Other key nkey 5 1 0 update 300 The last thing you need to do is to declare the key widgets and the timer defined above in the picoLCD layout section Layout picoLcD Rowl Coll GPO_kup Timerl Timerw GPO1 GPO_kup 4 Appendixes 4 1 Appendix A Sample MRTG file for Linux MRTG display plugin EnableIPv6 no WorkDir var www mrtg xXSize 127 0 0 1_2 155 YSize 127 0 0 1_2 30 Options 127 0 0 1_2 noborder nobanner nolegend integer kMG 127 0 0 1_2 M YLegend 127 0 0 1_2 Bytes s Target 127 0 0 1_2 2 lcsources 127 0 0 1 SetEnv 127 0 0 1_2 MRTG_INT_IP 192 168 12 113 MRTG_INT_DESCR eth0O MaxBytes 127 0 0 1_2 12500000 Title 127 0 0 1_2 Traffic Analysis for picolcd mini box com PageTop 127 0 0 1_2 lt hl gt Traffic Analysis for picolcd mini box com lt h1 gt lt div id sysdetails gt lt table gt lt tr gt lt td gt System lt td gt lt td gt pi1colcd mini box com lt td gt lt tr gt lt t
5. able gt lt div gt 4 2 Appendix B Sample Icd4linux conf file for Linux picoLCD software The display settings Display picoLcD Driver p1coLCDGraphic Size 256x64 Contrast 230 Backlight 1 Inverted 1 Icons 1 Variables needed for script to function Variables n 0 the key value taken from picoLCD gpi nkey 0 current pressed key the current URL that will be passed to python script currentImage http 192 168 12 113 mrtg 127 0 0 1_2 month png currentiImage will change it s value when arrows keys are pressed mrtgDayImageURL http 192 168 12 113 mrtg 127 0 0 1_2 day png mrtgweekImageURL http 192 168 12 113 mrtg 127 0 0 1_2 week png currentFile variable holds the location of the saved image by the pyhon script currentFile tick 500 tack 100 minute 60000 A simple timer to get the key values Widget Timerw class Timer expression n LCD GPI 1 nkey n 0 n nkey active 1 update 100 i ee oo ae This widget will display the URL of the current image on the LCD and also save the location of the downloaded file in the currentFile variable export PYTHONPATH which should point to the scripts location Widget MRTGMinute class Text expression currentFile python execC mrtg saveimage currentImage width 42 update minute update 100 This is a graphic widget that will display the image downloaded by the above python script CurrentFile variable is set by the MRTGMinut
6. below E Open Open with Other Application de Cut E Copy Make Link Rename a Move to Trash Stretch Icon gt ne eid Pn recur eed bee es a con s Original Size Encrypt Sign amp Send To fe Create Archive Name Type executable application x executable Size 3 4 MB 3559261 bytes Location horme minibox Desktop Volume unknown Accessed Mon 09 Feb 2009 01 29 02 PM EET Modified Mon 09 Feb 2009 01 25 19 PM EET Ed close Now click on the Permissions tab and select the option Allow executing file as program and then click the button Close pit oLCD 256x64 Linux installer Properties Basic Emblems Permissions Open with Notes Owner minibox Mini Box ACCESS Read and write Group minibox Access Read only Others Access Read only Execute SELinux context unknown Last changed Mon 09 Feb 2009 01 32 29 PM EET Help EJ Close After doing that double click on the installer icon A welcome screen will be presented press the Next button to begin the installation Install picoLGD 256x64 picoLCD 256x64 Setup picoLCD 256x64 Setup Choose Destination Locati Installing applications for picoLCD oose Destination Location 256x64 device Where should picoLCD 256x64 be installed Setup will install picoLCD 256x64 in the following folder This will install picoLCD 256x64 version 1 0 on your computer To install to this folder click Next To i
7. d Please check the your motherboard s manual and locate a free USB header like in the picture below The connection between the picoLCD256x64 and the motherboard will be done using a USB 5 pin to 5 pin cable http www mini box com USB 5 pin to 5 pin cable B Insert the USB cable into a free USB port from your computer htto www mini box com CAB USB 5pin typeA 2 Windows Vista driver installation Windows Vista will automatically detect your device and install the HID drivers USB Human Interface Device installed The software for this device has been successfully installed USB Human Interface Device Ready to use Download the Windows Vista driver from our webpage at http www picolcd com drivers Run PicoLCD256x64_1 0 0 4 exe In case that you have forgotten to plug in the USB cable an error message will occur like in the picture below No device detected or device disabled Please plug in your device and restart Setup If the PicoLCD 1s plugged into an USB slot the driver installation will begin Wait until the setup will install the device driver Wait until setup is installing your devices This might take several minutes Please stop any software which is using Your device Updating device drivers for 1 device s Please wait Wwa mini box com Windows Vista will verify the publisher of the driver software Accept and install it amp Windows can t verify the
8. e widget Widget BandwidthImage class Image file currentFile visible 1 inverted 0 reload 1 update minute The keypad up key which will change the current image to the mrtg week graphs widget GPO_kup class GPO expression currentImage nkey 5 mrtgDayImageURL currentImage nkey 5 71 0 update 300 Widget GPO_kdown class GPO expression currentImage nkey 7 mrtgweekImageURL currentiImage nkey 7 71 0 update 300 Layout picoLcD Rowl Coll MRTGMinute Layer 1 xX0 YO BandwidthImage Timerl Timerw GPO2 GPO_kup GPO3 GPO_kdown Display p coLcCD Layout pi1coLCD 4 3 Appendix C Sample python script for Linux picoLCD import urllib Import shut7 download_path tmp def saveimage imageur filename imageurl splitC 1 tmpname filename tmp try urllib urlretrieve imageurl download_path tmpname except IOError return Error downloading file else shutil move download_path tmpname download_path filename return download_path filename 4 4 Appendix D Key and values mapping for Linux software Key name Key Value Back 0x01 Home 0x02 Up Arrow 0x05 Down Arrow 0x07 OK 0x06
9. es System cea RS Accessories gt be Games Graphics k Internet Gee Start picoLCD 256x64 Gee Start picoLCD 256x64 MRTG Graphs a Programming 5E Sound amp wideo gt ee Start picoLCD 256x64 RSS Viewer Universal Access gt fies Uninstall picoLCD 256x64 im Add Remove Clicking on one of the menu entries will g5 PiCOLCD needs to detach from the kernel HID driver to function correctly present a new window which will require ue you to enter the administration password This is needed because the picoLCD driver sae needs a higher level access so it can detach from kernel HID driver to function correctly cance By default there are 3 examples installed the first one it s a overview of your system internals like memory and cpu utilisation free hard drive space network bandwidth in use hard drive 10 in use date uptime and system information The program will continue to monitor your system on background and report the information on the LCD CPU S24 Gee RAH 119 71010MB FREE IDE OUT 6 06MB IH 6 86MB ETH OUT 364KE IN 355KB CPU Tenp S8C HE Tenp 42C Fan RPH 3800 Thu 15701 12 56 54 Uptime 2d 02 53 12 fc 1686 Intel R Pentiunl R 4 CPU 2 666 OO CC Free Space f 6546 67 ME ee _ The picoLCD MRTG monitors allows MRTG graphs to be rendered on the picoLCD display To change the location of the MRTG server you will need to edit Icd4linux con
10. f mrtg from home minibox picolcd 256x64 picoLCDGraphic Configs with a text editor and change the lines currentImage http 192 168 12 113 mrtg 127 0 0 1_2 month png mrtgDayImageURL http 192 168 12 113 mrtg 127 0 0 1_2 day png mrtgweekImageURL http 192 168 12 113 mrtg 127 0 0 1_2 week png To point to your MRTG server image URLs You can use the arrows buttons on the LCD to change the current displayed image A sample MRTG config file 1s presented in Appendix A The picoLCD RSS Viewer allows different RSS feeds to be dowloaded and displayed on the LCD By default there are 3 feeds installed you can change these feeds by editing Icd4linux conf rss from home minibox picolcd 256x64 picoLCDGraphic Configs and change the lines rssl http slashdot org slashdot rdFf rss2 http ww engadget com rss xml rss3 http ww linuxsecurity com static content debian rss To point to your desired RSS feeds You can use the Home and Back button to change between the feeds and arrows buttons to scroll the feed news up and down http HHN engadget con rss HHI page 0 gt Samsung introduces Lapfit monitors in a f Samsung s TouchWiz UI getting a MWC makeo PAPSI s WinlCE based M436 can t quite reach Samsung melds slate slider with Ultra To 3 2 Customizing your picoLCD display with plugins and widgets The easiest way to customize the information displayed by the picoLCD 1s to edit the Icd4linux conf
11. n Icd4linux sources and it s also available on the above location Mini Box com offers an easy graphical interface for installing the picoLCD 256x64 drivers The steps presented below are fora GNOME based user interface but should be similar for KDE users The installer and drivers wore tested 1n various distributions including Ubuntu Fedora and Gentoo The software requirements are e An up to date linux distribution The older version that we tested is Fedora Core 8 and Ubuntu 8 04 e A working usb kernel drivers stack e Atleast python 2 5 for user scripts First step is to download the latest drivers from http www picolcd com drivers tas Opening picoLCD 256x6F Linux installer You have chosen to open picoLCD 256x64 Linux Installer which is a BIN file from http www picoled com Would you like to save this file After the download has finished you will need to execute the installer on some distributions the files downloaded from internet don t have the execute permision allowed so you will need to give the execute permision either right clicking on the installer icon on your desktop or where you saved the installer or by issuing a chmod x p1coLCD 256x64 Linux Instal ler command from a terminal The steps to enable the execution of the installer from a graphical interface 1s presented below Right click on the installer icon from your download location we used Desktop and choose Properties like in the picture
12. nstall to a different folder click Browse and select another folder It is recommended that you close all other applications before continuing Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit Setup eas Mini Box com PICO s ze COMPUTING Destination Felder AAA omemninboxpicole 250 64 Browse InstallJammer Cancel i Cancel It s advisable to leave picoLCD drivers to be installed in default location your user folder but you can change the default location by clicking the Browse button and selecting a new folder After you choose a install location press Next button to start copying files picoLGD 256x64 Setup picoLCD 256x64 Setup Start Copying Files picoLCD 256x64 Installation Complete Review settings before copying files Setup has enough information to start copying the program files If you want to review or change any settings click Back If you are satisfied with the settings Successfully installed picoLCD 256x64 Click click Next to begin copying files Finish to exit the wizard Install Directory fhome minibox picolcd 256x64 Setup Type X Launch picoLCD 256x64 Typical a4 i eas Mini Box com PICO size computing InstallJammer After the installation is completed you can close the installer by pressing the Finish button The installer automatically creates start menu entries for picoLCD program and it s default applications Aoplicati ns Plac
13. ripts Another powerful features is customization through user made scripts The scripts are written in python which is bundled with most linux distributions Both MRTG and RSS programs are written in python A sample python script to fetch MRTG images is presented in Appendix C Python scripts can be added to the display by creating a new widget and display it on a LCD Row as in the example below Widget MRTGMinute class Text expression currentFile python execC mrtg saveimage currentImage width 42 update 100 Layout picoLcD Rowl Coll MRTGMinute The python exec plugin will load the mrtg py script and call the saveimage function from the script with the currentImage as paramater The variable currentImage is a Icd4linux variable defined in the Icd4linux conf The python exec plugin will look for your scripts in default python search paths and in PYTHONPATH environment variable that can be set by user By default picoLCD 256x64 programs export PYTHONPATH to your installation folder in picoLCDGraphic Scripts You can add your own scripts in that location or modify the existing scripts to suit your needs 3 4 Controlling the display with the keypad keys To make use of the picoLCD keys you first need to define a timer which will read the picoLCD keys at an interval and set a variable to hold the current pressed key Variables n 0 the key value taken from picoLCD gpi nkey 0 current pressed key A simple
14. supply Failure to do so may cause severe damage to the components peripherals or mainboard 1 Hardware installation Depending on the picoLCD 256x64 package that you purchase picoLCD 256x64 comes with either an external or internal USB connector cable Locate the USB header J4 onto the back of the PicoLCD 256x64 see the picture below Keyboard extension header ICSP Je J6 Connector besss bocon 2 5 ojo A mini DOX COM 2 IR Receiver USB ENCE fo J3 Head Keypad connector eader o connector aooo o Extra I O SY oe f 1 Sa il J5 J4 7 Jl Keypad connector J2 Keyboard and keyboard extension header connector Pin 1 Column 1 Pin 2 Column 2 Pin 3 Column 3 Pin 4 Column 4 Pin 5 Row 4 Pin 6 Row 3 Pin 7 Row 2 Pin 8 Key not connected Pin 9 Row 1 J3 Extra I O Pin 1 RBO Pin 2 RB1 Pin 3 RC1 Pin 4 RC6 Pin 5 RC7 Pin 6 RAO Pin 7 RA1 Pin 8 Key not connected Pin 9 RA2 J4 USB connector Pin 1 USB V Pin 2 USB DPin 3 USB D Pin 4 USB GND Pin 5 Shield USB GND J5 IR Receiver Pin 1 GND Pin 2 GND Pin 3 VCC 5V Pin 4 Key not connected Pin 5 IR Signal J6 ICSP connector Pin 1 MCLR Pin 2 VCC 5V Pin 3 GND Pin 4 Data Pin 5 Clock Please see below the situations that you might encounter A The picture below represents a motherboar
15. ts Center fu Windows Windows Windows Windows Windows Defender Firewall Sidebar SideShow Update Configure your Windows SideShow settings By default Windows Vista will display one gadget If you want more gadgets please click Get more gadgets online E E Hardware and Sound Windows SideShow v Search Control Panel P E Control Panel Home Turn on gadgets on your Windows SideShow compatible devices View gadgets by name Click a device to change its settings You can also change the settings for some gadgets by clicking them View gadgets by date Uninstall a gadget dwl Change device settings Gadgets PicoLCD 256x64x2 Change PC wake settings Get more gadgets online 5 Windows Media Player See also Devices and Printers Deskte p badget For example select Windows Media Player gadget and on your picoLCD256X64 it will show what the status of your Windows Media Player program like in the pictures below Windows Media Player Browse Media Library Go to Mow Playing List Go to Current Track Picture showing Sideshow menu chooser Sideshow Stocks Desktop Gadget Feed Wiewer T SideShow GMail More Sideshow gadgets http gallery live com default aspx pl 7 3 Linux driver installation 3 1 Driver installation and default programs The picoLCD 256x64 driver si based on Icd4linux which is available at http ssl bulix org projects Icd4linux The driver has been integrated i
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