Re: XPL-LCD

["Frank Mc Alinden" <fmcalind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mal
If the Menus are held in the controlling app ,everytime the menu
up / down is pressed it would have to send a OSD Message to the pic to
update the display????.......Ummm wonder what the delay would be from a
Menu Button press to the new menu being displayed...??..The pic would only
be able to store a limited amount of Menus...whereas the pc app could have
lots more....and someone else would have to write the app .....

Frank



----- Original Message -----
From: "Malcolm Lansell" <mlansell@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 9:59 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_xpl] XPL-LCD


>
> Being a software guy I'd go for the dumb terminal approach in that
case,
but
> even if the PIC handles all the menus, it would be useful to be able
to
> download a new menu definition and text strings to use.
>
> Mal
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Frank Mc Alinden" <fmcalind@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 10:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [ukha_xpl] XPL-LCD
>
>
> >
> >> Does this mean it appears to the PC as an rs232 device (with
the LAN
> > acting
> >> as a kind of extension cable)?
> >
> > Thats correct it gets assigned a virtual com port and it will
hopefully
> > talk
> > xPL....
> >
> > This is how i have Ians VFD Device connected........
> >
> > Frank
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Malcolm Lansell" <mlansell@xxxxxxx>
> > To: <ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 9:44 PM
> > Subject: Re: [ukha_xpl] XPL-LCD
> >
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Frank Mc Alinden" <fmcalind@xxxxxxx>
> >> To: <ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 10:35 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [ukha_xpl] XPL-LCD
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >> > Hi Mal
> >> >
> >> >> To me it all depends on how the device is connected
to the rest of
the
> >> >> world.  If it plugs into a PC, then I'd say that it
may as well be a
> > dumb
> >> >> terminal, with all the smarts in the xPL connector
application -
that
> > way
> >> >> maximum flexibility is retained (so long as response
times are not
> >> >> compromised)
> >> >
> >> > Its going to have a rs232 interface ,but i intend to
connect to the
> >> > network
> >> > via a  mss10 unit.....
> >>
> >> Does this mean it appears to the PC as an rs232 device (with
the LAN
> > acting
> >> as a kind of extension cable)?
> >>
> >>
> >>
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