[5.4.3beta] bugs

[BasieP]

hi guys, i was supprised you picked up the development again after a short break

great work etc. etc.

anyway, i have a couple of bugs and request for the newest beta:

1:
i have a usb matrix orbital lcd, but after i chose 'matrix.dll' and typed 'USB' in the field below i got this message:

now i know Matrix Orbital uses a custom usb driver that enables you to use the com port (usualy 3 or 4) to connect the the LCD, but then why is there an option 'USB' ? there used to be 'USBPalm' in the older versions, perhaps it should be clearer that you mean 'usbpalm' and not 'usb'

edit:
also, the baudrate must now be typed.. i don't know how high technical expectations you have from the users, but i think that it's a little bit much to ask from your users to know baudrates by heart.
Essesialy when the default matrix orbital Baudrate is 19200, and the default in smartie is 9600...
A dropdown box should be nice (same for comports and usb accually, like in the older versions)

2:
The version nr. still says 5.3 in the mouseover of the systemtray

3: (sort of feature req.)
the 'LCD features' tab on the left, only has matrix orbital features, why no hide it when you don't have a MO LCD?

4: (prolly not your bug)


5: website
a lot of plugin url's don't work because of missing 'http://' in front of the url, or things like this:

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http://lcdsmartie.sourceforge.net/%20http://erlis.se/lcdsmartie/volume.dll%20

[Fast351]

hi guys, i was supprised you picked up the development again after a short break

Afraid some of that is my doing. For selfish reasons too. I needed output for my display, and boom, here we are Not necessarily a bad thing.

great work etc. etc.

1:
i have a usb matrix orbital lcd, but after i chose 'matrix.dll' and typed 'USB' in the field below i got this message:

now i know Matrix Orbital uses a custom usb driver that enables you to use the com port (usualy 3 or 4) to connect the the LCD, but then why is there an option 'USB' ? there used to be 'USBPalm' in the older versions, perhaps it should be clearer that you mean 'usbpalm' and not 'usb'

edit:
also, the baudrate must now be typed.. i don't know how high technical expectations you have from the users, but i think that it's a little bit much to ask from your users to know baudrates by heart.
Essesialy when the default matrix orbital Baudrate is 19200, and the default in smartie is 9600...
A dropdown box should be nice (same for comports and usb accually, like in the older versions)

We kind of played with this when we were coming up with the interface, and had to make some concessions to make the display plugin interface universal. Most logical way I could come up with was to pass the parameters in through a string (kind of like command line parameters), but of course you lose some of the nice features like automatically finding COM ports and selecting baud rates from a list. I'm still not 100% happy with the way it works, but I'm open to suggestions.

If the matrix displays default to 19200 the driver should be changed to list that as the default baud rate. I'll make a note to do that for the next release.

Truth be told, I've never used the USB Palm interface, I'll look into how it works and perhaps clarify the parameters some.

2:
The version nr. still says 5.3 in the mouseover of the systemtray

This has already been corrected for the next build (along with the version number in the setup box).

3: (sort of feature req.)
the 'LCD features' tab on the left, only has matrix orbital features, why no hide it when you don't have a MO LCD?

Could do that I suppose

4: (prolly not your bug)

Think you're right.

5: website
a lot of plugin url's don't work because of missing 'http://' in front of the url, or things like this:

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http://lcdsmartie.sourceforge.net/%20http://erlis.se/lcdsmartie/volume.dll%20

I'll update that.

-Mike

[limbo]

@BasieP

Great to hear from you!
Thanks for your suggestions!

[Dirkus]

I'm using v5.4 B3, and I've noticed that the program is POPing my email every time the screen transitions, instead of the 5 minute interval that I configured. I've verified this though Ethereal (network analysis tool). Is there anything I can do as a workaround to fix this? Thanks!

[limbo]

Yeah maybe its too much... and not for all displays, but in common, the $Chr(255) represents a block character.
And this association is missing from the virtual display in beta version.

Take a look here: Cekala "Amd Logo" post

[Dirkus]

Anyone have a chance to look at the problem with the over-zealous mail checking yet? I'd really appreciate it! Thanks!

[limbo]

Anyone have a chance to look at the problem with the over-zealous mail checking yet? I'd really appreciate it! Thanks!

Be patient....
beta is ...beta

[Dirkus]

Sorry, I guess I was just looking for verification that someone had noticed my post. Thanks!

[Fast351]

E-mail checking is fixed (I think, haven't verified with ethereal due to lack of time). Hopefully the original poster is still watching this thread. Try the RC2 download and see if it works...

[Dirkus]

E-mail checking is fixed (I think, haven't verified with ethereal due to lack of time). Hopefully the original poster is still watching this thread. Try the RC2 download and see if it works...

I sure am! Thanks! I'll try this later today.