Buttons

smartie lover · Post by **smartie lover** » July 4th, 2009, 10:01 pm

looking at one tab on LCD Smartie setup i see there is a button tab. if my lcd does not come with buttons is there a circuit i can make for buttons

Post by **mattcro** » July 5th, 2009, 12:24 pm

If you have a parallel port (even if it has your LCD connected to it), you can use the "buttons" plugin here: http://forums.lcdsmartie.org/viewtopic.php?t=876

The buttons plugin works in a similar way to the buttons function built into Smartie, but you have to use the DLL function (see examples in buttons plugin thread) to read the button state instead of the $MObutton command.

smartie lover · Post by **smartie lover** » July 5th, 2009, 6:36 pm

ok but my lcd does not come with buttons. how can i connect buttons to the parallel port and can use for LCD Smartie

Post by **caesar** » July 5th, 2009, 6:49 pm

Have you at least read a few post in the thread mattcro suggested?

There are schematics over there that explain how to connect the buttons to the parallel port. (2 to 15 buttons even)

smartie lover · Post by **smartie lover** » July 5th, 2009, 8:54 pm

oh sorry nd thank you very much