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#1 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 09:32 AM

how would you get the lcd panel on the front of a 44p-170 to display
arbitary text?

#2 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 09:32 AM

/usr/lib/methods/showled 0x123 "hello!"
The hex number is required, but doesn't seem to care what value, so
long as it's there. Text can be up to 15 digits. This works on my
9112-265 and on the F50, but on the pSeries 5xx, the text seems to
disappear (although the number is displayed).

aro

#3 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 09:32 AM

In article <1147580309.036905.252360@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups .com>, Errol-Ian Gurno <aroleon@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> /usr/lib/methods/showled 0x123 "hello!"
> The hex number is required, but doesn't seem to care what value, so
> long as it's there. Text can be up to 15 digits. This works on my
> 9112-265 and on the F50, but on the pSeries 5xx, the text seems to
> disappear (although the number is displayed).

0x000 will erase the display, too.

It was useful when we had dozens of B50s in a lab, could telnet to it,
but wanted a fast way to identify it without looking at all the serial
number labels.

So I ran a while loop that alternated between 111 222 333 ... 999 once a
second. We found that B50 very quickly because it was easy to visually
see.

-Dan

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