Subj : Re: Pi Projects
To   : Dr. What
From : Smooth
Date : Fri Feb 21 2020 05:28 pm

-=> Dr. What wrote to Smooth <=-

 Sm> I've been looking at different ways that my Pi BBS could display if
 Sm> someone has logged on visually from the board or case.  I've been
 Sm> looking at either having an LED flash everytime a user connects or add a
 Sm> tiny lcd screen to display who's currently logged on and on what node.
 Sm> Either project shouldn't be that expensive to build. :D

 DW> No.  it's not that expensive.  I picked up a 2 line LCD shield from
 DW> Hong Kong (banggood.com) that worked just fine with my Pis.

 DW> I originally had it set up to display the IP address and used the
 DW> buttons on it to do an orderly shutdown without having to be logged in.

 DW> --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/02/24 (Windows/64)
 DW>  * Origin: Error 404 BBS ! (314:314/185)

Nice. Was there a webpage that showed you how to output to the LCD or was 
there instructions with the LCD shield that showed the steps to do it?


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 * Origin: Chingon BBS >> Orale Homie! << Covina, CA (314:314/190)

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