_LCD_BLINK_CURSOR_OFF

[Kalain]

Hi,

It would be nice to add and mention in Lcd Library help file this (missing) command : _LCD_BLINK_CURSOR_OFF which is equal at 13.

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lcd_cmd(13)  '_LCD_BLINK_CURSOR_OFF

or a better understandable code like this one

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Lcd_cmd(_LCD_BLINK_CURSOR_OFF)  'which would be equivalent at Lcd_cmd(13)

[tihomir.losic]

Hello,

Lcd Library

The mikroBasic PRO for PIC provides a library for communication with Lcds (with HD44780 compliant controllers) through the 4-bit interface.
Follow this link to see available LCD commands:
http://www.mikroe.com/esupport/index.ph ... 28#lcd_cmd

You can see that we have LCD command _LCD_CURSOR_OFF which turns off cursor.

Best regards,

Losic Tihomir

[Kalain]

You can see that we have LCD command _LCD_CURSOR_OFF which turns off cursor.

Right but _LCD_CURSOR_OFF disable cursor (and also underline) but do not blink cursor without underline.

By now if you follow help file, there is no way to display "blinking cursor without cursor" which is equivalent at _LCD_BLINK_CURSOR_OFF
This is what lcd_cmd(13) do but not documented in MB neither available through Code assistant!!!

Regards

[Kalain]

You can see that we have LCD command _LCD_CURSOR_OFF which turns off cursor.

mmh, still missing in V3.80.

Here is a screen shot about HD44780 from Hitachi.
(http://www.sparkfun.com/datasheets/LCD/HD44780.pdf)

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What it say (in decimal) :
- 12 : LCD TURN ON
- 13 : CURSOR OFF and blinking of cursor position character
- 14 : Cursor ON and no blinking cursor position character
- 15 : Cursor ON and blinking of cursor position character

But in MB3.80, Code assistant list do not mention the 13 decimal possibility.

[anikolic]

Hello Kalain,

I must admit that this is not implemented, but I will inform our developers of your enhancement suggestion.
However simple this is to implement, this is not among high-priority tasks right now, so I beg for more patience.

Best regards,
Aleksandar

[Kalain]

Hello Kalain,

I must admit that this is not implemented, but I will inform our developers of your enhancement suggestion.
However simple this is to implement, this is not among high-priority tasks right now, so I beg for more patience.

Best regards,
Aleksandar

No worries.
This is not only for me because now I know how to blink cursor without underline (Lcd_cmd(13)).
This is more to improve MB compiler for others users.

Just wanted to be sure that you got what I wanted to point.

[mileta.miletic]

Hi,

Thank you for your feedback. We are intending to include more descriptive constants:

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_LCD_CURSOR_ON_BLINK_OFF = 14;
_LCD_CURSOR_ON_BLINK_ON = 15;
_LCD_CURSOR_OFF_BLINK_OFF = 12;
_LCD_CURSOR_OFF_BLINK_ON = 13;

In this way is clearer when cursor and blinking of cursor position is on/off.

[Kalain]

Hi,

I have a small project with 2*16 LCD and wanted to use _LCD_Blink_cursor_off but couldn't find this instruction in MB6.40. (which is four years ater!!)

I remembered that I posted something here.

Hey, Mikroe team, hurry up!