node-red-contrib-lcd 0.0.3

A Node-RED node for Raspberry Pi to write to all liquid crystal lcds.

npm install node-red-contrib-lcd

About

This module is lcd node for node red. in this node you can write a string to liquid crystal lcd.

Install via Git

Run the following code in your raspberry pi terminal

cd /home/pi/.node-red/node_modules
git clone https://github.com/erfanjahanshahlo/node-red-contrib-lcd.git

and restart your node red server or reboot your raspberry pi.

Install via npm

Run the following code in your raspberry pi terminal

cd /home/pi/.node-red/node_modules
npm install node-red-contrib-lcd

and restart your node red server or reboot your raspberry pi.

Install via Download

in step one download this repository and rename main folder to node-red-contrib-lcd like the schematic below and copy to /home/pi/.node-red/node_modules path in your raspberry pi and restart your node red server or reboot your raspberry pi.
-node-red-contrib-lcd
---driver
------codecs
---------init.py
---------hd44780_a00.py
---------hd44780_a02.py
------init.py
------common.py
------compat.py
------contextmanagers.py
------gpio.py
------lcd.py
---package.json
---lcd.py
---lcd.js
---lcd.html

Getting started

Here's how to send data to this node.

ROW,COL:YOUR TEXT

for clear lcd send 1,1: to the node to clear lcd. in node settings form in pins, type you must enter the pins to which the LCD is attached and the number of rows and columns shown below. Note that the pin numbering are physical and board not BCM. if not set pins and the row,cols the node not working.

RS,EN,D4,D5,D6,D7,ROW,COL

Be careful not to use any spaces in any of these commands.

Example