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It's a Python script. You'd need to install a Python interpreter to run it.

https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/

But, you'll also need to know how to program in Python.

OneCD wrote:It's a Python script. You'd need to install a Python interpreter to run it.

https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/

But, you'll also need to know how to program in Python.

Cool! Thank you! I'll look into this, though with my limited programming knowledge, I might be in over my head, haha. I'm curious whether any of these debian/ubuntu based scripts could be used in conjunction with Windows' Subsystem for Linux beta...

Python scripts are generally platform-agnostic (at least, the ones for general release are). So, not written specifically for Linux.

My own Python stuff will not run on Windows as I only run them on Linux units and so didn't write them for cross-platform compatibility.

looking at the serial connection in the script
https://github.com/bkram/qnapdisplay/bl ... it__.py#L3
you might want to read this
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Serial-HOWTO-10.html


oh and .. no idea what SERIAL chips QNAP sourced ... but if you are unlucky it might be the kind that windows kills
http://hackaday.com/2014/10/22/watch-th ... ake-chips/

dolbyman wrote:looking at the serial connection in the script
https://github.com/bkram/qnapdisplay/bl ... it__.py#L3

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 ser = serial.Serial('/dev/ttyS1', 1200)

you might want to read this
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Serial-HOWTO-10.html

Thank you for this link! With a little bit of tinkering, I was able to take the python script by bkram (https://github.com/bkram/qnapdisplay) and adapt it to Windows by simply changing the Serial code from '/dev/ttyS1' to "COM2". Had to do a little bit more tinkering to adjust some things since I think the original script was written for Python 2. I'm a newbie at this stuff, so I'm not sure if I did it the best way. In any event, I at least now have a working script to tinker with the LCD on Windows! Thank you!

QNAPFrances wrote:Hi All,

We don't plan to release these documents for x86 models in this stage.
Sorry for the inconvenient.

BR,
Frances

Hi Frances:
Would it be possible to release this LCD documentation yet? Or perhaps the python scripts you use to run the LCD? I would love to try implementing these on my Windows installation on QNAP.