Help with DCS Bios Code For AH64D Keyboard Display

[Marty62]

Hi Folks

I have built a replica keyboard modelled after the unit in the AH64.

It uses a 20X1 LCD Display ( Make - Crystalfontz, Model CFAH2001B-TMI-ET, Revision B0 )

The display is driven by an Arduino Nano and the key buttons are driven through a Leo Bodinar 64 Button board

I have managed to get the basic " Hello World " sketch working fine on the display but I need a bit of help with introducing the display reference code from the dcs bios reference document.

My Basic Arduino Code is as below, which is producing the " hello world " and the counter code directly after the wording, that is working perfectly!

Due to the fact that I am driving all the letter and number buttons on the keyboard via the Leo Bodinar board as a HID, I don't believe I need any other code from the DCS-BIOS reference other than the code for the display itself which is listed at the bottom of the page.

I have attempted this myself and let me be clear " I am obviously not, code smart enough yet, but I am learning

If someone could assist me with fitting the display code into my current working code, I would be eternally grateful

Regards

Martin

 

BASIC WORKING CODE

#define DCSBIOS_IRQ_SERIAL

 

// include the library code:

#include <LiquidCrystal.h>

#include "DcsBios.h"

 

// initialize the library by associating any needed LCD interface pin

// with the arduino pin number it is connected to

const int rs = 2, en = 3, d4 = 8, d5 = 9, d6 = 10, d7 = 13;

LiquidCrystal lcd(rs, en, d4, d5, d6, d7);

 

void setup() {

  // set up the LCD's number of columns and rows:

  lcd.begin(20, 1);

  // Print a message to the LCD.

  lcd.print("hello, world!");

}

 

void loop() {

  // set the cursor to column 0, line 1

  // (note: line 1 is the second row, since counting begins with 0):

  lcd.setCursor(15, 1);

  // print the number of seconds since reset:

  lcd.print(millis() / 1000);

 

  DcsBios::loop();

}

 

MPORTED DCS-BIOS DISPLAY CODE

void onPltKuDisplayChange(char* newValue) {
    /* your code here */
}
DcsBios::StringBuffer<22> pltKuDisplayBuffer(AH_64D_PLT_KU_DISPLAY_A, onPltKuDisplayChange);