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okay so i need help with my code i was able to extend my code onto 8 matrices but i can figure out how to stop it from scrolling i just want it to display a stationary word across the matrices i originally got the code from http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,22305.0.html and built from there can some one help me understand how to fix this code to a stationary display here is my code for an 8 x 64 matrix and my font library.

Code:

//We always have to include the library
#include "LedControl.h"
#include "font.h"
#include <avr/pgmspace.h>

/*
 Now we need a LedControl to work with.
 ***** These pin numbers will probably not work with your hardware *****
 pin 12 is connected to the DataIn
 pin 11 is connected to the CLK
 pin 10 is connected to LOAD
 We have only a single MAX72XX.
 */
LedControl lc=LedControl(12,11,10,8);

void setup() {
  //we have already set the number of devices when we created the LedControl
  int devices=lc.getDeviceCount();
  //we have to init all devices in a loop
  for(int address=0;address<devices;address++) {
    /*The MAX72XX is in power-saving mode on startup*/
    lc.shutdown(address,false);
    /* Set the brightness to a medium values */
    lc.setIntensity(address,8);
    /* and clear the display */
    lc.clearDisplay(address);
  }



}

// Change these values to adjust scroll speeds and animation iterations

#define TEXT_SCROLL_SPEED 1     // how fast to scrill the text (wait)

#define REPEAT_TEXT 1              // how often to repeat the text if in cycling mode

// How to add a new message:
// * add the new message (only upper case, see font.h)
// * adjust MAX_MESSAGES
// * add the new message to messages
// NOTE: messages may not be longer than 255 chars.
// http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1193587488
// Since 0012, PGM_P is broken. Fortunately there's a workaround

char message_00[] PROGMEM = "ABCDEFGHIJ";
char message_01[] PROGMEM = "";
char message_02[] PROGMEM = "";

#define MAX_MESSAGES 1
//PGM_P PROGMEM messages[] = {
PROGMEM const char *messages[] = { 
    message_00
//    ,message_01
//    ,message_02
};

uint8_t screen_mem[64];                  // screen memory
uint8_t active_row=1;                  // active row
uint8_t message_ptr = 0;                 // points to the active char in the message
uint8_t message_displayed = 0;           // how often has the message been displayed?
uint8_t active_char = 0;                 // stores the active char
uint8_t message_length = 0;              // stores the length of the active message
uint8_t char_ptr = 0;                    // points to the active col in the char
uint8_t char_length = 0;                 // stores the length of the active char
/*
 * copy screen_mem[] to LED Matrix 8x8
 */
void writeArduinoOnMatrix() {
  /* here is the data for the characters */
  int i;
  for (i=0; i<8; i++){
    lc.setColumn(7,i,screen_mem[i+56]);
    lc.setColumn(6,i,screen_mem[i+48]);
    lc.setColumn(5,i,screen_mem[i+40]);
    lc.setColumn(4,i,screen_mem[i+32]);
    lc.setColumn(3,i,screen_mem[i+24]);
    lc.setColumn(2,i,screen_mem[i+16]); 
    lc.setColumn(1,i,screen_mem[i+8]);
    lc.setColumn(0,i,screen_mem[i]) ;
}
}
/*
 * show_char
 * Displays the actual message.
 * Scrolls the screen to the left and draws new pixels on the right.
 * char stop bit is bit.7
 */
void show_char(const prog_uint8_t string[]) {
  uint8_t i;
  uint8_t b;

 // shift the screen to the left
  for (i = 0; i < 63; i++) {
    screen_mem[i] = screen_mem[i+1];
 }
  // advance a char if needed
  if (char_length == 0x80) {

   char_length =0;      //reset stop bit

    //read next char from progmem
    memcpy_P(&active_char,&string[message_ptr],1);
    //this is an alternativ PROGMEM access:
    //active_char =  pgm_read_byte_near(string + message_ptr);
    message_ptr++;

    //string stop byte 0x00
    if (active_char == 0) {
      message_ptr = 0;
      message_displayed++;
      char_length =0x80; // immediately read next char
    }

    active_char -= CHAR_OFFSET;
    char_ptr = 0;

    // this makes the space between two chars
    screen_mem[63]=0;
    return;
  }

  // read pixels for current column of char
  b = pgm_read_byte(&font[active_char * 5 + char_ptr]);
  char_ptr++;
  //char_length= (b & 0x01);
  //b = (b >> 1);
  char_length= (b & 0x80);
  b = (b & 0x7F);
  // write pixels into screen memory
  screen_mem[63] =b;
  Serial.print((uint16_t)active_char); Serial.print(" / "); Serial.println(char_ptr, HEX);
}


/*
 * copy_to_buffer
 * Copies the given sprite from PROGMEM to 8x8 LED RAM.
 */
void copy_to_buffer(const prog_uint8_t sprite[8]) {
  memcpy_P(screen_mem, sprite, 8);
}




void loop() {
 
  int devices=lc.getDeviceCount();
  int8_t i,j,k;

  while (1) {
 
   
   
      writeArduinoOnMatrix();
      delay(TEXT_SCROLL_SPEED);
   

   

    //6
    for (i = 0; i < MAX_MESSAGES; i++) {
      message_displayed = 0;
      while (message_displayed < REPEAT_TEXT) {
        show_char((uint8_t*)pgm_read_word(&(messages)));  //show_char((prog_uint8_t*)pgm_read_word(&(messages[i])));
        writeArduinoOnMatrix();
        delay(TEXT_SCROLL_SPEED);
      }
    }



  }

}

[Reply #1 on:]

here is the library

Code:

#include <avr/io.h>
#include <avr/pgmspace.h>

#ifndef FONT_H_
#define FONT_H_

#define MAX_CHARS 95
#define CHAR_OFFSET 0x20

const uint8_t font[] PROGMEM = {
  // 5 chars bitmap, stop bit is bit.7
0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x80,      // 0x20, 32, '
0x00,0x30,0x7D,0x30,0x80,      // 0x21, 33, !
0x70,0x60,0x00,0x70,0xE0,      // 0x22, 34, "
0x12,0x3F,0x12,0x3F,0x92,      // 0x23, 35, #
0x12,0x6A,0x2B,0xA4,0x80,      // 0x24, 36, $
0x63,0x64,0x08,0x13,0xE3,      // 0x25, 37, %
0x36,0x49,0x35,0x02,0x85,      // 0x26, 38, &
0x00,0x70,0x60,0x80,0x80,      // 0x27, 39, '
0x00,0x3E,0x41,0x80,0x80,      // 0x28, 40, (
0x00,0x41,0x3E,0x80,0x80,      // 0x29, 41, )
0x08,0x3E,0x1C,0x3E,0x88,      // 0x2A, 42, *
0x08,0x08,0x3E,0x08,0x88,      // 0x2B, 43, +
0x00,0x03,0x03,0x80,0x80,      // 0x2C, 44, ,
0x08,0x08,0x08,0x08,0x88,      // 0x2D, 45, -
0x00,0x03,0x03,0x80,0x80,      // 0x2E, 46, .
0x02,0x04,0x08,0x10,0xA0,      // 0x2F, 47, /
0x3E,0x45,0x49,0x51,0xBE,      // 0x30, 48, 0
0x00,0x21,0x7F,0x81,0x80,      // 0x31, 49, 1
0x23,0x45,0x49,0x49,0xB1,      // 0x32, 50, 2
0x22,0x49,0x49,0x49,0xB6,      // 0x33, 51, 3
0xC,0x14,0x24,0x7F,0x84,       // 0x34, 52, 4
0x7A,0x49,0x49,0x49,0xC6,      // 0x35, 53, 5
0x1E,0x29,0x49,0x49,0x86,      // 0x36, 54, 6
0x40,0x47,0x48,0x50,0xE0,      // 0x37, 55, 7
0x36,0x49,0x49,0x49,0xB6,      // 0x38, 56, 8
0x30,0x49,0x49,0x4A,0xBC,      // 0x39, 57, 9
0x00,0x1B,0x1B,0x80,0x80,      // 0x3A, 58, :
0x00,0x1B,0x1B,0x80,0x80,      // 0x3B, 59, ;
0x08,0x14,0x22,0xC1,0x80,      // 0x3C, 60, <
0x12,0x12,0x12,0x12,0x92,      // 0x3D, 61, =
0x00,0x41,0x22,0x14,0x88,      // 0x3E, 62, >
0x20,0x40,0x4D,0x48,0xB0,      // 0x3F, 63, ?
0x3E,0x41,0x5D,0x55,0xBC,      // 0x40, 64, @
0x3F,0x44,0x44,0x44,0xBF,      // 0x41, 65, A
0x7F,0x49,0x49,0x49,0xB6,      // 0x42, 66, B
0x3E,0x41,0x41,0x41,0xA2,      // 0x43, 67, C
0x7F,0x41,0x41,0x41,0xBE,      // 0x44, 68, D
0x7F,0x49,0x49,0x49,0xC1,      // 0x45, 69, E
0x7F,0x48,0x48,0x48,0xC0,      // 0x46, 70, F
0x3E,0x41,0x49,0x49,0xAF,      // 0x47, 71, G
0x7F,0x08,0x08,0x08,0xFF,      // 0x48, 72, H
0x00,0x41,0x7F,0xC1,0x80,      // 0x49, 73, I
0x06,0x01,0x01,0x01,0xFE,      // 0x4A, 74, J
0x7F,0x08,0x14,0x22,0xC1,      // 0x4B, 75, K
0x7F,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x81,      // 0x4C, 76, L
0x7F,0x20,0x10,0x20,0xFF,      // 0x4D, 77, M
0x7F,0x20,0x10,0x08,0xFF,      // 0x4E, 78, N
0x3E,0x41,0x41,0x41,0xBE,      // 0x4F, 79, O
0x7F,0x48,0x48,0x48,0xB0,      // 0x50, 80, P
0x3E,0x41,0x45,0x42,0xBD,      // 0x51, 81, Q
0x7F,0x48,0x48,0x4C,0xB3,      // 0x52, 82, R
0x32,0x49,0x49,0x49,0xA6,      // 0x53, 83, S
0x40,0x40,0x7F,0x40,0xC0,      // 0x54, 84, T
0x7E,0x01,0x01,0x01,0xFE,      // 0x55, 85, U
0x7C,0x02,0x01,0x02,0xFC,      // 0x56, 86, V
0x7E,0x01,0x1E,0x01,0xFE,      // 0x57, 87, W
0x63,0x14,0x08,0x14,0xE3,      // 0x58, 88, X
0x70,0x08,0x07,0x08,0xF0,      // 0x59, 89, Y
0x47,0x49,0x51,0xE1,0x80,      // 0x5A, 90, Z
0x00,0x7F,0x41,0x41,0x80,     //0x5B, 91,
0x20,0x10,0x08,0x04,0x82,     //0x5C, 92,
0x00,0x00,0x41,0x7F,0x80,     //0x5D, 93,
0x00,0x20,0x40,0x20,0x80,     //0x5E, 94,^
0x01,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x81,     //0x5F, 95,_
0x00,0x40,0x20,0x00,0x80,     //0x60, 96,`
0x0E,0x11,0x11,0x12,0x9F,     //0x61, 97,a
0x7F,0x09,0x09,0x06,0x80,    //0x62, 98,b
0x0E,0x11,0x11,0x11,0x8A,     //0x63, 99,c
0x0E,0x11,0x11,0x12,0xFF,     //0x64, 100,d
0x0E,0x15,0x15,0x15,0x89,     //0x65, 101,e
0x04,0x3F,0x44,0x40,0xA0,     //0x66, 102,f
0x00,0x32,0x49,0x49,0xBE,     //0x67, 103,g
0x7F,0x08,0x08,0x07,0x80,     //0x62, 104,h
0x00,0x09,0x2F,0x01,0x80,     //0x69, 105,i
0x02,0x11,0x5E,0x10,0x80,     //0x6A, 106,j
0x7F,0x04,0x0A,0x11,0x80,     //0x6B, 107,k
0x00,0x41,0x7F,0x01,0x80,     //0x6C, 108,l
0x0F,0x10,0x0C,0x10,0x8F,     //0x6D, 109,m
0x0F,0x10,0x10,0x10,0x8F,     //0x6E, 110,n
0x0E,0x11,0x11,0x11,0x8E,     //0x6F, 111,o
0x00,0x7F,0x48,0x48,0xB0,     //0x70, 112,p
0x30,0x48,0x48,0x3F,0x81,     //0x71, 113,q
0x1F,0x08,0x10,0x10,0x88,     //0x72, 114,r
0x0A,0x19,0x15,0x13,0x8A,     //0x73, 115,s
0x08,0x7E,0x09,0x02,0x80,     //0x74, 116,t
0x1E,0x01,0x01,0x02,0x9F,     //0x75, 117,u
0x18,0x06,0x01,0x06,0x98,     //0x76, 118,v
0x1E,0x01,0x02,0x01,0x9E,     //0x77, 119,w
0x11,0x0A,0x04,0x0A,0x91,     //0x78, 120,x
0x00,0x72,0x09,0x09,0xFE,     //0x79, 121,y
0x00,0x11,0x13,0x15,0x99,     //0x7A, 122,z
0x08,0x2A,0x55,0x41,0x80,     //0x7B, 123,{
0x00,0x00,0x7F,0x00,0x80,     //0x7C, 124,|
0x00,0x41,0x5D,0x2A,0x88,     //0x7D, 125,}
0x08,0x10,0x08,0x10,0x80,     //0x7E, 126,~







};

#endif /*FONT_H_*/

[Reply #2 on:]

Have you sorted this out?

Surely you just need a call to writeArduinoOnMatrix() at the end of setup() and an empty loop() {}?

Iain

[Reply #3 on:]

Have you tried just commenting these lines out?

Code:

// shift the screen to the left
  for (i = 0; i < 63; i++) {
    screen_mem[i] = screen_mem[i+1];
 }

[Reply #4 on:]

What version of arduino IDE are you using with this code...I have 1.0.1 and its sayinmg error due to the ledcontrol.....