PiLCD=DMS_PiLCD()
# Initialise display and backlite
PiLCD.lcd_init()
PiLCD.start_PWM()
#turn on backlight
PiLCD.led_set_colour('white')
#led_set(40,0,0)
# Send some test text
tline1 = "**Raspberry Pi**"
tline2 = "16x2 LCD Test"
PiLCD.lcd_string(tline1,1,0)
#setup list of colours
col_list = ('red','green','blue','yellow','magenta','orange','pink','violet','cyan','white')
#ini variables
sel_col = random.randint(0,9) # pick a random start colour
sel_col_tmp = 10 # temp colour variable used to avoid repeats
step_time = .4 # scroll step time, seems to work down to .1 on a Pi 2
PiLCD.mess = tline2
t=Thread(target=PiLCD.lcd_scroll, args=(step_time,2))
t.start()
# Start the scrolling thread
t=Thread(target=PiLCD.lcd_scroll, args=(0.6,2))
t.start()
while True:
# Get the time and date
timen = datetime.now().strftime('%a %d %b %H:%M')
PiLCD.bflag=True # suspect scrolling while writing other info to display
sleep(0.2)
PiLCD.lcd_string(timen,1,0)
PiLCD.bflag=False # restart scrolling
sleep(0.2)
# Update RSS feeds approx every 10 minutes
if datetime.now().strftime('%M')[1] == '5' and rssup == True:
PiLCD.mess = mess_build(subject)
print("updating RSS "+timen)
rssup = False # stop repeated RSS fetches
if datetime.now().strftime('%M')[1] == '0': # reset RSS fetch flag to true
rssup = True
sleep(10)