Display LED Replacement

[DoCharkheh]

I've a Dillinger Opia 2 which has a key-disp 26E (KD26E) led display. I'd like to replace this with an LCD. What is the best way of doing this? Do I need to buy a controller + display set or is there a simple/striaght replacement display available? Where would I buy these?

Also is it possible to drive this without a display at all (I've read that you can bridge certain controller display pins)?

 

[Deleted member 4366]

None of that means anything. There's 50,000 different bikes with god knows how many different displays. Is it similar to a KD24D, or would VTAMS sort it out, or even perhaps KFAR2?

Show us a 'kin photo of the display and the connector if you want a sensible answer!

 

[DoCharkheh]

The LED Display is http://www.key-display.com/content/?165.html
The controller is below.

 

[Nealh]

The controller is Luishi.
Woosh use them with King meter lcd's. You could try contacting Woosh to see if they would sell & programme a LCD for you to communicate with your controller or buy a 15/17a KT controller and LCD from PSWPower.com. Baring in mind some connectors may not be compatible and might need changing. Ideally a clear pic of all your controller connectors would help if you go down the KT route.

 

[DoCharkheh]

Excellent. Thank you for the suggestion. I shall contact Woosh first.

 

[Nealh]

Incidentally I forgot one important thing, your controller will only accept an LCD if it has a 5 wire plug.
We need to see a clear pic of all your wiring connectors from the controller, alternatively it may be possible to add the 5 wires/connector by soldering to your pcb.
Thee LCD wiring wise needs to see these 5 wires;
Black /Gnd.
Red / Battery.
Yellow/ RX.
Green/ TX.
Blue/ Controller Power.
The RX/TX are the command protocols to and from the controller/LCD.

 

[DoCharkheh]

The controller does indeed have 5 wires and so does the led display. However, what confused me somewhat was that the controller is listed as being able to communicate in serial mode as well as UART. My question is: How does the controller know what method of communication to use? Is that programmed at source? Or does the display dictate the comms method? In which case was the led display programmed? Sorry I'm new to all this! Another confusing issue was that the led disply comes with a female 5din waterproof connection. All other LCD's and LEDs I have seen (with 5din plugs) are MALE at the display end.