engineuity

I am trying to program an lcd through the parallel port. I am using the pyparallel module and tryin to work off of the "example" code provided (lcd.py). I am using two 2x20 hd44780 character based lcds. I believe my pin setup is fine, since I can write to one line on each display. I cannot however initialize the display to have both lines writable. I have tried to send the instruction 0x38 when initializing the display, but then none of the lines work. Does anyone have experience working with this module and an lcd? I can provide my init sequence if needed.

Thanks

engineuity

This is what I have in my init function, the commented is what I tried to get 2 lines but didnt work...

def __init__(self):
self.data = 0
self.setRS(0)
self.out(0) #reset pins
time.sleep(0.050) #wait more than 30ms
#send the reset sequece (3 times the same pattern)
self.out(LCD8BITS) #set 8 bit interface
#self.out(0x38) #set 8 bit and 2 lines
self.toggleE() #toggle LCD_E, the enable pin
time.sleep(0.005) #wait a bit
self.toggleE() #toggle LCD_E, the enable pin
time.sleep(0.005) #wait a bit
self.toggleE() #toggle LCD_E, the enable pin
time.sleep(0.005) #wait a bit
self.instr(LCDCURSOROFF) #hide cursor
self.instr(LCDCLEAR) #clear display
self.toggleE()
time.sleep(0.005)