Sorry for the delay. The reason for my garbled text, as strange as this sounds, was some faulty coding. I used the os.system commands, for example:

After endless programming, I resolved this by modifying certain functions. You may close out this post.

I've tried adjusting the self.delayMicroseconds(1)" on both for the pulseEnable function..no dice. Any other suggestions? I've added functions in the script. Here is the added code if anyone wants to try it out and get back to me, please. # ---------------------------- # RADIO SETUP MENU # ---------...

I have even tried using the mpc current command.

Thanks, Pangolin and Dougie for the tip. The original code has bee placed into the proper tags. Obvious newb on forum. Ame, the output of the tail command would ouput the last 25 bytes of the current artist/song on the radio station. However, sometimes it doesn't display the artist and song title as...

Do you mean enter this code like below (without brackets) to clear lcd?

[lcd.clear()
elif(item == 4):
#Check artist/title info
output = run_cmd("mpc current | tail -c25") ]

Thanks, FTrevorGowen for the hardware information! I believe I have an 8-bit parrallel lcd. PangolinPaws - I know it is strange. I do have another python script which calls the Adafruit LCD dependency for my lcd. However, if I remove this code from the else, else if statements: elif(item == 4): # Ch...

Hello, I'm running into a strange issue where when I add an additional function or elseif (elif), upon running the python script, and scrolling through the menu, it garbles the 20X4 lcd (no rgb). However, I have another python script that works perfectly. Scratching my head against this one. I have ...