Pi4J - LcdExample problem

[MartinLT98]

Hello!
I have a problem when I trying to run Pi4J's LcdExample on the Raspberry Pi.

I've downloaded the libraries and done all the stuff that it tells me to do here: http://pi4j.com/install.html
Although when I try to run the program using

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sudo java -classpath .:classes:/opt/pi4j/lib/'*' LcdExample

the program runs but it just types out

<--Pi4J--> GPIO 4 bit LCD example program

as it made to do but nothing more.
(Note that the program never ends, it just continues to run!)

If you look in the code

https://github.com/Pi4J/pi4j/blob/maste ... ample.java

it is told to do several other things to, for example write som text to the LCD.
I have a Adafruit 16x2 LCD Plate which I know there's nothing wrong with (as I can run python scripts with it), therefore I suspect some kind of Pi4J code / library error.

Grateful for answers!
/Martin

[leogazio]

Dude, that example dos not use Adafruit, uses a generic HITACHI HD44780. Guess that's why your example is not working.

[DougieLawson]

Dude, that example dos not use Adafruit, uses a generic HITACHI HD44780. Guess that's why your example is not working.

Most of the Adafruit LCDs are based on a HD44780 chipset.