ActiveWire USB LCD Module Control



This HTML file demonstrate control of a Liquid Crystal Display module connected to an ActiveWire USB board.

Please refer to the wiring diagram below.

ActiveWire USB LCD module Connection

Most of LCD modules available off the shelves can be connected same way.

You can purchase LCD module from ActiveWire, Inc.
Visit ActiveWire On-line store and order one NOW!!


Now, you can control ActiveWire USB board and send characters to LCD module from this web page.

Please select Device# at first.
Device# is the number sequentially assigned to each board by Windows operating system.
If you have only 1 board plugged into your system, Device# is 0.
If you have 2 boards plugged into your system, the first board is 0, the another is 1.

Click in the box below, type in a number, then click Open.
Device#

Now you can type in any characters below and click on Send button,
then characters will appear on the LCD module.

LCD Text :


Below is a debug message.
If it says ERROR, check your hardware/software.

debug message :



If you see ActiveWire bitmap below, ActiveX control is loaded successfully.

If you see broken picture above, either ;

  1. Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or above is required. Download the latest from Microsoft web site.

  2. Security setting of your Internet Explorer is preventing from loading ActiveX control. Choose View->Internet Option->Security, then set Local intra net zone security setting to Low.

  3. ActiveX control is not installed in your system properly. Download AwusbIO.OCX, and follow instruction.

  4. ActiveWire USB Windows Driver is not installed properly. Download RegClear.exe and try reinstall driver.