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Pico Pi Python - Onewire temperature sensor

I am trying to get temperature sensor to work on pico pi, using PIN 16. I got DS18X20 and onewire library from GitHub. I'm trying to get temperature reading but it shows an error.
I tried running this code:
import time
import machine
import ds18x20
import onewire
# the device is on GPIO12
dat = machine.Pin(22)
# create the onewire object
on = onewire.OneWire(dat)
ds = ds18x20.DS18X20(on)
# scan for devices on the bus
roms = ds.scan()
print('found devices:', roms)
# loop 10 times and print all temperatures
for i in range(10):
print('temperatures:', end=' ')
ds.convert_temp()
time.sleep_ms(750)
for rom in roms:
print(ds.read_temp(rom), end=' ')
print()
This is DS18X0 library:
"""
DS18x20 temperature sensor driver for MicroPython.
This driver uses the OneWire driver to control DS18S20 and DS18B20
temperature sensors. It supports multiple devices on the same 1-wire bus.
The following example assumes the ground of your DS18x20 is connected to
Y11, vcc is connected to Y9 and the data pin is connected to Y10.
>>> from pyb import Pin
>>> gnd = Pin('Y11', Pin.OUT_PP)
>>> gnd.low()
>>> vcc = Pin('Y9', Pin.OUT_PP)
>>> vcc.high()
>>> from ds18x20 import DS18X20
>>> d = DS18X20(Pin('Y10'))
Call read_temps to read all sensors:
>>> result = d.read_temps()
>>> print(result)
[20.875, 20.8125]
Call read_temp to read the temperature of a specific sensor:
>>> result = d.read_temp(d.roms[0])
>>> print(result)
20.25
If only one DS18x20 is attached to the bus, then you don't need to
pass a ROM to read_temp:
>>> result = d.read_temp()
>>> print(result)
20.25
"""
from onewire import OneWire
class DS18X20(object):
def __init__(self, pin):
self.ow = OneWire(pin)
# Scan the 1-wire devices, but only keep those which have the
# correct # first byte in their rom for a DS18x20 device.
self.roms = [rom for rom in self.ow.scan() if rom[0] == 0x10 or rom[0] == 0x28]
def read_temp(self, rom=None):
"""
Read and return the temperature of one DS18x20 device.
Pass the 8-byte bytes object with the ROM of the specific device you want to read.
If only one DS18x20 device is attached to the bus you may omit the rom parameter.
"""
rom = rom or self.roms[0]
ow = self.ow
ow.reset()
ow.select_rom(rom)
ow.write_byte(0x44) # Convert Temp
while True:
if ow.read_bit():
break
ow.reset()
ow.select_rom(rom)
ow.write_byte(0xbe) # Read scratch
data = ow.read_bytes(9)
return self.convert_temp(rom[0], data)
def read_temps(self):
"""
Read and return the temperatures of all attached DS18x20 devices.
"""
temps = []
for rom in self.roms:
temps.append(self.read_temp(rom))
return temps
def convert_temp(self, rom0, data):
"""
Convert the raw temperature data into degrees celsius and return as a float.
"""
temp_lsb = data[0]
temp_msb = data[1]
if rom0 == 0x10:
if temp_msb != 0:
# convert negative number
temp_read = temp_lsb >> 1 | 0x80 # truncate bit 0 by shifting, fill high bit with 1.
temp_read = -((~temp_read + 1) & 0xff) # now convert from two's complement
else:
temp_read = temp_lsb >> 1 # truncate bit 0 by shifting
count_remain = data[6]
count_per_c = data[7]
temp = temp_read - 0.25 + (count_per_c - count_remain) / count_per_c
return temp
elif rom0 == 0x28:
return (temp_msb << 8 | temp_lsb) / 16
else:
assert False
This is onewire library:
#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# Copyright (c) 2019, Pycom Limited.
#
# This software is licensed under the GNU GPL version 3 or any
# later version, with permitted additional terms. For more information
# see the Pycom Licence v1.0 document supplied with this file, or
# available at https://www.pycom.io/opensource/licensing
#
"""
OneWire library for MicroPython
"""
import time
import machine
class OneWire:
CMD_SEARCHROM = const(0xf0)
CMD_READROM = const(0x33)
CMD_MATCHROM = const(0x55)
CMD_SKIPROM = const(0xcc)
def __init__(self, pin):
self.pin = pin
self.pin.init(pin.OPEN_DRAIN, pin.PULL_UP)
print("init")
def init(self, pin):
self.pin = pin
self.pin.init(pin.OPEN_DRAIN, pin.PULL_UP)
print("init")
def reset(self):
"""
Perform the onewire reset function.
Returns True if a device asserted a presence pulse, False otherwise.
"""
sleep_us = time.sleep_us
disable_irq = machine.disable_irq
enable_irq = machine.enable_irq
pin = self.pin
pin(0)
sleep_us(480)
i = disable_irq()
pin(1)
sleep_us(60)
status = not pin()
enable_irq(i)
sleep_us(420)
return status
def read_bit(self):
sleep_us = time.sleep_us
enable_irq = machine.enable_irq
pin = self.pin
pin(1) # half of the devices don't match CRC without this line
i = machine.disable_irq()
pin(0)
sleep_us(1)
pin(1)
sleep_us(1)
value = pin()
enable_irq(i)
sleep_us(40)
return value
def read_byte(self):
value = 0
for i in range(8):
value |= self.read_bit() << i
return value
def read_bytes(self, count):
buf = bytearray(count)
for i in range(count):
buf[i] = self.read_byte()
return buf
def write_bit(self, value):
sleep_us = time.sleep_us
pin = self.pin
i = machine.disable_irq()
pin(0)
sleep_us(1)
pin(value)
sleep_us(60)
pin(1)
sleep_us(1)
machine.enable_irq(i)
def write_byte(self, value):
for i in range(8):
self.write_bit(value & 1)
value >>= 1
def write_bytes(self, buf):
for b in buf:
self.write_byte(b)
def select_rom(self, rom):
"""
Select a specific device to talk to. Pass in rom as a bytearray (8 bytes).
"""
self.reset()
self.write_byte(CMD_MATCHROM)
self.write_bytes(rom)
def crc8(self, data):
"""
Compute CRC
"""
crc = 0
for i in range(len(data)):
byte = data[i]
for b in range(8):
fb_bit = (crc ^ byte) & 0x01
if fb_bit == 0x01:
crc = crc ^ 0x18
crc = (crc >> 1) & 0x7f
if fb_bit == 0x01:
crc = crc | 0x80
byte = byte >> 1
return crc
def scan(self):
"""
Return a list of ROMs for all attached devices.
Each ROM is returned as a bytes object of 8 bytes.
"""
devices = []
diff = 65
rom = False
for i in range(0xff):
rom, diff = self._search_rom(rom, diff)
if rom:
devices += [rom]
if diff == 0:
break
return devices
def _search_rom(self, l_rom, diff):
if not self.reset():
return None, 0
self.write_byte(CMD_SEARCHROM)
if not l_rom:
l_rom = bytearray(8)
rom = bytearray(8)
next_diff = 0
i = 64
for byte in range(8):
r_b = 0
for bit in range(8):
b = self.read_bit()
if self.read_bit():
if b: # there are no devices or there is an error on the bus
return None, 0
else:
if not b: # collision, two devices with different bit meaning
if diff > i or ((l_rom[byte] & (1 << bit)) and diff != i):
b = 1
next_diff = i
self.write_bit(b)
if b:
r_b |= 1 << bit
i -= 1
rom[byte] = r_b
return rom, next_diff
class DS18X20(object):
def __init__(self, onewire):
self.ow = onewire
self.roms = [rom for rom in self.ow.scan() if rom[0] == 0x10 or rom[0] == 0x28]
self.fp = True
try:
1/1
except TypeError:
self.fp = False # floatingpoint not supported
def isbusy(self):
"""
Checks wether one of the DS18x20 devices on the bus is busy
performing a temperature convertion
"""
return not self.ow.read_bit()
def start_conversion(self, rom=None):
"""
Start the temp conversion on one DS18x20 device.
Pass the 8-byte bytes object with the ROM of the specific device you want to read.
If only one DS18x20 device is attached to the bus you may omit the rom parameter.
"""
if (rom==None) and (len(self.roms)>0):
rom=self.roms[0]
if rom!=None:
rom = rom or self.roms[0]
ow = self.ow
ow.reset()
ow.select_rom(rom)
ow.write_byte(0x44) # Convert Temp
def read_temp_async(self, rom=None):
"""
Read the temperature of one DS18x20 device if the convertion is complete,
otherwise return None.
"""
if self.isbusy():
return None
if (rom==None) and (len(self.roms)>0):
rom=self.roms[0]
if rom==None:
return None
else:
ow = self.ow
ow.reset()
ow.select_rom(rom)
ow.write_byte(0xbe) # Read scratch
data = ow.read_bytes(9)
return self.convert_temp(rom[0], data)
def convert_temp(self, rom0, data):
"""
Convert the raw temperature data into degrees celsius and return as a fixed point with 2 decimal places.
"""
temp_lsb = data[0]
temp_msb = data[1]
if rom0 == 0x10:
if temp_msb != 0:
# convert negative number
temp_read = temp_lsb >> 1 | 0x80 # truncate bit 0 by shifting, fill high bit with 1.
temp_read = -((~temp_read + 1) & 0xff) # now convert from two's complement
else:
temp_read = temp_lsb >> 1 # truncate bit 0 by shifting
count_remain = data[6]
count_per_c = data[7]
if self.fp:
return temp_read - 25 + (count_per_c - count_remain) / count_per_c
else:
return 100 * temp_read - 25 + (count_per_c - count_remain) // count_per_c
elif rom0 == 0x28:
temp = None
if self.fp:
temp = (temp_msb << 8 | temp_lsb) / 16
else:
temp = (temp_msb << 8 | temp_lsb) * 100 // 16
if (temp_msb & 0xf8) == 0xf8: # for negative temperature
temp -= 0x1000
return temp
else:
assert False
This is the error I'm getting:
>>> %Run -c $EDITOR_CONTENT
init
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 11, in <module>
File "ds18x20.py", line 33, in __init__
File "onewire.py", line 30, in __init__
AttributeError: 'OneWire' object has no attribute 'OPEN_DRAIN'
>>>
I've tried multiple ways to resolve this and watched a bunch of videos on youtube, but not sure what causes this issue.

Detect keyboard's focus and paste from clipboard, automatically using Python

I am using Python and trying to paste an already copied text from the clipboard automatically to an active textbox or anything that has the keyboard's focus. In other words, the program should paste automatically the copied data from clipboard once I click for example on a browser's address bar or any text editor or any text box.
Is this possible in python? is there any function for this? I have searched on the website but did not find any good solution.
If possible, a small demo would be appreciated.
Thank You.

You can use SendInput to grab the focus of the current window and input characters. Here is an implementation that should work for your purposes. It takes the contents of the clipboard and types them out if the object in focus collects such keyboard input.
import time
import string
import ctypes
import ctypes.wintypes
# part one: clipboard text retrieval
CF_UNICODETEXT = 13 # unicode text format; terminates with a linefeed
OpenClipboard = ctypes.windll.user32.OpenClipboard
OpenClipboard.argtypes = ctypes.wintypes.HWND,
OpenClipboard.restype = ctypes.wintypes.BOOL
GetClipboardData = ctypes.windll.user32.GetClipboardData
GetClipboardData.argtypes = ctypes.wintypes.UINT,
GetClipboardData.restype = ctypes.wintypes.HANDLE
GlobalLock = ctypes.windll.kernel32.GlobalLock
GlobalLock.argtypes = ctypes.wintypes.HGLOBAL,
GlobalLock.restype = ctypes.wintypes.LPVOID
GlobalUnlock = ctypes.windll.kernel32.GlobalUnlock
GlobalUnlock.argtypes = ctypes.wintypes.HGLOBAL,
GlobalUnlock.restype = ctypes.wintypes.BOOL
CloseClipboard = ctypes.windll.user32.CloseClipboard
CloseClipboard.argtypes = None
CloseClipboard.restype = ctypes.wintypes.BOOL
def get_clipboard_text():
text = ""
if OpenClipboard(None):
h_clip_mem = GetClipboardData(CF_UNICODETEXT)
text = ctypes.wstring_at(GlobalLock(h_clip_mem))
GlobalUnlock(h_clip_mem)
CloseClipboard()
return text
CB_TEXT = get_clipboard_text()
# part two: typing it into the focused element of a window
LONG = ctypes.c_long
DWORD = ctypes.c_ulong
ULONG_PTR = ctypes.POINTER(DWORD)
WORD = ctypes.c_ushort
VK_SHIFT = 0x10 # Shift key
# special keys
VK_OEM_1 = 0xBA
VK_OEM_PLUS = 0xBB
VK_OEM_COMMA = 0xBC
VK_OEM_MINUS = 0xBD
VK_OEM_PERIOD = 0xBE
VK_OEM_2 = 0xBF
VK_OEM_3 = 0xC0
VK_OEM_4 = 0xDB
VK_OEM_5 = 0xDC
VK_OEM_6 = 0xDD
VK_OEM_7 = 0xDE
KEYEVENTF_KEYUP = 0x0002 # Releases the key
INPUT_KEYBOARD = 1
UPPER = frozenset('~!##$%^&*()_+QWERTYUIOP{}|ASDFGHJKL:"ZXCVBNM<>?')
LOWER = frozenset("`1234567890-=qwertyuiop[]\\asdfghjkl;'zxcvbnm,./")
ORDER = string.ascii_letters + string.digits + ' \b\r\t'
ALTER = dict(zip('!##$%^&*()', '1234567890'))
OTHER = {
'`': VK_OEM_3, '~': VK_OEM_3, '-': VK_OEM_MINUS, '_': VK_OEM_MINUS,
'=': VK_OEM_PLUS, '+': VK_OEM_PLUS, '[': VK_OEM_4, '{': VK_OEM_4,
']': VK_OEM_6, '}': VK_OEM_6, '\\': VK_OEM_5, '|': VK_OEM_5,
';': VK_OEM_1, ':': VK_OEM_1, "'": VK_OEM_7, '"': VK_OEM_7,
',': VK_OEM_COMMA, '<': VK_OEM_COMMA, '.': VK_OEM_PERIOD,
'>': VK_OEM_PERIOD, '/': VK_OEM_2, '?': VK_OEM_2
}
class KEYBDINPUT(ctypes.Structure):
_fields_ = (
('wVk', WORD),
('wScan', WORD),
('dwFlags', DWORD),
('time', DWORD),
('dwExtraInfo', ULONG_PTR)
)
class INPUT(ctypes.Structure):
_fields_ = ('type', DWORD), ('ki', KEYBDINPUT), ('pad', ctypes.c_ubyte * 8)
def Input(structure):
return INPUT(INPUT_KEYBOARD, structure)
def KeyboardInput(code, flags):
return KEYBDINPUT(code, code, flags, 0, None)
def Keyboard(code, flags=0):
return Input(KeyboardInput(code, flags))
def SendInput(*inputs):
nInputs = len(inputs)
LPINPUT = INPUT * nInputs
pInputs = LPINPUT(*inputs)
cbSize = ctypes.c_int(ctypes.sizeof(INPUT))
return ctypes.windll.user32.SendInput(nInputs, pInputs, cbSize)
def stream(string):
mode = False
for character in string.replace('\r\n', '\r').replace('\n', '\r'):
if mode and character in LOWER or not mode and character in UPPER:
yield Keyboard(VK_SHIFT, mode and KEYEVENTF_KEYUP)
mode = not mode
character = ALTER.get(character, character)
if character in ORDER:
code = ord(character.upper())
elif character in OTHER:
code = OTHER[character]
else:
continue
raise ValueError('Undecoded')
yield Keyboard(code)
yield Keyboard(code, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP)
if mode:
yield Keyboard(VK_SHIFT, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP)
def send_clipboard():
for k in stream(CB_TEXT + '\r'):
SendInput(k)
def demo(wait=3):
time.sleep(wait)
send_clipboard()
if __name__ == '__main__':
demo()

2xRaspberry Pi nRF24L01 not connecting

I am new to Stackoverflow. I have searched for answer, but didn't find anything.
I have two Raspberry Pi 2B+, each with nRF24l01 connected. I found few libraries to make this connect, only one give any results, but not connections. This one: Github BLavery
I write script to send and to recv:
send.py:
import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
from lib_nrf24 import NRF24
import time
import spidev
GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)
pipes = [[0xe7, 0xe7, 0xe7, 0xe7, 0xe7], [0xc2, 0xc2, 0xc2, 0xc2, 0xc2]]
radio = NRF24(GPIO, spidev.SpiDev())
radio.begin(0, 17)
radio.setPayloadSize(32)
radio.setChannel(0x60)
radio.setDataRate(NRF24.BR_2MBPS)
radio.setPALevel(NRF24.PA_MIN)
radio.setAutoAck(True)
radio.enableDynamicPayloads()
radio.enableAckPayload()
radio.openWritingPipe(pipes[1])
radio.printDetails()
while True:
message = list("Hello World")
radio.write(message)
print("We sent the message of {}".format(message))
# Check if it returned a ackPL
if radio.isAckPayloadAvailable():
returnedPL = []
radio.read(returnedPL, radio.getDynamicPayloadSize())
print("Our returned payload was {}".format(returnedPL))
else:
print("No payload received")
time.sleep(1)
recv.py:
import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
from lib_nrf24 import NRF24
import time
import spidev
GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)
pipes = [[0xe7, 0xe7, 0xe7, 0xe7, 0xe7], [0xc2, 0xc2, 0xc2, 0xc2, 0xc2]]
radio = NRF24(GPIO, spidev.SpiDev())
radio.begin(0, 17)
radio.setPayloadSize(32)
radio.setChannel(0x60)
radio.setDataRate(NRF24.BR_2MBPS)
radio.setPAlevel(NRF24.PA_MIN)
radio.setAutoAck(True)
radio.enableDynamicPayloads()
radio.enableAckPayload()
radio.openReadingPipe(1, pipes[1])
radio.printDetails()
radio.startListening()
while True:
ackPL = [1]
while not radio.available (0):
time.sleep(1/100)
receivedMessage = []
radio.read(receivedMessage, radio.getDynamicPayloadSize())
print("Received: {}".format(receivedMessage))
print("Translating the receivedMessage into unicode characters...")
string = ""
for n in receivedMessage:
# Decode into standard i=unicode set
if (n >=32 and n <= 126):
string += chr(n)
print(string)
radio.writeAckPayload(1, ackPL, len(ackPL))
print("Loaded payload reply of {}".format(ackPL))
Everything seems to be alright, below are code returned by both scripts:
send:
STATUS = 0x03 RX_DR=0 TX_DS=0 MAX_RT=0 RX_P_NO=1 TX_FULL=1
RX_ADDR_P0-1 =
0xf8f8f8f8f8 0xf8f8f8f8f8
RX_ADDR_P2-5 =
0xf8
0xf9
0xf9
0xf9
TX_ADDR =
0xf8f8f8f8f8
RX_PW_P0-6 =
0x0c
0x00
0x00
0x00
0x00
0x00
EN_AA =
0x0f
EN_RXADDR =
0x00
RF_CH =
0x1c
RF_SETUP =
0x00
CONFIG =
0x03
DYNPD/FEATURE =
0x03
0x01
Data Rate = 1MBPS
Model = nRF24L01
CRC Length = Disabled
PA Power = PA_MIN
We sent the message of ['H', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o', ' ', 'W', 'o', 'r', 'l', 'd']
No payload received
recv.py:
STATUS = 0x03 RX_DR=0 TX_DS=0 MAX_RT=0 RX_P_NO=1 TX_FULL=1
RX_ADDR_P0-1 =
0xf8f8f8f8f8 0xf8f8f8f8f8
RX_ADDR_P2-5 =
0xf8
0xf9
0xf9
0xf9
TX_ADDR =
0xf8f8f8f8f8
RX_PW_P0-6 =
0x0c
0x0c
0x00
0x00
0x00
0x00
EN_AA =
0x0f
EN_RXADDR =
0x00
RF_CH =
0x1c
RF_SETUP =
0x00
CONFIG =
0x03
DYNPD/FEATURE =
0x03
0x01
Data Rate = 1MBPS
Model = nRF24L01
CRC Length = Disabled
PA Power = PA_MIN
Received: []
Translating the receivedMessage into unicode characters...
Loaded payload reply of [1]
I don't really understand why it won't connect one to other,
Both have the same wiring:
nRF24L01-Raspberry Pi (Pin#)
GND - GND (6)
VCC - 3,3V (1)
CE - GPIO17 (11)
CSN - GPIO08(24)
SCK - GPIO11 (23)
MOSI - GPIO10 (19)
MISO - GPIO25 (22)
IRQ - unconnected
I need to send information from one RPi to second to control engine via PWM.
Can i ask for help

hd44780 i2c lcd cursor print on the same place

I have a matrix keypad and a hd44780 lcd connected into raspberry pi.
The below code are in python. It will take 4 digit password from the user, but when the user enter the digit through the keypad, nothing was display on the lcd. I would like when the user enter a digit a * display on the lcd. I can only manage to get the * print in the same place,but not in 4 separate place.
Code
import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
import time
import lcd
import os
import subprocess
from subprocess import call
mylcd = lcd.lcd()
GPIO.setwarnings(False)
GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)
MATRIX = [['1', '2', '3', 'A'],
['4', '5', '6', 'B'],
['7', '8', '9', 'C'],
['*', '0', '#', 'D']]
ROW = [5,6,13,19]
COL = [26,16,20,21]
for j in range(4):
GPIO.setup(COL[j], GPIO.OUT)
GPIO.output(COL[j], 1)
for i in range(4):
GPIO.setup(ROW[i], GPIO.IN, pull_up_down=GPIO.PUD_UP)
password = "1234"
attempt = ""
try:
while (True):
mylcd.lcd_display_string("Enter pw",1)
for j in range(4):
GPIO.output(COL[j], 0)
for i in range(4):
if GPIO.input(ROW[i]) == 0:
mylcd.lcd_display_string("*",2,0)
time.sleep(0.01)
while (GPIO.input(ROW[i]) == 0):
pass
attempt += MATRIX[i][j]
if len(attempt) == len(password):
if attempt == password:
mylcd.lcd_clear()
print "Password OK"
mylcd.lcd_display_string("Password",1 ,4 )
mylcd.lcd_display_string("Ok!",2 ,6 )
time.sleep(2)
mylcd.lcd_clear()
os.chdir('/home/pi/nfc/py532lib')
call('./nfc.sh')
mylcd.lcd_clear()
else:
print(attempt)
print "Password incorrect"
mylcd.lcd_display_string("Password",1,4)
mylcd.lcd_display_string("Incorrect!",2,3)
time.sleep(2)
mylcd.lcd_clear()
attempt = ""
time.sleep(0.01)
GPIO.output(COL[j], 1)
except KeyboardInterrupt:
GPIO.cleanup()
LCD Library
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Original code found at:
# https://gist.github.com/DenisFromHR/cc863375a6e19dce359d
"""
Compiled, mashed and generally mutilated 2014-2015 by Denis Pleic
Made available under GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
# Modified Python I2C library for Raspberry Pi
# as found on http://www.recantha.co.uk/blog/?p=4849
# Joined existing 'i2c_lib.py' and 'lcddriver.py' into a single library
# added bits and pieces from various sources
# By DenisFromHR (Denis Pleic)
# 2015-02-10, ver 0.1
"""
# i2c bus (0 -- original Pi, 1 -- Rev 2 Pi)
I2CBUS = 0
# LCD Address
ADDRESS = 0x27
import smbus
from time import sleep
class i2c_device:
def __init__(self, addr, port=I2CBUS):
self.addr = addr
self.bus = smbus.SMBus(port)
# Write a single command
def write_cmd(self, cmd):
self.bus.write_byte(self.addr, cmd)
sleep(0.0001)
# Write a command and argument
def write_cmd_arg(self, cmd, data):
self.bus.write_byte_data(self.addr, cmd, data)
sleep(0.0001)
# Write a block of data
def write_block_data(self, cmd, data):
self.bus.write_block_data(self.addr, cmd, data)
sleep(0.0001)
# Read a single byte
def read(self):
return self.bus.read_byte(self.addr)
# Read
def read_data(self, cmd):
return self.bus.read_byte_data(self.addr, cmd)
# Read a block of data
def read_block_data(self, cmd):
return self.bus.read_block_data(self.addr, cmd)
# commands
LCD_CLEARDISPLAY = 0x01
LCD_RETURNHOME = 0x02
LCD_ENTRYMODESET = 0x04
LCD_DISPLAYCONTROL = 0x08
LCD_CURSORSHIFT = 0x10
LCD_FUNCTIONSET = 0x20
LCD_SETCGRAMADDR = 0x40
LCD_SETDDRAMADDR = 0x80
# flags for display entry mode
LCD_ENTRYRIGHT = 0x00
LCD_ENTRYLEFT = 0x02
LCD_ENTRYSHIFTINCREMENT = 0x01
LCD_ENTRYSHIFTDECREMENT = 0x00
# flags for display on/off control
LCD_DISPLAYON = 0x04
LCD_DISPLAYOFF = 0x00
LCD_CURSORON = 0x02
LCD_CURSOROFF = 0x00
LCD_BLINKON = 0x01
LCD_BLINKOFF = 0x00
# flags for display/cursor shift
LCD_DISPLAYMOVE = 0x08
LCD_CURSORMOVE = 0x00
LCD_MOVERIGHT = 0x04
LCD_MOVELEFT = 0x00
# flags for function set
LCD_8BITMODE = 0x10
LCD_4BITMODE = 0x00
LCD_2LINE = 0x08
LCD_1LINE = 0x00
LCD_5x10DOTS = 0x04
LCD_5x8DOTS = 0x00
# flags for backlight control
LCD_BACKLIGHT = 0x08
LCD_NOBACKLIGHT = 0x00
En = 0b00000100 # Enable bit
Rw = 0b00000010 # Read/Write bit
Rs = 0b00000001 # Register select bit
class lcd:
#initializes objects and lcd
def __init__(self):
self.lcd_device = i2c_device(ADDRESS)
self.lcd_write(0x03)
self.lcd_write(0x03)
self.lcd_write(0x03)
self.lcd_write(0x02)
self.lcd_write(LCD_FUNCTIONSET | LCD_2LINE | LCD_5x8DOTS | LCD_4BITMODE)
self.lcd_write(LCD_DISPLAYCONTROL | LCD_DISPLAYON)
self.lcd_write(LCD_CLEARDISPLAY)
self.lcd_write(LCD_ENTRYMODESET | LCD_ENTRYLEFT)
sleep(0.2)
# clocks EN to latch command
def lcd_strobe(self, data):
self.lcd_device.write_cmd(data | En | LCD_BACKLIGHT)
sleep(.0005)
self.lcd_device.write_cmd(((data & ~En) | LCD_BACKLIGHT))
sleep(.0001)
def lcd_write_four_bits(self, data):
self.lcd_device.write_cmd(data | LCD_BACKLIGHT)
self.lcd_strobe(data)
# write a command to lcd
def lcd_write(self, cmd, mode=0):
self.lcd_write_four_bits(mode | (cmd & 0xF0))
self.lcd_write_four_bits(mode | ((cmd << 4) & 0xF0))
# write a character to lcd (or character rom) 0x09: backlight | RS=DR<
# works!
def lcd_write_char(self, charvalue, mode=1):
self.lcd_write_four_bits(mode | (charvalue & 0xF0))
self.lcd_write_four_bits(mode | ((charvalue << 4) & 0xF0))
# put string function with optional char positioning
def lcd_display_string(self, string, line=1, pos=0):
if line == 1:
pos_new = pos
elif line == 2:
pos_new = 0x40 + pos
elif line == 3:
pos_new = 0x14 + pos
elif line == 4:
pos_new = 0x54 + pos
self.lcd_write(0x80 + pos_new)
for char in string:
self.lcd_write(ord(char), Rs)
# clear lcd and set to home
def lcd_clear(self):
self.lcd_write(LCD_CLEARDISPLAY)
self.lcd_write(LCD_RETURNHOME)
# define backlight on/off (lcd.backlight(1); off= lcd.backlight(0)
def backlight(self, state): # for state, 1 = on, 0 = off
if state == 1:
self.lcd_device.write_cmd(LCD_BACKLIGHT)
elif state == 0:
self.lcd_device.write_cmd(LCD_NOBACKLIGHT)
# add custom characters (0 - 7)
def lcd_load_custom_chars(self, fontdata):
self.lcd_write(0x40);
for char in fontdata:
for line in char:
self.lcd_write_char(line)

Your code may be not correct. For each output you test all inputs:
for i in range(4):
if GPIO.input(ROW[i]) == 0:
Check if for sure exactly one proper input is active. If not, you have to rewrite it.
Moreover, the number of * should depend on external counter j, not i (my mistake in the comment, sorry):
mylcd.lcd_display_string((j+1) * "*", 2, 0)

Python, cannot import name

I have 3 files lcdtest.py, lcd.py and alarmfunctionr.py.
I am trying to control the attached lcd display on my raspberry pi with the lcdtest.py script.
!/usr/bin/env python
import paho.mqtt.client as paho
import globals
import time
from alarmfunctionsr import SendToLCD
from lcd import noDisplay
from lcd import message
globals.init()
SendToLCD(12, "test lcd" ,1) #Test
time.sleep(5)
lcd.message("test with message")
time.sleep(5)
noDisplay
The import from alarmfunctionsr seem to work ok but i get an cannot import name error when i try the same for the lcd script.
lcd.py:
#!/usr/bin/python
#
# based on code from lrvick and LiquidCrystal
# lrvic - https://github.com/lrvick/raspi-hd44780/blob/master/hd44780.py
# LiquidCrystal - https://github.com/arduino/Arduino/blob/master/libraries/LiquidCrystal/LiquidCrystal.cpp
#
from time import sleep
class CharLCD(object):
# commands
LCD_CLEARDISPLAY = 0x01
LCD_RETURNHOME = 0x02
LCD_ENTRYMODESET = 0x04
LCD_DISPLAYCONTROL = 0x08
LCD_CURSORSHIFT = 0x10
LCD_FUNCTIONSET = 0x20
LCD_SETCGRAMADDR = 0x40
LCD_SETDDRAMADDR = 0x80
# flags for display entry mode
LCD_ENTRYRIGHT = 0x00
LCD_ENTRYLEFT = 0x02
LCD_ENTRYSHIFTINCREMENT = 0x01
LCD_ENTRYSHIFTDECREMENT = 0x00
# flags for display on/off control
LCD_DISPLAYON = 0x04
LCD_DISPLAYOFF = 0x00
LCD_CURSORON = 0x02
LCD_CURSOROFF = 0x00
LCD_BLINKON = 0x01
LCD_BLINKOFF = 0x00
# flags for display/cursor shift
LCD_DISPLAYMOVE = 0x08
LCD_CURSORMOVE = 0x00
# flags for display/cursor shift
LCD_DISPLAYMOVE = 0x08
LCD_CURSORMOVE = 0x00
LCD_MOVERIGHT = 0x04
LCD_MOVELEFT = 0x00
# flags for function set
LCD_8BITMODE = 0x10
LCD_4BITMODE = 0x00
LCD_2LINE = 0x08
LCD_1LINE = 0x00
LCD_5x10DOTS = 0x04
LCD_5x8DOTS = 0x00
def __init__(self, pin_rs=25, pin_e=24, pins_db=[23, 17, 27, 22], GPIO=None):
# Emulate the old behavior of using RPi.GPIO if we haven't been given
# an explicit GPIO interface to use
if not GPIO:
import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
GPIO.setwarnings(False)
self.GPIO = GPIO
self.pin_rs = pin_rs
self.pin_e = pin_e
self.pins_db = pins_db
self.GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)
self.GPIO.setup(self.pin_e, GPIO.OUT)
self.GPIO.setup(self.pin_rs, GPIO.OUT)
for pin in self.pins_db:
self.GPIO.setup(pin, GPIO.OUT)
self.write4bits(0x33) # initialization
self.write4bits(0x32) # initialization
self.write4bits(0x28) # 2 line 5x7 matrix
self.write4bits(0x0C) # turn cursor off 0x0E to enable cursor
self.write4bits(0x06) # shift cursor right
self.displaycontrol = self.LCD_DISPLAYON | self.LCD_CURSOROFF | self.LCD_BLINKOFF
self.displayfunction = self.LCD_4BITMODE | self.LCD_1LINE | self.LCD_5x8DOTS
self.displayfunction |= self.LCD_2LINE
# Initialize to default text direction (for romance languages)
self.displaymode = self.LCD_ENTRYLEFT | self.LCD_ENTRYSHIFTDECREMENT
self.write4bits(self.LCD_ENTRYMODESET | self.displaymode) # set the entry mode
self.clear()
def begin(self, cols, lines):
if (lines > 1):
self.numlines = lines
self.displayfunction |= self.LCD_2LINE
def home(self):
self.write4bits(self.LCD_RETURNHOME) # set cursor position to zero
self.delayMicroseconds(3000) # this command takes a long time!
def clear(self):
self.write4bits(self.LCD_CLEARDISPLAY) # command to clear display
self.delayMicroseconds(3000) # 3000 microsecond sleep, clearing the display takes a long time
def setCursor(self, col, row):
self.row_offsets = [0x00, 0x40, 0x14, 0x54]
self.write4bits(self.LCD_SETDDRAMADDR | (col + self.row_offsets[row]))
def noDisplay(self):
""" Turn the display off (quickly) """
self.displaycontrol &= ~self.LCD_DISPLAYON
self.write4bits(self.LCD_DISPLAYCONTROL | self.displaycontrol)
def display(self):
""" Turn the display on (quickly) """
self.displaycontrol |= self.LCD_DISPLAYON
self.write4bits(self.LCD_DISPLAYCONTROL | self.displaycontrol)
def noCursor(self):
""" Turns the underline cursor off """
self.displaycontrol &= ~self.LCD_CURSORON
self.write4bits(self.LCD_DISPLAYCONTROL | self.displaycontrol)
def cursor(self):
""" Turns the underline cursor on """
self.displaycontrol |= self.LCD_CURSORON
self.write4bits(self.LCD_DISPLAYCONTROL | self.displaycontrol)
def noBlink(self):
""" Turn the blinking cursor off """
self.displaycontrol &= ~self.LCD_BLINKON
self.write4bits(self.LCD_DISPLAYCONTROL | self.displaycontrol)
def blink(self):
""" Turn the blinking cursor on """
self.displaycontrol |= self.LCD_BLINKON
self.write4bits(self.LCD_DISPLAYCONTROL | self.displaycontrol)
def DisplayLeft(self):
""" These commands scroll the display without changing the RAM """
self.write4bits(self.LCD_CURSORSHIFT | self.LCD_DISPLAYMOVE | self.LCD_MOVELEFT)
def scrollDisplayRight(self):
""" These commands scroll the display without changing the RAM """
self.write4bits(self.LCD_CURSORSHIFT | self.LCD_DISPLAYMOVE | self.LCD_MOVERIGHT)
def leftToRight(self):
""" This is for text that flows Left to Right """
self.displaymode |= self.LCD_ENTRYLEFT
self.write4bits(self.LCD_ENTRYMODESET | self.displaymode)
def rightToLeft(self):
""" This is for text that flows Right to Left """
self.displaymode &= ~self.LCD_ENTRYLEFT
self.write4bits(self.LCD_ENTRYMODESET | self.displaymode)
def autoscroll(self):
""" This will 'right justify' text from the cursor """
self.displaymode |= self.LCD_ENTRYSHIFTINCREMENT
self.write4bits(self.LCD_ENTRYMODESET | self.displaymode)
def noAutoscroll(self):
""" This will 'left justify' text from the cursor """
self.displaymode &= ~self.LCD_ENTRYSHIFTINCREMENT
self.write4bits(self.LCD_ENTRYMODESET | self.displaymode)
def write4bits(self, bits, char_mode=False):
""" Send command to LCD """
self.delayMicroseconds(1000) # 1000 microsecond sleep
bits = bin(bits)[2:].zfill(8)
self.GPIO.output(self.pin_rs, char_mode)
for pin in self.pins_db:
self.GPIO.output(pin, False)
for i in range(4):
if bits[i] == "1":
self.GPIO.output(self.pins_db[::-1][i], True)
self.pulseEnable()
for pin in self.pins_db:
self.GPIO.output(pin, False)
for i in range(4, 8):
if bits[i] == "1":
self.GPIO.output(self.pins_db[::-1][i-4], True)
self.pulseEnable()
def delayMicroseconds(self, microseconds):
seconds = microseconds / float(1000000) # divide microseconds by 1 million for seconds
sleep(seconds)
def pulseEnable(self):
self.GPIO.output(self.pin_e, False)
self.delayMicroseconds(1) # 1 microsecond pause - enable pulse must be > 450ns
self.GPIO.output(self.pin_e, True)
self.delayMicroseconds(1) # 1 microsecond pause - enable pulse must be > 450ns
self.GPIO.output(self.pin_e, False)
self.delayMicroseconds(1) # commands need > 37us to settle
def message(self, text):
""" Send string to LCD. Newline wraps to second line"""
for char in text:
if char == '\n':
self.write4bits(0xC0) # next line
else:
self.write4bits(ord(char), True)
def DisplayLCD(msg):
lcd = CharLCD()
lcd.clear()
x=msg.find("**")
if x>0:
line1=msg[0:x]
line2=msg[x+2:len(msg)]
else:
line1=msg
line2=""
lcd.message(line1+"\n"+line2)
alarmfunctionsr.py:
#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
import globals
import urllib2
import smtplib
import serial
import time
import sys
import thread
import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
import os, glob, time, operator
from email.mime.text import MIMEText
from email.mime.application import MIMEApplication
from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
from time import sleep
def find_all(a_str, sub):
start = 0
cnt=0
while True:
start = a_str.find(sub, start)
if start == -1:
return cnt
start += len(sub)
cnt=cnt+1
def isNumber(x):
# Test whether the contents of a string is a number
try:
val = int(x)
except ValueError:
return False
return True
def get_latest_photo(files):
lt = operator.lt
if not files:
return None
now = time.time()
latest = files[0], now - os.path.getctime(files[0])
for f in files[1:]:
age = now - os.path.getctime(f)
if lt(age, latest[1]):
latest = f, age
return latest[0]
def UpdateHostThread(function,opcode):
try:
thread.start_new_thread(UpdateHostThread, (function,opcode, ) )
except:
print "Error: unable to start thread"
def UpdateHost(function,opcode):
# Sends data to the server
script_path = "https://www.privateeyepi.com/alarmhostr.php?u="+globals.user+"&p="+globals.password+"&function="+str(function)
i=0
for x in opcode:
script_path=script_path+"&opcode"+str(i)+"="+str(opcode[i])
i=i+1
if globals.PrintToScreen: print "Host Update: "+script_path
try:
rt=urllib2.urlopen(script_path)
except urllib2.HTTPError:
if globals.PrintToScreen: print "HTTP Error"
return False
time.sleep(.2)
temp=rt.read()
if globals.PrintToScreen: print temp
l = find_all(temp,"/n");
RecordSet = temp.split(',')
c=[]
y=0
c.append([])
for x in RecordSet:
if x=="/n":
y=y+1
if y < l:
c.append([])
else:
if isNumber(x):
c[y].append(int(x))
else:
c[y].append(x)
rt=ProcessActions(c)
if rt==False:
return(False)
else:
return(c)
def ProcessActions(ActionList):
FalseInd=True
for x in ActionList:
if x[0]=="/EMAIL":
SendEmailAlertFromRule(x[1], x[2],0)
x.remove
if x[0]=="/SEMAIL":
SendEmailAlert(x[1])
x.remove
if x[0]=="/CHIME":
StartChimeThread()
x.remove
if x[0]=="/rn588":
exit()
if x[0]=="/FALSE":
FalseInd=False
if x[0]=="/SIREN":
StartSirenThread(x[2])
x.remove
if x[0]=="/PHOTO":
SendEmailAlertFromRule(x[1], x[2],1)
x.remove
if x[0]=="/RELAYON":
SwitchRelay(1)
x.remove
if x[0]=="/RELAYOFF":
SwitchRelay(0)
x.remove
if x[0]=="/WRELAYON":
SwitchRFRelay(1)
x.remove
if x[0]=="/WRELAYOFF":
SwitchRFRelay(0)
x.remove
return(FalseInd)
def StartSirenThread(Zone):
try:
thread.start_new_thread(Siren, (Zone, ) )
except:
print "Error: unable to start thread"
def SwitchRelay(onoff):
GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BOARD)
GPIO.setup(globals.RelayPin, GPIO.OUT)
GPIO.output(globals.RelayPin,onoff)
def SwitchRFRelay(onoff):
# declare to variables, holding the com port we wish to talk to and the speed
port = '/dev/ttyAMA0'
baud = 9600
# open a serial connection using the variables above
ser = serial.Serial(port=port, baudrate=baud)
# wait for a moment before doing anything else
sleep(0.2)
for i in range(0,3):
if (onoff==True):
ser.write('a{}RELAYAON-'.format(globals.WRelayPin))
else:
ser.write('a{}RELAYAOFF'.format(globals.WRelayPin))
time.sleep(2)
ser.close
def SendToLCD(GPIOnumber, Location, status):
import paho.mqtt.client as paho
if status==0:
ActionStr="_"
topic="alarm_activity"
else:
if status==1:
ActionStr="_"
topic="alarm_activity"
else:
topic="temperature"
if status==2:
ActionStr=str(GPIOnumber)+","+Location
else:
ActionStr="Undefined"
#client = mosquitto.Mosquitto('privateeyepi')
client = paho.Client()
client.connect(globals.lcd_ip)
if status <= 1:
if globals.PrintToScreen:
print str(Location)+"**"+str(ActionStr)
client.publish(topic, str(Location)+"**"+str(ActionStr))
else:
if globals.PrintToScreen:
print str(ActionStr)
client.publish(topic, ActionStr)
client.disconnect()
def Siren(Zone):
GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BOARD)
if globals.UseSiren == True:
GPIO.setup(globals.SirenGPIOPin, GPIO.OUT) #Siren pin setup
else:
return
if globals.SirenDelay>0:
globals.SirenStartTime = time.time()
while time.time() < globals.SirenStartTime + globals.SirenDelay:
if globals.BeepDuringDelay:
GPIO.output(globals.SirenGPIOPin,True)
time.sleep(1)
GPIO.output(globals.SirenGPIOPin,False)
time.sleep(4)
GPIO.output(globals.SirenGPIOPin,True)
globals.SirenStartTime = time.time()
if globals.PrintToScreen: print "Siren Activated"
while time.time() < globals.SirenStartTime + globals.SirenTimeout:
time.sleep(5)
if CheckForSirenDeactivation(Zone) == True:
break
GPIO.output(globals.SirenGPIOPin,False)
if globals.PrintToScreen: print "Siren Deactivated"
def CheckForSirenDeactivation(Zone):
# Routine to fetch the location and zone descriptions from the server
RecordSet = GetDataFromHost(16,[Zone])
if globals.PrintToScreen: print RecordSet
ZoneStatus=RecordSet[0][0]
if ZoneStatus=="FALSE":
return (True)
def StartChimeThread():
try:
thread.start_new_thread(SoundChime, ())
except:
print "Error: unable to start thread"
def SoundChime():
if globals.ChimeDuration>0:
GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BOARD)
GPIO.setup(globals.ChimeGPIOPin, GPIO.OUT) #Siren pin setup
GPIO.output(globals.ChimeGPIOPin,True)
time.sleep(globals.ChimeDuration)
GPIO.output(globals.ChimeGPIOPin,False)
def GetDataFromHost(function,opcode):
# Request data and receive reply (request/reply) from the server
script_path = "https://www.privateeyepi.com/alarmhostr.php?u="+globals.user+"&p="+globals.password+"&function="+str(function)
i=0
for x in opcode:
script_path=script_path+"&opcode"+str(i)+"="+str(opcode[i])
i=i+1
if globals.PrintToScreen: print script_path
try:
rt = urllib2.urlopen(script_path)
except urllib2.HTTPError:
return False
temp=rt.read()
if globals.PrintToScreen: print temp
l = find_all(temp,"/n");
RecordSet = temp.split(',')
c=[]
y=0
c.append([])
for x in RecordSet:
if x=="/n":
y=y+1
if y < l:
c.append([])
else:
if isNumber(x):
c[y].append(int(x))
else:
c[y].append(x)
rt=ProcessActions(c)
if rt==False:
return(False)
else:
return(c)
return(c)
def BuildMessage(SensorNumber):
# Routine to fetch the location and zone descriptions from the server
RecordSet = GetDataFromHost(6,[SensorNumber])
if globals.PrintToScreen: print RecordSet
if RecordSet==False:
return
zonedesc=RecordSet[0][0]
locationdesc = RecordSet[0][1]
messagestr="This is an automated email from your house alarm system. Alarm activated for Zone: "+zonedesc+" ("+locationdesc+")"
return messagestr
def BuildMessageFromRule(SensorNumber, smartruleid):
RecordSet = GetDataFromHost(7,[smartruleid, SensorNumber])
if RecordSet==False:
return
numrows = len(RecordSet)
messagestr="This is an automated email from PrivateEyePi. Rule triggered for Zone(s): "+RecordSet[0][3]+", Location: "+RecordSet[0][4]+" and for rule "
for i in range(0,numrows,1):
if RecordSet[i][0]==1:
messagestr=messagestr+"Alarm Activated"
if RecordSet[i][0]==2:
messagestr=messagestr+"Alarm Deactivated"
if RecordSet[i][0]==3:
messagestr=messagestr+"Circuit Open"
if RecordSet[i][0]==4:
messagestr=messagestr+"Circuit Closed"
if RecordSet[i][0]==5:
messagestr=messagestr+"Open for " + str(RecordSet[i][1]) + " Minutes"
if RecordSet[i][0]==6:
messagestr=messagestr+"Closed for " + str(RecordSet[i][1]) + " Minutes"
if RecordSet[i][0]==7:
messagestr=messagestr+"Where sensor value (" + str(RecordSet[i][5]) + ") is between " + str(RecordSet[i][1]) + " " + str(RecordSet[i][2])
if RecordSet[i][0]==8:
messagestr=messagestr+"Tamper"
if RecordSet[i][0]==9:
messagestr=messagestr+"Day Of Week is between " + str(RecordSet[i][1]) + " and " + str(RecordSet[i][2])
if RecordSet[i][0]==10:
messagestr=messagestr+"Hour Of Day is between " + str(RecordSet[i][1]) + " and " + str(RecordSet[i][2])
if RecordSet[i][0]==11:
messagestr=messagestr+"Where secondary sensor value (" + str(RecordSet[i][6]) + ") is between " + str(RecordSet[i][1]) + " " + str(RecordSet[i][2])
if i<numrows-1:
messagestr=messagestr + " AND "
return messagestr
def SendEmailAlertFromRule(ruleid, SensorNumber, photo):
try:
thread.start_new_thread(SendEmailAlertThread, (SensorNumber, ruleid, True, photo, ) )
except:
print "Error: unable to start thread"
def SendEmailAlert(SensorNumber):
try:
thread.start_new_thread(SendEmailAlertThread, (SensorNumber,0 , False, False) )
except:
print "Error: unable to start thread"
def SendEmailAlertThread(SensorNumber, smartruleid, ruleind, photo):
# Get the email addresses that you configured on the server
RecordSet = GetDataFromHost(5,[0])
if RecordSet==False:
return
numrows = len(RecordSet)
if globals.smtp_server=="":
return
if ruleind:
msgtext = BuildMessageFromRule(SensorNumber, smartruleid)
else:
msgtext = BuildMessage(SensorNumber)
for i in range(numrows):
# Define email addresses to use
addr_to = RecordSet[i][0]
addr_from = globals.smtp_user #Or change to another valid email recognized under your account by your ISP
# Construct email
if (photo==1):
files = 0
files = glob.glob(globals.photopath)
latestphoto = get_latest_photo(files)
msg = MIMEMultipart()
else:
msg = MIMEText(msgtext)
msg['To'] = addr_to
msg['From'] = addr_from
msg['Subject'] = 'Alarm Notification' #Configure to whatever subject line you want
#attach photo
if (photo==1):
msg.preamble = 'Multipart message.\n'
part = MIMEText(msgtext)
msg.attach(part)
part = MIMEApplication(open(latestphoto,"rb").read())
part.add_header('Content-Disposition', 'attachment', filename=latestphoto)
msg.attach(part)
# Send the message via an SMTP server
#Option 1 - No Encryption
if globals.email_type==1:
s = smtplib.SMTP(globals.smtp_server)
elif globals.email_type==2:
#Option 2 - SSL
s = smtplib.SMTP_SSL(globals.smtp_server, 465)
elif globals.email_type==3:
#Option 3 - TLS
s = smtplib.SMTP(globals.smtp_server,587)
s.ehlo()
s.starttls()
s.ehlo()
else:
s = smtplib.SMTP(globals.smtp_server)
s.login(globals.smtp_user,globals.smtp_pass)
s.sendmail(addr_from, addr_to, msg.as_string())
s.quit()
if globals.PrintToScreen: print msg;
def SendCustomEmail(msgText, msgSubject):
# Get the email addresses that you configured on the server
RecordSet = GetDataFromHost(5,[0])
if RecordSet==False:
return
numrows = len(RecordSet)
if globals.smtp_server=="":
return
for i in range(numrows):
# Define email addresses to use
addr_to = RecordSet[i][0]
addr_from = globals.smtp_user #Or change to another valid email recognized under your account by your ISP
# Construct email
msg = MIMEText(msgText)
msg['To'] = addr_to
msg['From'] = addr_from
msg['Subject'] = msgSubject #Configure to whatever subject line you want
# Send the message via an SMTP server
#Option 1 - No Encryption
if globals.email_type==1:
s = smtplib.SMTP(globals.smtp_server)
elif globals.email_type==2:
#Option 2 - SSL
s = smtplib.SMTP_SSL(globals.smtp_server, 465)
elif globals.email_type==3:
#Option 3 - TLS
s = smtplib.SMTP(globals.smtp_server,587)
s.ehlo()
s.starttls()
s.ehlo()
else:
s = smtplib.SMTP(globals.smtp_server)
s.login(globals.smtp_user,globals.smtp_pass)
s.sendmail(addr_from, addr_to, msg.as_string())
s.quit()
if globals.PrintToScreen: print msg;

Your lcd.py module doesn't define any functions (or other top-level objects) named noDisplay or message, only a class named CharLCD and a function named DisplayLCD. So, when you try to import something that doesn't exist, of course you get an ImportError.
It's true that the CharLCD class has methods named noDisplay and message, but that doesn't mean you can just import them as top-level functions. (And, even if you could, you can't call them that way; you need a CharLCD object to call its methods.)
I suspect you need to read a basic tutorial on classes, like the Classes chapter in the official tutorial.
Meanwhile, I think the code you want is:
from lcd import CharLCD
# ...
char_lcd = CharLCD()
char_lcd.message("test with message")
time.sleep(5)
char_lcd.noDisplay()
(Also note the () in the last line. You need those parentheses to call a function or method; without them, you're just referring to the function or method itself, as a value, which has no more effect than just writing 2 on a line by itself.)