Grove Starter Kit Serial LCD v 1.1b - I Can't Get It To Work

[schmron]

@california-ken

Schmron,

I’m sorry to bother you again but now I’m reaaly confused. Are you saying that any supplemental libraries I download and extract should be extracted to my sketch folder and not the Ardunio/libraries/liquidcrystal folder?

Yes, use the sketch folder.
Add folder “libraries” to your sketch folder and put your library folders into it.
If you take it clean you can prevent issues.

I have multiple sketch folders to segregate the sketches by type, hardware and function. Here is a text listing of my folder structure.

FOLDER D:\Arduino Programming
FOLDER D:\Arduino Programming\arduino-1.0
FOLDER D:\Arduino Programming\Brick Cookbook Sketches
FOLDER D:\Arduino Programming\examples
FOLDER D:\Arduino Programming\Ken’s Sketches\

Should I put all my sketches in one folder and add the supplemental libraries to it?
How do I tell Ardunio where to find the supplemental sketches? Does it assume that they will be in same folder as the sketch?

All sketches in the sketch folder.
All additional librarys in subfolder libraries.
edit
i give you a example:
If you use windows xp in english…
arduino-1.0\libraries <— no changes in this folder, except you want to share the library with other users on your computer
C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME.…\arduino\sketches <— your user sketch folder (choosen in arduino settings). Put your sketches into it
C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME.…\arduino\sketches\libraries <— the user librarys folder. Put your library folder into it

a library needs this structure:
LibraryFolder
LibraryFolder\library.cpp
LibraryFolder\library.h
LibraryFolder\examples
LibraryFolder\examples\LibraryExample
LibraryFolder\examples\LibraryExample\LibraryExample.pde (or .ino with arduino 1.0)

You can read this on arduino.cc/en/Hacking/LibraryTutorial

Should I clean out my Ardunio/Libraries/LiquidCrystal folder? The easiest way to that would be to delete the entire Adrino 1.0 folder and reinstall the software. Should I do it?

If you would a clean install delete arduino… yes.

Using the LCD with the electronic brick was so easy. I wish I could say the same for the Grove. I want to get the Grove working since there are many moe sensors for the Grove.

The problem is not Grove, the problem is arduino 1.0

Thank you so much for the time your taking to help me!!!

Ken