Sparkfun Serial LCD question

[Sophie]

Just got the LCD, connected up power, gnd, and Rx to digital pin 5.

This is my sketch:

swser_LCDsf 5, :as => :my_lcd

def loop
my_lcd.setxy 0,0
my_lcd.print "Bananas!"
my_lcd.setxy 0,1
my_lcd.print "Apples!"
end

Nothing shows on the LCD.

Am I doing something wrong? Do I need to configure baud rate in the
Skech? On the LCD?

Thanks!

[Sophie]

Ah, the LCD arrived with the contrast set wrong. The sketch was
actually working fine, just could not see it. Adjusted the contrast
trim-pot and now all is fine.

Thanks!

p.s. I prefer
output_pin 8, :as => :my_lcd, :device => :sf_lcd
to
swser_LCDsf 8, :as => :my_lcd

Is there any functional difference?

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[JD Barnhart]

I would go with your preference (output_pin 8, :as => :my_lcd, :device => :sf_lcd) since we spent more time with that -- also you can take a peek at the resulting c code for specific differences -- in your case only one line.