diff --git a/viz/curses/7segments.c b/viz/curses/7segments.c
index ad94fed..ff12449 100644
--- a/viz/curses/7segments.c
+++ b/viz/curses/7segments.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ int aff7segs_digit(WINDOW * win, int lig, int col, char digit)
 {
 int		bits;
 
-#if TRACE
+#if TRACE > 1
 fprintf(stderr, ">>> %s ( %p %d %d '%c' )\n", __func__,
 			win, lig, col, digit);
 #endif
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ char	buff[10];
 int	idx;
 
 sprintf(buff, "%6d", value);
-mvwaddstr(win, lig-1, col, buff);
+// mvwaddstr(win, lig-1, col, buff);
 for (idx=0; idx<strlen(buff); idx++) {
 	aff7segs_digit(win, lig, col+(idx*9), buff[idx]);
 	}
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ char	buff[10];
 int	idx;
 
 sprintf(buff, "%6.2f", value);
-mvwaddstr(win, lig-1, col, buff);
+// mvwaddstr(win, lig-1, col, buff);
 for (idx=0; idx<strlen(buff); idx++) {
 	aff7segs_digit(win, lig, col+(idx*9), buff[idx]);
 	}
diff --git a/viz/curses/ecran.c b/viz/curses/ecran.c
index d6df8fc..4ba94c9 100644
--- a/viz/curses/ecran.c
+++ b/viz/curses/ecran.c
@@ -9,14 +9,16 @@
 
 #include  "ecran.h"
 
-int	verbosity;
+extern int	verbosity;
 
 /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
 int message(char *txt)
 {
 static	int	pass = 0;
 
+#if TRACE
 fprintf(stderr, "%s [%s]\n", __func__, txt);
+#endif
 
 standout();
 mvhline(LINES-1, 0, '~', COLS);
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ standend();
 /* refresh(); */
 }
 /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
+/*	make display on the standard screen (stdscr) */
 int fond_ecran(char *title)
 {
 char			*tp;
@@ -44,7 +47,7 @@ struct utsname		utsn;
 int			foo;
 char    		buffer[200];
 
-tp = " DD2 MONITORING by tTh 2019 ";
+tp = " DD2 Monitoring by tTh 2019 ";
 if (NULL != title)	tp = title;
 
 barre_inverse(' ', 0);
@@ -52,7 +55,8 @@ standout();
 mvaddstr(0, 2, tp);
 
 if (verbosity) {
-	sprintf(buffer, " ecran %dx%d ", COLS, LINES);
+	sprintf(buffer, " ecr: %dx%d ", COLS, LINES);
+	fprintf(stderr, "%s ==> %s\n", __func__, buffer);
 	foo = strlen(buffer);
 	mvaddstr(0, COLS-2-foo, buffer);
 	}
diff --git a/viz/curses/t.c b/viz/curses/t.c
index 17992cd..a74f4ab 100644
--- a/viz/curses/t.c
+++ b/viz/curses/t.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include  <stdlib.h>
 #include  <string.h>
 #include  <time.h>
+#include  <math.h>
 #include  <getopt.h>
 #include  <ncurses.h>
 
@@ -21,16 +22,21 @@ float		fval;
 for (loop=0; loop<nbl; loop++) {
 	sval = (short)((loop % 1024)-512);
 
-	foo = aff7segs_short(stdscr, 5, 5, sval);
-	if (foo) message("KRKRK");
+	foo = aff7segs_short(stdscr, 5, 3, sval);
+	if (foo) message("KRKRK aff7 short");
+
 	fval = (float)sval / 1024.0;
-	foo = aff7segs_float(stdscr, 16, 5, fval);
-	if (foo) message("KRKRK");
+	foo = aff7segs_float(stdscr, 16, 3, fval);
+	if (foo) message("KRKRK aff7 float");
+
+	fval = fabs(fval);
+	foo = vumetre_0(stdscr, 29, 5, fval, COLS-10);
+
 
 	sprintf(ligne, "%04x", loop);
 	mvaddstr(2, 1, ligne);
 	refresh();
-	usleep(400*1000);
+	usleep(200*1000);
 	}
 return 0;
 }
diff --git a/viz/curses/vumetre.c b/viz/curses/vumetre.c
index 5c3ac62..0fb46f3 100644
--- a/viz/curses/vumetre.c
+++ b/viz/curses/vumetre.c
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@
 
 #include  "ecran.h"
 
-int	verbosity;
+extern int	verbosity;
 
 /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
 int vumetre_0(WINDOW *win, int lig, int col, float val, int larg)
 {
-int		foo, posc;
+int		foo, posc, c;
 char		ligne[100];
 
 #if DEBUG_LEVEL
@@ -25,16 +25,24 @@ fprintf(stderr, ">>> %s ( %p %d %d %f %d )\n",
 		__func__, win, lig, col, val, larg);
 #endif
 
-posc = (int)(val * (float)larg);
+posc = (int)(val * (float)(larg-5));
 
 sprintf(ligne, "%6.3f", val);
-mvwaddstr(win, lig, 2, ligne);
+mvwaddstr(win, lig, 0, ligne);
 
 for (foo=0; foo<larg; foo++) {
-	mvwaddch(win, lig, col+foo, " #"[foo < posc]);
-	if (foo & 1) {
-		mvwaddch(win, lig-1, col+foo, '\\');
-		mvwaddch(win, lig+1, col+foo, '/');
+	c = col + foo + 2;
+	if (foo<posc) {
+		wstandout(win);
+		mvwaddch(win, lig, c, '#');
+		wstandend(win);
+		}
+	else	{
+		mvwaddch(win, lig, c, ' ');
+		}
+	if (!(foo%4)) {
+		mvwaddch(win, lig-1, c, '\\');
+		mvwaddch(win, lig+1, c, '/');
 		}
 	}
 wrefresh(win);