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Section 14: Display Operations
Example: The following code will display "Test in Process" on the top line, and "Do Not Disturb" on
the bottom line:
display.clear()
display.setcursor(1, 1, 0)
display.settext("Test in Process")
display.setcursor(2, 6, 0)
display.settext("Do Not Disturb")
Character codes
The following special codes can be embedded in the
message:
$N
$R
$B
$D
$F
$$
In addition to displaying alpha-numeric characters, other special characters can be displayed.
Refer to
example, to display the Greek symbol omega, Ω , use the following:
display.clear()
c = string.char(18)
display.settext(c)
Examples
The following code uses the
on the top line and the blinking message "Do Not Disturb" on the bottom line:
display.clear()
display.settext("Test in Process $N$BDo Not Disturb")
The following code uses the
line:
display.clear()
display.setcursor(1, 1)
display.settext("You owe me $$8")
If the extra
and will be ignored. The message "You owe me" will instead be displayed.
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Newline – Starts text on the next line. If the cursor is already on line 2, text will be ignored
after the ' ' is received.
$N
Sets text to Normal.
Sets text to Blink.
Sets text to Dim intensity.
Set text to background blink.
Escape sequence to display a single "$".
Appendix F for a compete listing of special characters and their corresponding codes. For
and
$N
character code to display the message "You owe me $8" on the top
$$
character is not included, the
$
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character codes to display the message "Test in Process"
#B
would be interpreted as an undefined character code
$8
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