update serialVFD driver (Stefan Herdler)

LCDd.conf

@@ -644,30 +644,44 @@ Port=0x378
 ## Serial VFD driver ##
 ## Drives various (see below) serial 5x7dot VFD's.  ##
 [serialVFD]
-# device where the VFD is. Usual values are /dev/ttyS0 and /dev/ttyS1
+
+# Specifies the displaytype.[default: 0]
+# 0 NEC (FIPC8367 based) VFDs.
+# 1 KD Rev 2.1.
+# 2 Noritake VFDs (*).
+# 3 Futaba VFDs
+# (* most should work, not testet yet.)
+Type=0
+
+# "no" if display connected serial, "yes" if connected parallel. [default: no(=serial)]
+use_parallel=no
+
+# Number of Custom-Characters [default: displaytype dependent]
+#Custom-Characters=0
+
+# Portaddress where the LPT is. Used in parallelmode only. Usual values are 0x278, 0x378 and 0x3BC
+Port=0x378
+
+# Device to use in serial mode. Usual values are /dev/ttyS0 and /dev/ttyS1
 Device=/dev/ttyS1
 
 # Specifies the size of the VFD.
 Size=20x2
 
-# Specifies the display type [default: 0]
-# 0 NEC (FIPC8367 based) VFDs.
-# 1 KD Rev 2.1.
-# 2 Noritake VFDs (*).
-# 3 Futaba VFDs (*).
-# (* most should work, not tested yet.)
-Type=1
-
-# Display brightness [default: 255].
-# 0 min ... 255 max ... 1000 also max
-# (4 steps 0-64, 65-128, 129-192, 193-1000)
-Brightness=255
+# Set the initial brightness [default: 1000; legal: 0 - 1000]
+# (4 steps 0-250, 251-500, 501-750, 751-1000)
+Brightness=1000
+# Set the initial off-brightness [default: 0; legal: 0 - 1000]
+# This value is used when the display is normally
+# switched off in case LCDd is inactive
+# (4 steps 0-250, 251-500, 501-750, 751-1000)
+OffBrightness=0
 
 # set the serial port speed [default: 9600; legal: 1200, 2400, 9600, 19200, 115200]
 Speed=9600
 
 # enable ISO 8859 1 compatibility [default: yes; legal: yes, no]
-ISO_8859_1=yes
+#ISO_8859_1=yes