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marschap 2aecdd4c59 overhaul for the NoritakeVFD driver (idea by Richard Moratti):
- Fixed vbar & hbar - Allowed for displays with 2 custom characters
- Fixed cursor off  - 16H - Data sheet for CU20045SCPB has error -> Cursor Off 14,16,17H
- Tested with CU40026SCPB-T20A - 40x2 - Hardware Defaults to 19200 8E1
- Added new config parameter [Parity] to set serial data parity 0(none),1(odd),2(even)
- Added config parameter OffBrightness
- added support for big numbers
2007-09-25 16:19:42 +00:00

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<sect1 id="NoritakeVFD-howto">
<title>The NoritakeVFD Driver</title>
<para>
This section talks about using LCDproc with text mode VFD displays from
<ulink url="http://www.noritake-itron.com/">Noritake Itron</ulink>.
</para>
<!-- ## Noritake VFD driver ## -->
<sect2 id="NoritakeVFD-config">
<title>Configuration in LCDd.conf</title>
<sect3 id="NoritakeVFD-config-section">
<title>[NoritakeVFD]</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>Device=</command>
<arg choice="plain"><replaceable>DEVICE</replaceable></arg>
</term>
<listitem><para>
Port where the VFD is. Usual values are <filename>/dev/ttyS0</filename> and <filename>/dev/ttyS1</filename>
Default: <filename>/dev/lcd</filename>
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>Size=</command>
<arg choice="plain">
<replaceable>WIDTH</replaceable>
<literal>x</literal>
<replaceable>HEIGHT</replaceable>
</arg>
</term>
<listitem><para>
Specifies the size of the LCD.
Default: <literal>20x4</literal>
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>Brightness=</command>
<arg choice="plain"><replaceable>BRIGHTNESS</replaceable></arg>
</term>
<listitem><para>
Set the initial brightness [default: <literal>1000</literal>; legal: <literal>0</literal> - <literal>1000</literal>]
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>OffBrightness=</command>
<arg choice="plain"><replaceable>BRIGHTNESS</replaceable></arg>
</term>
<listitem><para>
Set the initial off-brightness [default: <literal>0</literal>; legal: <literal>0</literal> - <literal>1000</literal>]
This value is used when the display is normally
switched off in case LCDd is inactive
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>Speed=</command>
<arg choice="plain">
<group choice="req">
<arg choice="plain"><literal>1200</literal></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><literal>2400</literal></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><literal><emphasis>9600</emphasis></literal></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><literal>19200</literal></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><literal>115200</literal></arg>
</group>
</arg>
</term>
<listitem><para>
Set the the baud rate to use when communicating with the VFD.
If not specified, it defaults to <literal>9600</literal>.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>Parity=</command>
<arg choice="plain">
<group choice="req">
<arg choice="plain"><literal><emphasis>0</emphasis></literal></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><literal>1</literal></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><literal>2</literal></arg>
</group>
</arg>
</term>
<listitem><para>
Set the parity for communication with the device to even parity (<literal>2</literal>),
odd parity (<literal>1</literal>) or no parity (<literal>0</literal>).
If not given, it defaults to <literal>0</literal>.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<command>Reboot=</command>
<arg choice="plain">
<group choice="req">
<arg choice="plain"><literal>yes</literal></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><literal><emphasis>no</emphasis></literal></arg>
</group>
</arg>
</term>
<listitem><para>
Reinitialize the VFD [default: <literal>no</literal>; legal: <literal>yes</literal>, <literal>no</literal>]
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>