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<sect1 id="glk-howto">
<title>The glk Driver</title>
<para>
This section talks about using LCDproc with LCD displays that use the
Matrix Orbital GLK and GLC chipset.
</para>
<sect2 id="glk-devices">
<title>Supported devices</title>
<para>Currently the drivers supports the following devices:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<!-- Devices using GLC chipset -->
<listitem>
<para>GLC12232 (20x4)</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>GLC12864 (20x8)</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>GLC128128 (20x16)</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>GLC24064 (40x8)</para>
</listitem>
<!-- Devices using GLK chipset -->
<listitem>
<para>GLK12232-25 (20x4)</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>GLK12232-25-SM (20x4)</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>GLK12864-25 (20x8)</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>GLK128128-25 (20x16)</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>GLK24064-25 (40x8)</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<note>
<para>Modules not in the list above are not recognized and the driver will
not load if it encounteres an unrecognized display.</para>
</note>
</sect2>
<!-- ## Matrix Orbital GLK driver ## -->
<sect2 id="glk-config">
<title>Configuration in LCDd.conf</title>
<sect3 id="glk-config-section">
<title>[glk]</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<property>Device</property> =
<parameter><replaceable>DEVICE</replaceable></parameter>
</term>
<listitem><para>
select the serial device to use [default: <filename>/dev/lcd</filename>]
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<property>Contrast</property> =
<parameter><replaceable>CONTRAST</replaceable></parameter>
</term>
<listitem><para>
Set the initial contrast.
Legal values for <replaceable>CONTRAST</replaceable> are <literal>0</literal> - <literal>1000</literal>.
If not given, it defaults to <literal>560</literal>.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<property>Speed</property> =
{
<parameter><literal>9600</literal></parameter> |
<emphasis><parameter><literal>19200</literal></parameter></emphasis> |
<parameter><literal>38400</literal></parameter>
}
</term>
<listitem><para>
Set the the baud rate for communication with the LCD.
The default is <literal>19200</literal>.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>