Matrix Orbital GLK24064-25 Legacy - Manual (Page 28)

Parameters Parameter Length Description
value 1 Value (0: Off, 1: On)
Description This command will toggle the box space mode. Box space mode is
when a box, the size of the character to be written, is printed to the
display before a character is written.
Remembered Yes
Default On
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6.1 Introduction
The is an intelligent display module, designed to reduce the amount of code necessary to begin displaying
data. This means that it is able to display all ASCII formated characters and strings that are sent to it, which
are defined in the current character set. The display module will begin displaying text at the top left corner
of the display area, known as home, and continue to print to the display as if it was a page on a typewriter.
When the text reaches the bottom right row, it is able to automatically scroll all of the lines up and continue
to display text, with the auto scroll option set to on.
6.1.1 Character Set
The graphic displays such as the , do not have built in character sets. Instead fonts are uploaded to the
display using the commands detailed in Section 5 on page 18.
6.1.2 Control Characters
In addition to a full text set, the display supports the following ASCII Control characters:
0x0A Line feed / New line - when this value is not defined in the font file. This command will create a new
line on the display. If scrolling is on and the display is at the bottom of the screen, the whole screen is
scrolled up.
6.2 Move Cursor Home
Syntax Hexadecimal 0xFE 0x48
Decimal 254 72
ASCII 254 “H”
Description This command moves the text insertion point to the top left of the
display area (Row 1, Column 1).
Remembered No
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