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7.7 Miscellaneous Commands

Note: The letter "R" in the Default column indicates that this state can be saved to nonvolatile memory
with the Remember command. See section 6.1.1.

Table 7-4 Miscellaneous Commands

Command

Syntax

Default

Notes

Remember

FE 93 [0|1]
254 147

off

Turns the "remember" function on [1] or off [0].

Clear display

FE 58
254 88
254 'X'

n/a

Clears screen of text and graphics, places text
cursor at top left.

Set contrast

FE 50 [contrast]
254 80 [contrast]
254 'P' [contrast]

0x80
128

Sets display contrast. Compensates for viewing
angle. Contrast is a value between 0 and 255
(hex 0 to FF). Larger = darker.

Set contrast and save

FE 91 [contrast]
254 145 [contrast]

0x80
128

Same as "set contrast" but saves [contrast] as
default.

Backlight on

FE 42 [minutes]
254 66 [minutes]
254 'B' [minutes]

on
R

Backlight will stay on for [minutes]. If [minutes] =
0 backlight will stay on permanently.

Backlight off

FE 46
254 70
254 'F'

on
R

Turns off backlight.

Load startup screen

FE 40 [40 char]
254 64 [40 char]
254 '@' [40 char]

Matrix Orbital

LK202-25

Loads new startup screen (40 characters).
Screen is remembered for subsequent power
ups.

General purpose
output off

FE 56 [gpo #]
254 86 [gpo #]
254 'V' [gpo #]

off

Turns a general purpose output OFF. [gpo #]
may be from 1 to 6. See section 2.2 for further
details.

General purpose
output on

FE 57 [gpo #]
254 87 [gpo #]
254 'W' [gpo #]

off

Turns a general purpose output ON. [gpo #]
may be from 1 to 6. See section 2.2 for further
details.

Set I

2

C address

FE 33 [address]
254 51 [address]
254 '3' [address]

0x50

Value is write address and must be even, read
address is 1 higher.

Read module type

FE 37
254 55
254 '7'

see table

Reads the module type. See table in section
6.1.11.

Set RS232 port speed

FE 39 [speed]
254 57 [speed]
254 '9' [speed]

19,200 baud

Sets RS232 speed. See table in section 6.1.12
for values of [speed]

Set Serial Number

FE 34 [byte1][byte2]
254 52 [byte1][byte2]
254 '4' [byte1][byte2]

This is a one-time-use command which works
only on units without factory set serial numbers.

Read Serial Number

FE 35
254 53
254 '5'

Reads the two byte serial number of the
module.