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7.7 Miscellaneous Commands

Table 7-4 Miscellaneous Commands

Command Syntax

Default

Notes

Clear display

FE 58
254 88
254 'X'

n/a

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

Set brightness

FE 59 [brightness]
254 89 [brightness]
254 'Y' [brightness]

0x03
100%

Sets display brightness. Brightness is a value
between 0x00 and 0x03. 0x00=25%,
0x01=50%, 0x02=75%, 0x03=100%.

Display on

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

on

Display will stay on for [minutes]. If [minutes] =
0 display will stay on permanently. Maximum
value for [minutes] is 100.

Display off

FE 46
254 70
254 'F'

on

Turns off display.

Load startup screen

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

Matrix Orbital

VK202-25

Loads new startup screen (40 characters).
Screen is saved 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
6.1.9. This will return a 1 byte hex value.

Set RS232 port
speed

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

19,200 baud

Sets RS232 speed. See table in section
6.1.10 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.

Read Version
Number

FE 36
254 54
254 '6'

Reads the firmware version number of the
module. This will return a 1 byte hex value.

Enter flow control
mode

FE 3A [full] [empty]
254 58 [full] [empty]

off

Sets "full" and "empty" marks for the 80 byte
display buffer. When buffer reaches [full]