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5 bar graphs and special characters – Matrix Orbital LCD/VFD Legacy User Manual

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Command

Syntax

Default

Notes

Cursor left

FE 4C

254 76

254 ’L’

Moves the cur-

sor one position

to the left. If the

cursor is already

at the beginning

of a line it will

move to the end

of the other line.

Cursor right

FE 4D

254 77

254 ’M’

Moves the cur-

sor one position

to the right. If the

cursor is already

at the end of a line

it will move to the

beginning of the

other line.

6.5 Bar Graphs and Special Characters

The commands in this section are used to define and display bar graphs and special characters.

Table 16: Bar Graphs and Special Characters

Command

Syntax

Notes

Initialize thick vertical bar

graph

FE 76

254 118

254 ’v’

Initializes the user character set to

make wide vertical bar graphs.

Initialize thin vertical bar

graph

FE 73

254 115

254 ’s’

Initializes the user character set to

make narrow vertical bar graphs.

Initialize horizontal bar

graph

FE 68

254 104

254 ’h’

Initializes the user character set to

make horizontal bar graphs.

Define custom character

FE 4E [c][8 bytes]

254 78 [c][8 bytes]

254 ’N’ [c][8 bytes]

Defines one of 8 custom "user" char-

acters. Character number is [c] be-

tween 0x00 and 0x07. The 8 bytes

are described in section 5.1.6.

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