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@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Current channel info and menus are then displayed on the LCD too.
I had a 4x20 character display in mind but it should
work with 4x16 up to 4x40 and 2x40.
+2x16+ displays should work too but are NOT fully supported.
LCDd can be used in an xterm or console too, so it
might be useful even without having the hardware.
@@ -33,6 +34,42 @@ correctly, you can fix that by selecting a in the setup menu: (Charmap)
lcdkeyconf.h is used to configure the plugin for a keypad.
+Mattia Rossi <mattia@technologist.com> added support for the output pins
+that some Matrix Orbital displays have (lcdm001 and glk driver).
+So the card status among other things can be indecated by led.
+
+
+Brief description of the setup menue:
+
+FullCycle / TimeDateCycle
+ during recording the some displays toggle between time/date and card status
+ FullCycle (seconds) is the time for a complete cycle while
+ TimeDateCycle (seconds) is the duration where time/date is shown.
+
+VolumeKeep
+ ( 1/10 seconds ) how long the volume is shown on the display
+
+Scrollwait
+ ( 1/8 seconds ) duration before scrolling is started
+
+Scrollspeed
+ ( 1/8 seconds ) higher value means slower scrolling
+
+Charmap
+ see above.
+
+AltShift
+ when a keypad is used and a shiftkey is defined the type of shiftkey
+ indication ( done by LCDproc's 'heartbeat' ) can be changed.
+
+BackLight
+ backlight on/off
+
+OutputNumber
+ implemented by Mattia Rossi <mattia@technologist.com>
+ sets how many output pins should be used to indicate
+ states like on/off, card status, ...
+
LCDproc is available at http://lcdproc.omnipotent.net/
or here http://sourceforge.net/projects/lcdproc/