Online documentation for PhidgetLCD

Generated 2006-03-17

Used to control a PhidgetLCD screen.

Summary

This component can be used to connect to and control a PhidgetTextLCD screen.

Description

This component can be used to connect to and control a PhidgetLCD device (see http://www.phidgets.com). It can be used to specify text to be displayed on either it to place scrolling (or both) rows of the PhidgetTextLCD.

Configuration

If you only have one PhidgetTextLCD device connected to your computer, then simply create a PhidgetLCD component, and set its configured property to true. The component will then connect to the device. If you have more than one device connected, find out the serial number of the board you wish to the component to connect to, specify this to the component using the configSerialNumber property, and then set the configured property to true.

Usage

Once your component has been configured, to make text appear on the PhidgetTextLCD, set either the lineOneText or the lineTwoText properties to the item of text you want to appear. If text is too long to fit on the display, then it will be scrolled.

Installation

Installing the Phidget library

Before using any Phidget component, you should install the Phidget library. This can be downloaded from http://www.phidgets.com - click downloads, then then download and install PHIDGET.msi.

Installing a PhidgetTextLCD device

Before using this component, you should connect your PhidgetTextLCD device via USB to your computer. Note that the component should be able to cope with a user repeatedly disconnecting and reconnecting an LCD screen, but this is not guaranteed.