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This driver supports the LCDTerm (Archived on The Wayback Machine) serial-to-HD44780 adapter boards.

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Display Section

Display <name> {
    Driver    'LCDTerm'
    Model     'generic'
    Port      <string>
    Speed     <number>
    Size      <string>
    asc255bug <0|1>
    Icons     <number>
}

Parameters

Driver'LCDTerm'
Model'generic'
Portserial device the display is attached to (e.g.'/dev/ttyS2')
Speedthe baud rate from the display must match this value. Possible values are 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400 and 115200
Size<columns>x<rows> e.g. “16×2“
asc255bugset to 1 if you don't get solid blocks in bars, but an inverted P (the Portishead syndrome :-)
IconsNumber of user-defined chars reserved for Icons (default: 0)

Example

Display LCDTerm {
    Driver   'LCDTerm'
    Port     '/dev/tts/0'
    Speed     19200
    Size     '20x4'
    asc255bug 0
    Icons     1
}