CmdGLCD Method

Beta Innovations USB SDK .NET/COM

Sends specified command iCmd to a graphic LCD on the port specified by inPort. This function can be used on modules supporting graphic based LCDs.

Namespace:  BIUSBWrapper
Assembly:  BIUSBWrapper (in BIUSBWrapper.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Shared Function CmdGLCD ( _
	ByRef iDeviceList As DeviceParam, _
	inPort As Byte, _
	iBGColor As Byte, _
	iCmd As Byte _
) As Integer
C#
public static int CmdGLCD(
	ref DeviceParam iDeviceList,
	byte inPort,
	byte iBGColor,
	byte iCmd
)

Parameters

iDeviceList
Type: BIUSBWrapper..::.DeviceParam %
A DeviceParam structure. Must contain valid device information returned from call to DetectHID.
inPort
Type: System..::.Byte
Zero based index of output Port to write to.
iBGColor
Type: System..::.Byte
Set the background color of the LCD display.

0 = Black text on white background.

1 = White text on black background.

iCmd
Type: System..::.Byte
GLCD Commands:

GLCD_CLEAR: Clear contents of LCD.

GLCD_TEST: Display test message.

GLCD_BGCOLOR: Set background color of LCD specified by iGBColor.

Return Value

0: If failure writing to device.

>0: if success, returns number of bytes written to device.

See Also