deicide@ATHEIST.COM <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> wrote:

> I have a 2 x 20 line LCD display......controlled by an HD66702A00
> chip...which seems to take the same commands as an HD44780....I am
> currently using my basic stamp 2 to run it because i am too lazy to
> go out and buy a crystal.....amd i need to know how to get text to
> display on the second line...:) i make messages go by on the first
> line...but i don't know how to make text go to the second line...
> The program that i am using has two commands...one to put
> characters...and one to send commands.....is there a command i can
> send to make the display shift between lines????

    The second line of the LCD (no matter how wide the display is)
    starts at address 40 hex.  To display text on the second line,
    move the cursor to address 40 by sending a "C0 (hex)" command to
    the display.

    -Andy

=== Andrew Warren - fastfwd@ix.netcom.com
=== Fast Forward Engineering, Vista, California
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