System information

Manual:System/LCD

• Crystalfontz (http:/ / www. crystalfontz. com) Intelligent Serial LCD Module 632 (16x2 characters) and 634

(20x4 characters)

• Powertip (http:/ / www. powertip. com. tw) PC1602 (16x2 characters), PC1604 (16x4 characters), PC2002 (20x2

characters), PC2004 (20x4 characters), PC2402 (24x2 characters) and PC2404 (24x4 characters)

• Portwell (http:/ / www. portwell. com. tw) EZIO-100 (16x2 characters)

• Townet (http:/ / www. townet. it/ prodotti/ remote-control/ tw-rc. html) TW-RC REMOTE CONTROL (16x2)

•• ax93304n (serial port) new ax93304 model with smaller screen buffer (since v5.8)

•• nexcom (parallel port) (since v5.8)

Properties

Property Description

contrast (integer [0..255]; Default: 0) Contrast setting, sent to the LCD, if it contrast regulation is

supported

enabled (yes | no; Default: no) Turn the LCD on/off

port (string | parallel; Default: parallel) Name of the port where the LCD is connected. May be either

one of the serial ports, or the first parallel port

type (16x2 | 16x4 | 20x2 | 20x4 | 24x2 | 24x4 | ax89063 | ax93304 | ax93304n |

cfa-631 | cfa-633 | cfa-635 | mtb-134 | tw-rc | vitek-vc2025-1 | vitek-vc2025-2;

Default: 24x4)

Sets the type of the LCD

• cfa-631/633/635 - Crystalfontz

• mtb-134 - Portwell EZIO-100

• tw-rc - TowNet TW-RC

• vitek-vc2025-1/2 - Vitek parallel port LCDs

• ax89063/ax93304/ax93304n - Axiomtek LCDs

Example

To enable Powertip parallel port LCD:

[admin@MikroTik] system lcd> print

enabled: no

type: 24x4

port: parallel

contrast: 0

[admin@MikroTik] system lcd> set enabled=yes

[admin@MikroTik] system lcd> print

enabled: yes

type: 24x4

port: parallel

contrast: 0

[admin@MikroTik] system lcd>

To enable Crystalfontz serial LCD on serial1:

[admin@MikroTik] system lcd> set port=serial1

[admin@MikroTik] system lcd> print

enabled: yes

type: 24x4

port: serial1

contrast: 0

[admin@MikroTik] system lcd>