Specifications

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Chapter 7
I/O Facilities
CONTENTS
7.1 Output to the LCD Screen ............................................................................. 88
7.1.1 Display Fonts...................................................................................... 88
[ 1 ] Screen mode, font size, and display angle................................ 88
[ 2 ] Character attributes (Reverse font attribute, enlargement
attribute, tone attribute) ............................................................. 90
7.1.2 Coordinates on the LCD..................................................................... 91
7.1.3 Dot Patterns of Fonts ......................................................................... 94
7.1.4 Mixed Display of Different Screen Modes, Font Sizes, and/or
Character Enlargement Sizes .......................................................... 100
[ 1 ] ANK Mode and Kanji Mode Together in One Line.................. 100
[ 2 ] Standard-Size and Small-Size Fonts Together on the Same
Screen..................................................................................... 100
[ 3 ] Regular-Size and Double-Width Characters Together on the
Same Screen........................................................................... 101
[ 4 ] Regular-Size and Double-Height Characters Together on the
Same Screen........................................................................... 101
[ 5 ] Regular-Size and Quadruple-Size Characters Together on the
Same Screen........................................................................... 102
7.1.5 Displaying User-defined Characters................................................. 104
7.1.6 VRAM............................................................................................... 105
7.1.7 Other Facilities for the LCD.............................................................. 107
7.2 Input from the Keyboard .............................................................................. 108
7.2.1 Alphabet Entry.................................................................................. 108
7.2.2 Other Facilities for the Keyboard...................................................... 110
[ 1 ] Auto-repeat ............................................................................. 110
[ 2 ] Shift key .................................................................................. 110
7.3 Timer and Beeper........................................................................................ 111
7.3.1 Timer Functions................................................................................ 111
7.3.2 BEEP Statement .............................................................................. 111
7.4 Controlling and Monitoring the I/Os ............................................................. 112
7.4.1 Controlling by the OUT Statement ................................................... 112
7.4.2 Monitoring by the INP Function........................................................ 112
7.4.3 Monitoring by the WAIT Statement................................................... 113
7.5 Entry from the Touch Screen
(Only for models equipped with a touch screen) ......................................... 114
7.5.1 Outline.............................................................................................. 114
7.5.2 Function Touch Keys........................................................................ 115
[ 1 ] Enabling or disabling the function touch keys ......................... 115
[ 2 ] Key numbers assigned to the function touch keys.................. 115
[ 3 ] Assigning data to a function touch key.................................... 116
[ 4 ] Displaying a character string on a function touch key............. 117