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Review: Matrix Orbital MX212 USB

by Craig Ball on 12 February 2003, 00:00 4.0

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Software - Creating Screens

Included within the LCD kit is a fully licenced version of LCDC. This is by far the best LCD software out at the moment. I suppose when you have the one of the best LCD screens you might as well have the best software too. To get any information to display on the LCD you have to create screens. These are similar to slides in a powerpoint presentation as they switch between each other. One thing I find very nice is the way the software switches between screens. There are various transitions ranging from fade in/out to a blinds effect. Some of these transitions can be seen later on in the review in the short movies.

To add a screen you need to goto the screen builder and add a new display from the menu on the right hand side. After this you need to configure the screen to what you would like to display. The first thing I tried was my displaying my CPU speed. To display the speed you need to select the CPU Speed from the variables menu. This will add the following code to a display line. [#$SysCPUSpe] With most of these commands they are pretty boring by themselves as they are just numbers, so I find it better if you add your own text. Intel P4 @ [#$SysCPUSpe]MHz

Once the screen is made and your changes have been applied, you will need to exit the screen builder and start the display from the main LCDC menu. Hopefully your display should look like this one shown below. I also added RAM details to the 2nd line on the LCD. To display more details just keep adding screens. There is also a duration option which lets you control how long the screen is shown. There are a few other options within screen building which let you control E-mail checking and plugins.


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