com.phidgets
Class TextLEDPhidget

java.lang.Object
  com.phidgets.Phidget
      com.phidgets.TextLEDPhidget

public final class TextLEDPhidget
extends Phidget

This class represents a Phidget Text LED. All methods to control the Text LED are implemented in this class.

The Text LED is a Phidget that displays text and numerals on LED numeric display in rows. The number of rows and size of each row depends on your configuration.

Constructor Summary

TextLEDPhidget()

Method Summary

int	getBrightness() Returns the bringhtness.
int	getColumnCount() Returns the number of columns (Characters per row).
int	getRowCount() Returns the number of rows.
void	setBrightness(int brightness) Sets the brightness of all rows.
void	setDisplayString(int index, java.lang.String text) Sets the display string of a certain row.

Methods inherited from class com.phidgets.Phidget

addAttachListener, addDetachListener, addErrorListener, close, equals, getDeviceName, getDeviceType, getDeviceVersion, getLibraryVersion, getSerialNumber, getTag, isAttached, open, openAny, removeAttachListener, removeDetachListener, removeErrorListener, setTag, toString, waitForAttachment

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

TextLEDPhidget

public TextLEDPhidget()
               throws PhidgetException

Throws:

PhidgetException

Method Detail

getRowCount

public int getRowCount()
                throws PhidgetException

Returns the number of rows. This returns the maximum number of rows supported by the device, not neccessarily the number of rows actually available with your coniguration.

Returns:

rows

Throws:

PhidgetException - If this Phidget is not opened and attached. See open for information on determining if a device is attached.

getColumnCount

public int getColumnCount()
                   throws PhidgetException

Returns the number of columns (Characters per row). This returns the maximum number of columns supported by the device, not neccessarily the number of columns actually available with your coniguration.

Returns:

columns

Throws:

PhidgetException - If this Phidget is not opened and attached. See open for information on determining if a device is attached.

getBrightness

public int getBrightness()
                  throws PhidgetException

Returns the bringhtness. This is the brightneww of all rows. The Default brightness is 100.

Returns:

brightness

Throws:

PhidgetException - If this Phidget is not opened and attached. See open for information on determining if a device is attached.

setBrightness

public void setBrightness(int brightness)
                   throws PhidgetException

Sets the brightness of all rows. The valid range is 0-100.

Parameters:

brightness - brightness

Throws:

PhidgetException - If this Phidget is not opened and attached, or the brightness value is out of range. See open for information on determining if a device is attached.

setDisplayString

public void setDisplayString(int index,
                             java.lang.String text)
                      throws PhidgetException

Sets the display string of a certain row. If the string is longer then the row, it will be truncated.

Parameters:

index - Row

text - String

Throws:

PhidgetException - If this Phidget is not opened and attached, or if the row is out of range. See open for information on determining if a device is attached.