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AbuseMarK

 

LCD

 

Adapter

 

Manual

 

02/17/2013

 

LCD Adapter firmware features and 
operation 

When

 

connected

 

by

 

USB

 

or

 

external

 

5V

 

source,

 

adapter

 

defaults

 

to

 

full

 

power

 

on,

 

with

 

status

 

LED

 

glowing

 

BLUE

.

 

One

 

press

 

on

 

power

 

button

 

will

 

switch

 

to

 

STANDBY

 

mode,

 

which

 

turns

 

off

 

backlight,

 

but

 

keeps

 

DisplayPort

 

connection.

 

This

 

mode

 

is

 

used

 

to

 

keep

 

power

 

consumption

 

lower,

 

or

 

to

 

save

 

backlight

 

lifetime.

 

In

 

this

 

mode,

 

status

 

LED

 

is

 

glowing

 

RED

.

 

To

 

fully

 

turn

 

off

 

the

 

adapter

 

(including

 

disconnect

 

from

 

DisplayPort

 

signals),

 

press

 

the

 

power

 

button

 

twice.

 

→☀

 

(

BLUE

 

 

full

 

power

 

on

 ‐

>

 

RED

 

 

standby

 ‐

>

 

Full

 

power

 

off

 

(LED

 

off)

 

Since

 

most

 

common

 

use

 

case

 

does

 

not

 

involve

 

disconnecting

 

from

 

DisplayPort

 

(as

 

this

 

would

 

cause

 

other

 

monitors

 

to

 

flicker

 

while

 

display

 

adapter

 

is

 

reconfiguring),

 

if

 

adapter

 

is

 

in

 

standby

 

mode

 

for

 

more

 

than

 

a

 

few

 

seconds,

 

pressing

 

the

 

power

 

button

 

returns

 

to

 

Full

 

power

 

mode,

 

turning

 

on

 

backlight.

 

Wait

 

2+

 

seconds

 

(

BLUE

 

 

full

 

power

 

on

 ‐

>

 

RED

 

 

standby

 ‐

>

 

if

 

monitor

 

is

 

in

 

standby

 

for

 

a

 

few

 

seconds,

 

pressing

 

Power

 

again

 

will

 

go

 

back

 

to

 

FULL

 

power

 

mode

 

(BLUE

 

LED).

 

To

 

change

 

brightness,

 

press

 

and

 

hold

 

the

 

power

 

button

 

for

 

more

 

than

 

a

 

second.

 

This

 

enters

 

brightness

 

control

 

mode.

 

In

 

this

 

mode,

 

status

 

led

 

glowing

 

cycles

 

between

 

2

 

colors

 ‐ 

YELLOW

 

means

 

brightness

 

DOWN

 

adjustment,

 

and

 

PURPLE

 

means

 

brightness

 

UP

 

adjustment.

 

Once

 

in

 

brightness

 

adjustment

 

mode,

 

short

 

clicks

 

on

 

power

 

button

 

will

 

adjust

 

brightness

 

in

 

steps

 

up

 

or

 

down

 

respectively.

 

Hold

 

power

 

button

 

again

 

to

 

switch

 

to

 

next

 

mode,

 

or

 

to

 

save.

 

 

When

 

required

 

brightness

 

is

 

achieved,

 

hold

 

the

 

button

 

until

 

status

 

LED

 

is

 

glowing

 

BLUE

.

 

This

 

will

 

save

 

current

 

brightness

 

to

 

non

volatile

 

memory.

 

 

Other

 

features

 

may

 

be

 

added

 

via

 

firmware

 

updates

 

at

 

a

 

later

 

time.

 

This

 

information

 

is

 

current

 

as

 

of

 

2014/02/17

 

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