This package contains 2 programs mtxorb and lcdwriter

mtxorb initializes the serial line for a Matrix Orbital LCD display
such that you can afterwards use a perl or shell script to
write text to the LCD display.

You need to jumper your LCD to 19200 baud (normally the
default factory setting) to us it with mtxorb.

Installation:
  make
  make install (This will copy the file mtxorb to /usr/bin)
  
  create a soft link called /dev/lcd which points to the
  device to which the LCD display is connected (e.g the first
  com port, COM1 under DOS):
  cd /dev
  ln -s ttyS0 lcd


Platforms:
  This software is written for Linux but will also compile
  on other platforms that use the termios interface. (E.g sun
  solaris).

For help on how to use mtxorb run "mtxorb -h"

copyright: GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE

mtxorb was written by Guido Socher <guido.socher@linuxfocus.org> and is
based on ideas from lcdproc-0.3.3 by William W. Ferrell and Scott Scriven

See http://www.matrix-orbital.com/ for information on available
displays. This software was written and tested with the 
BLC2021 PC-bay insert but should also work with other types.
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This package contains also a little perl script called lcdwriter.
lcdwriter writer shows system information such at uptime, swap usage
and load on the display. In the first line of the display it
writes "Linuxfocus". You can edit the script to display something
else.
