* Class constructor - arbitrary output pins. * * Instantiate a new instance of the class. The parameters passed are used to * connect the sof

* Add a user defined character to the replacement list for all zones. * * Add a replacement characters to the user defined list. The character d

* Initialize the object. * * Initialize the object data. This needs to be called during setup() to initialize new * data for the class that c

* Delete a user defined character to the replacement list for all zones. * * Delete a reference to a replacement character in the user defined l

* Clear the display. * * Clear all the zones in the current display. */

* Reset the current animation to restart for all zones. * * This method is used to reset all the zone animations an animation back to the start

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* Shutdown or restart display hardware. * * Shutdown the display hardware to a low power state. The display will * be blank during the shutdown.

* Suspend or resume display updates. * * Stop the current display animation. When pausing it leaves the * display showing the current text. Resu

* Easy start for a non-scrolling text display. * * This method is a convenient way to set up a static text display. All the data * necessary

* Get the inter-character spacing in columns. * * \return the current setting for the space between characters in columns. Assumes one zone only

* Get the start and end column numbers for the whole display. * * Returns the start and end column numbers for the matrix display. * This retain

* Get the display font for specified zone. * * Get the current font table pointer for the specified zone. * * \param z specified zone.

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* Get the current display intensity. * * See the setIntensity() method. * * \return the intensity setting (0-15). Assumes one zone only.

* Get the current display invert state. * * See the setInvert() method. * * \return true if the display is inverted. Assumes one zone only

* Get the current pause time. * * See the setPause() method. Assumes one zone only. * * \return the pause value in milliseconds. */

* Get the horizontal scrolling spacing. * * See the setScrollSpacing() method. Assumes one zone only * * \return the speed value. */

* Get the current IN animation speed. * * See the setSpeed() method. Assumes one zone only * * \return the speed value. */

* Get the current IN animation speed for the specified zone. * * See the setSpeed() method. * * \param z zone number. * \return the I

* Get the current OUT animation speed for the specified zone. * * See the setSpeed() method. * * \param z zone number. * \return the

* Get the current text alignment specification. * * Assumes one zone only. * * \return the current text alignment setting. */

* Get the text width in columns * Evaluate the width in column for the text string *p as the sum of all * the characters and the space between

* Get the start and end column numbers for the text displayed. * * Returns the start and end column numbers for the text displayed in zone 0. *

* Get the module limits for a zone. * * Once a zone has been defined, this method will return the * start and end module that were defined f

* Get the value of specified display effect. * * The display effect is one of the zoneEffect_t types. The returned value will be * true if th

* Get the completion status for a zone. * * This method is to determine which zone has completed when displayAnimate() * has returned a compl

* Check if animation frame has advanced. * * Check if the last call to animate() resulted in the animation frame advancing by * one or more fram

* Set the inter-character spacing in columns for all zones. * * Set the number of blank columns between characters when they are displayed. *

* Set the display brightness for all the zones. * * Set the intensity (brightness) of the display. * * \param intensity the intensity to s

* Invert the display in all the zones. * * Set the display to inverted (ON LED turns OFF and vice versa). * * \param invert true for inve

* Set the pause between ENTER and EXIT animations for all zones. * * Between each entry and exit, the library will pause by the number of millis

* Set the horizontal scrolling distance between messages for all the zones. * * When scrolling horizontally, the distance between the end of one

* Set identical IN and OUT animation frame speed for all zones. * * The speed of the display is the 'tick' time between animation frames. The lo

* Set separate IN and OUT animation frame speed for all zones. * * The speed of the display is the 'tick' time between animation frames. The low

* Set data for user sprite effects (single zone). * * This method is used to set up user data needed so that the library can * display the sprit

* Set the text alignment for all zones. * * Text alignment is specified as one of the values in textPosition_t. * * \param ta the require

* Set the pointer to the text buffer. * * Sets the text buffer to be a pointer to user data. The library does not allocate * any memory for t

* Set the entry and exit text effects for all zones. * * The 'in' and 'out' text effects are specified using the textEffect_t enumerated * ty