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## About the display
- Resolution: 352x160=56,320 pixels
- Pixels are grouped into 44x20=880 tiles (8x8=64 pixels each)
- Smallest addressable unit: row of pixels inside of a tile (8 pixels = 1 byte)
- The brightness can only be set per tile
- Screen content can be changed using a simple UDP protocol
- Between each row of tiles, there is a gap of around 4 pixels size. This gap changes the aspect ratio of the display.
### Binary format
A UDP package sent to the display has a header size of 10 bytes.
Each header value has a size of two bytes (unsigned 16 bit integer).
Depending on the command, there can be a payload following the header.
The commands are implemented in DisplayCommands.
To change screen contents, these commands are the most relevant:
1. Clear screen
- command: `0x0002`
- (rest does not matter)
2. Send CP437 data: render specified text into rectangular region
- command: `0x0003`
- top left tile x
- top left tile y
- width in tiles
- height in tiles
- payload: (width in tiles * height in tiles) bytes
- 1 byte = 1 character
- each character is rendered into one tile (mono-spaced)
- characters are encoded using code page 437
3. Send bitmap window: set pixel states for a rectangular region
- command: `0x0013`
- top left tile x
- top left _pixel_ y
- width in tiles
- height in _pixels_
- payload: (width in tiles * height in pixels) bytes
- network byte order
- 1 bit = 1 pixel
There are other commands implemented as well, e.g. for changing the brightness.
## What happened to servicepoint2?
After `servicepoint2` has been merged into `servicepoint`, `servicepoint2` will not continue to get any updates.

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# About the display
- Resolution: 352x160=56,320 pixels
- Pixels are grouped into 44x20=880 tiles (8x8=64 pixels each)
- Smallest addressable unit: row of pixels inside of a tile (8 pixels = 1 byte)
- The brightness can only be set per tile
- Screen content can be changed using a simple UDP protocol
- Between each row of tiles, there is a gap of around 4 pixels size. This gap changes the aspect ratio of the display.
### Binary format
A UDP package sent to the display has a header size of 10 bytes.
Each header value has a size of two bytes (unsigned 16 bit integer).
Depending on the command, there can be a payload following the header.
To change screen contents, these commands are the most relevant:
1. Clear screen
- command: `0x0002`
- (rest does not matter)
2. Send CP437 data: render specified text into rectangular region
- command: `0x0003`
- top left tile x
- top left tile y
- width in tiles
- height in tiles
- payload: (width in tiles * height in tiles) bytes
- 1 byte = 1 character
- each character is rendered into one tile (mono-spaced)
- characters are encoded using code page 437
3. Send bitmap window: set pixel states for a rectangular region
- command: `0x0013`
- top left tile x
- top left _pixel_ y
- width in tiles
- height in _pixels_
- payload: (width in tiles * height in pixels) bytes
- network byte order
- 1 bit = 1 pixel
There are other commands implemented as well, e.g. for changing the brightness.