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[oden the fish]

i have a tower that i want to put 4 monitors to make a "led" sign meant to look like the led signs that most business's have now i want to control it via a wireless computer but i don't know any way to do this.
i only know how to program on a basic level but i would love to see this done

[newcat]

You mean like a scrolling text? So you want to have one computer on which you can configure the text and another which controls the display ans these should communicate via rednet?

[oden the fish]

yea scrolling text
but i did make a mistake

oden the fish, on 12 June 2014 - 10:58 AM, said:

i want to control it via a wireless computer

i meant a wireless pocket computer but if i have to ill use a normal advanced computer if i have to

[KingofGamesYami]

Yeah, you're going to have to use a normal computer, same color as the monitor you're using. See Lyqyd's response below.
Here are some things you might use:

mon = peripheral.wrap( "side" ) --#wrap the monitor
mon.write( "text" ) --#writes text on the monitor
mon.setTextScale( 5 ) --#set the monitor text to the maximum size (5)
mon.clear() --#clears the monitor
mon.getSize()  --#gets the length and width of the monitor, in characters (thus, it will give different results depending on the current text scale)
mon.setCursorPos( 1, 1 ) --#sets the cursor position to the numbers specified ( x, y )

Some other things you might be interested in:

term.redirect( mon ) --#redirects the terminal, allowing you to use the print( "text" ) command on the monitor
while true do --#an infinite loop.

If you have any questions on this stuff, the wiki is pretty helpful. If you still have questions, don't hesitate to ask.

Edited by AliquotMesozoic, 13 June 2014 - 02:44 PM.
Added strikeout to correct invalid info

[Lyqyd]

You don't have to use a specific type of computer with either type of monitor. You can use any combination you like, advanced or normal monitor with advanced or normal turtle or computer.

[oden the fish]

sorry it took so long to reply but i will try these thank you for your help