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light_segment_displays:

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The platform_settings: of your segment_displays section is where you map segment displays to lights when using the light segment displays platform.

Optional settings

The following sections are optional in the light_segment_displays: section of your config. (If you don't include them, the default will be used).

display_flash_duty:

Single value, type: number (will be converted to floating point). Default: 0.5

For 7segment your segments are: a, b, c, d, e, f, g and dp (see: 7-Segment Displays in Wikipedia for details) For BCD your segments are: x0, x1, x2, x3 and dp (see: Binary Coded Decimal in Wikipedia for details) For 14segment your segments are: l, m, n, k, j, h, g2, g1, f, e, d, c, b, a and dp (see: 14 Segment Displays in Wikipedia for details) For 16segment your segments are: u, t, s, r, p, n, m, k, h, g, f, e, d, c, b, a and dp (see: 16 Segment Displays in Wikipedia for details)

dp is an optional decimal point per display.

display_flash_frequency:

Single value, type: number (will be converted to floating point). Default: 1.0

How fast should the displays flash? Defaults to once per second or 1Hz.

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