Exactly!

Nevermind, I figured out a way to do it

Just set the backlight to off, first thing when the app starts up, so I have a known "good state".

DuH! It's so simple, wonder why I didn't think of that before....

Well, I am writing some C++ code to communicate with the unit and I am writing a ToggleBacklight() function.

Now, if the user only uses my software to "talk" to the LCD, then there is no problem, but assume that he/she has used some other app and that app has turned on the LCD backlight. Now when ...

Thanks.

Is there any intention of adding these features for any future models?

LCDMan.

Is there any way to query the unit to:

a. Determine if the backlight is currently on/off.
b. Read the 40 characters stored as the startup/bootup screen.

Thanks,
LCDMan.