> - display outputs gibberish characters on lines 1/3 when T2 writes to it. 
 > But I never see gibberish on lines 2/4
 > 


Power up sequence? What Power up sequence?  Ohhhhhhhhh, you mean *that* power 
up sequence.

Fred tells me the following in an email "The LCD has a particular startup 
sequence and this will only be done at the T2 startup."

Whereas, I took the WIKI quite literally "No configuration is necessary. The 
standard Tracker2 firmware will begin using the display automatically. "

So, I just plugged it in, hot.  What a newbie mistake!
  
 > -I put an SPST switch on +5v input (pin 15 on the mono8) and
 > here's the really weird part.  When I turn on the switch, the display and 
 > the backlight LEDs come on.  When I turn off the switch, the LEDS remain on, 
 > but dim down a bit.  
 > 
> 
Bad switch - still delivering +3.9V power in the OFF position

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