I've updated the driver to include your changes.darkaz: I sent source code changes to ralphy yesterday. It fixes the contrast issues and adds ability to turn off the display or display the built-in clock (selected by the backlight control)... but that was before the driver was committed to SVN by JoeDalton... i've attached and updated version of the committed file here (obviously... remove the .txt 8-} )...
The DoWork method in ExternalDisplay.cs has some code to determine the current MP status, but is limited. Unless MCE, MP does not have a status that indicates in what module the user is navigating...I've already got code for icon control in the LCDsmartie driver, and the GBPVR driver... I haven't yet determined how I can determine the system status in MediaPortal... any ideas??