{"id":2897,"date":"2025-04-17T04:55:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T04:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webprojects.cloud\/wordpress\/splatco\/?post_type=spl_knowledgebase&#038;p=2897"},"modified":"2025-06-10T13:31:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T13:31:15","slug":"oblcd_text-message","status":"publish","type":"spl_knowledgebase","link":"https:\/\/webprojects.cloud\/wordpress\/splatco\/knowledgebase\/programming-reference\/instructions-arranged-by-function\/onboard-lcd-oblcd-instructions\/oblcd_text-message\/","title":{"rendered":"OBLCD_Text &#8220;Message&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This instruction displays the specified byte string on the LCD starting at the current cursor position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The string argument may consist of a series of mixed strings (quoted) and byte constants separated by commas. 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