diff --git a/src/controller.py b/src/controller.py
index c5fbbfb..03f5fb0 100644
--- a/src/controller.py
+++ b/src/controller.py
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ __TOPIC_SCROLL_INTERVAL__ = "scrollinterval"
 __TOPIC_TEXT_STATIC__ = "textstatic"
 __TOPIC_TEXT_ONCE__ = "textonce"
 __TOPIC_TEXT_SCROLL__ = "textscroll"
-__TOPIC_TEXT_SCROLL_REPEAT__ = "textscrollrepeat"
-__TOPIC_TEXT_SCROLL_LR__ = "textscrolllr"
+__TOPIC_TEXT_MARQUEE__ = "textmarquee"
+__TOPIC_TEXT_PAN__ = "textpan"
 
 NUMDIGITS = 8
 
@@ -20,21 +20,25 @@ class Mode(Enum):
 	STATIC = 1 #show text constantly. may cut digits
 	ONCE = 3 #show once for some time
 	SCROLL = 2 #scroll thorugh once
-	SCROLL_LR = 4 #scroll back and forth
-	SCROLL_REPEAT = 5
+	PAN = 4 #scroll back and forth
+	MARQUEE = 5
 
 class Controller:
 	connected = False
 	displayL = None
 	displayR = None
-	last_scrollupdate = 0
-	mode = Mode.STATIC
+	
+	
 
 	def __init__(self, base_topic, mqtt_host, mqtt_port = 1883):
 
 		self.scroll_interval = 0.25
-		self.text = "    "
+		self.text = "        "
+		self.text_last = ""
 		self.poscount = 0
+		self.last_scrollupdate = 0
+		self.mode = Mode.STATIC
+		
 		
 		# Create the I2C interface.
 		self.i2c = busio.I2C(board.SCL, board.SDA)
@@ -90,61 +94,98 @@ class Controller:
 			else:
 				print("error not >0.0: ", val)
 		
+		if message.topic.endswith(__TOPIC_TEXT_STATIC__ + "/set"):
+			self.mode = Mode.STATIC
+			self.text = msg.ljust(NUMDIGITS)
+			print("changed text to ", self.text)
+			self.mqtt.publish(self.topic + "/" + __TOPIC_TEXT_STATIC__, self.text, 1 )
 		
-		if message.topic.endswith(__TOPIC_TEXT_SCROLL_REPEAT__ + "/set"):
-			self.mode = Mode.SCROLL_REPEAT
+		if message.topic.endswith(__TOPIC_TEXT_MARQUEE__ + "/set"):
+			self.mode = Mode.MARQUEE
 			self.poscount = 0 #start at beginning of new text
 			self.text = msg
-			if len(self.text)==0:
-				self.text="    "
+			for i in range(NUMDIGITS):
+				self.text = " "+self.text+" " #add spaces left and right for marquee to enter and leave the full frame
 			print("changed text to ", self.text)
-			self.mqtt.publish(self.topic + "/" + __TOPIC_TEXT_SCROLL_REPEAT__, self.text, 1 )
+			self.mqtt.publish(self.topic + "/" + __TOPIC_TEXT_MARQUEE__, self.text, 1 )
 			
-		if message.topic.endswith(__TOPIC_TEXT_SCROLL_LR__ + "/set"):
-			self.mode = Mode.SCROLL_LR
+		if message.topic.endswith(__TOPIC_TEXT_PAN__ + "/set"):
+			self.mode = Mode.PAN
 			self.poscount = 0 #start at beginning of new text
 			self.text = msg
-			if len(self.text)==0:
-				self.text="    "
+			for i in range(int(NUMDIGITS/4)):
+				self.text = " "+self.text+" " #add spaces left and right for marquee to enter and leave the full frame
 			print("changed text to ", self.text)
-			self.mqtt.publish(self.topic + "/" + __TOPIC_TEXT_SCROLL_LR__, self.text, 1 )
+			self.mqtt.publish(self.topic + "/" + __TOPIC_TEXT_PAN__, self.text, 1 )
 
 
 	def on_connect(self, client, userdata, flags, rc):
 		print("Connected to MQTT Broker")
 		self.mqtt.subscribe(self.topic + "/#")
 		self.connected = True
+		
+	def writeSegment(self, _digit, _char, clear=False):
+		if _digit>=0 and _digit<4:
+			if clear:
+				self.displayL[_digit]=' '
+			self.displayL[_digit] = _char
+		elif _digit<8:
+			if clear:
+				self.displayR[_digit-4]=' '
+			self.displayR[_digit-4] = _char
 
-	def displayTextOffset(self, _text, _offset = 0, _wrap=True):
-		while len(_text)<NUMDIGITS:
-			_text+=" "
+	def displayTextOffset(self, _text, _offset = 0):
+		# This function is needed because library print functions only work for a single display module. This function handles the '.' character with its special cases.
+		
+		_text+="        " #append NUMDIGITS spaces at end for when scrolling past end
 			
-		if _wrap:
-			self.displayL[0] = _text[((_offset+0)%len(_text))]
-			self.displayL[1] = _text[((_offset+1)%len(_text))]
-			self.displayL[2] = _text[((_offset+2)%len(_text))]
-			self.displayL[3] = _text[((_offset+3)%len(_text))]
-			self.displayR[0] = _text[((_offset+4)%len(_text))]
-			self.displayR[1] = _text[((_offset+5)%len(_text))]
-			self.displayR[2] = _text[((_offset+6)%len(_text))]
-			self.displayR[3] = _text[((_offset+7)%len(_text))]
-		else:
-			if _offset+0>=0 and _offset+0<len(_text):
-				self.displayL[0] = _text[((_offset+0))]
-			if _offset+1>=0 and _offset+1<len(_text):
-				self.displayL[1] = _text[((_offset+1))]
-			if _offset+2>=0 and _offset+2<len(_text):
-				self.displayL[2] = _text[((_offset+2))]
-			if _offset+3>=0 and _offset+3<len(_text):
-				self.displayL[3] = _text[((_offset+3))]
-			if _offset+4>=0 and _offset+4<len(_text):
-				self.displayR[0] = _text[((_offset+4))]
-			if _offset+5>=0 and _offset+5<len(_text):
-				self.displayR[1] = _text[((_offset+5))]
-			if _offset+6>=0 and _offset+6<len(_text):
-				self.displayR[2] = _text[((_offset+6))]
-			if _offset+7>=0 and _offset+7<len(_text):
-				self.displayR[3] = _text[((_offset+7))]
+		
+			
+		_text=_text[_offset:] #move by offset
+		
+		i=0 #counter for reading pos
+		d=0 #counter for writing segment pos
+		while d<NUMDIGITS and i<len(_text):
+		
+			if _text[i]=='.' and _text[max(0,i-1)]=='.': #is dot and was before (or is at start)
+				self.writeSegment(d,_text[i],True)				
+				d+=1
+				i+=1
+				
+			else:
+				if _text[i]!='.' : #normal char
+					self.writeSegment(d,_text[i])
+					i+=1
+					
+				if i<len(_text):
+					if _text[i]=='.': #dot, but can be appended to last char
+						self.writeSegment(d,_text[i])
+						i+=1
+					
+				d+=1
+				
+	
+	def seglen(self, _text): #len function but optimized for 14-segment display
+		i=0 #counter for reading pos
+		d=0 #counter for writing segment pos
+		while i<len(_text):
+		
+			if _text[i]=='.' and _text[max(0,i-1)]=='.': #is dot and was before (or is at start)		
+				d+=1
+				i+=1
+				
+			else:
+				if _text[i]!='.' : #normal char
+					i+=1
+					
+				if i<len(_text):
+					if _text[i]=='.': #dot, but can be appended to last char
+						i+=1
+					
+				d+=1
+				
+		return d
+		
 
 	def loop_forever(self):
 		run = True
@@ -153,28 +194,33 @@ class Controller:
 			self.mqtt.loop(0.1) #with block timeout
 
 			if self.displayL is not None and self.displayR is not None: #displays initialized
-				if self.mode == Mode.SCROLL_REPEAT:
-					if time.time() > self.last_scrollupdate+self.scroll_interval: #time to update animation
-						self.displayTextOffset(self.text, self.poscount, True)
+			
+				if self.mode == Mode.STATIC:
+					if self.text != self.text_last: #time to update animation
+						self.displayTextOffset(self.text, 0)
+			
+				if self.mode == Mode.MARQUEE:
+					if time.time() > self.last_scrollupdate+self.scroll_interval or self.text != self.text_last: #time to update animation
+						self.displayTextOffset(self.text, self.poscount)
 						
 						self.poscount += 1
-						self.poscount %= len(self.text)
+						self.poscount %= max(1,int(self.seglen(self.text)-NUMDIGITS+1))
 						self.last_scrollupdate = time.time()
 						
-				if self.mode == Mode.SCROLL_LR:
-					if time.time() > self.last_scrollupdate+self.scroll_interval: #time to update animation
+				if self.mode == Mode.PAN:
+					if time.time() > self.last_scrollupdate+self.scroll_interval or self.text != self.text_last: #time to update animation
 						print("pos=", self.poscount)
 						scrolloffset = self.poscount
-						if scrolloffset >= (len(self.text)-NUMDIGITS):
-							scrolloffset = (len(self.text)-NUMDIGITS) - (scrolloffset-(len(self.text)-NUMDIGITS)) #reverse
+						if scrolloffset >= (self.seglen(self.text)-NUMDIGITS):
+							scrolloffset = (self.seglen(self.text)-NUMDIGITS) - (scrolloffset-(self.seglen(self.text)-NUMDIGITS)) #reverse
 						scrolloffset = max(0,scrolloffset) #cap at zero
 						print("scrolloffset=", scrolloffset)
 							
-						self.displayTextOffset(self.text, scrolloffset, False)
+						self.displayTextOffset(self.text, scrolloffset)
 						
 						self.poscount += 1
-						self.poscount %= (len(self.text)-NUMDIGITS)*2 #if poscount over scrollable width means scroll backwards 
+						self.poscount %= (self.seglen(self.text)-NUMDIGITS)*2 #if poscount over scrollable width means scroll backwards 
 						self.last_scrollupdate = time.time()
 
-
-	
+				self.text_last = self.text
+	
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