Ew, then no.
I know nothing about hardware, and would prefer a 'remote' display, even if it is something as simple as this, to be plug-n-play. (RS232, power.)

I really like the communication style, tho, it's a puzzle, and makes me want to see if I can get it down to a logical state for a program... (And I think the manual may be wrong on the 2 stop bits - it's a very poor document, reading it now.)

I'm impressed that most of everything is handled in the display's flash programme, allowing hi-end programming and nice updates as the display's flash evolves. (Including turning on and off the diaply remotely, and fast drawing of VU meters by telling the display the values for the meters, and letting the display handle the drawing of graphics.) What I don't like is the fact that the maual's written poorly and mixes internal DMP3 commands with serial line communications. (Did I mention the manual's written poorly?)

Me.