MAX7219 is only compatible with cc(common cathode type) 7-segment display devices.
The 8-bit cc-code for digit 2 is : 0101 1011 = 5B?
I have installed the current setting resistor which is 9.9k (recommended value is 9.53 k).
Pattern for 2 is 0110 1101.
How have you got this pattern? It is for 2 or 5? It is for cc- or ca-device? Which bit is the MS-bit?
Now, I see, you have got it from the following table of the data sheets. I could not even think that the bit pattern could be so reversed! Thanks+.
The normal cc-code for 2 : 101 1011 (without point)
Reverse the order (no-decode mode), we get: 1101 101 (without point)
Now, place the point (1=ON, 0= OFF), we get: 01101101 ---> 0110 1101 = 0x6D