New to arduino need help with 2 line lcd display

Evening all

I am new here and not worked with Arduino before so just after some general advice to get me of the ground.

The project:

I am wanting to use Arduino in a project that I am working on and would like help in coding.
I have a 2line lcd with iic board connected and want the information to read when mechanical switches are operated I.E.
n/o switch, open for "system ok" displayed and when closed "System activated"

I will be looking to add various components in the future like sms alerts when activated etc but for now I just want the screen to display what is happening.

I would really appreciate if any one has any basic coding that I could use to help me out?

Thank you in advance. :slight_smile:

Look at the examples that come with the library for the I2C LCD (start e.g. with a simple "hello world").
Look at examples (that come with the IDE) how to read buttons and take action based on that.