Method and apparatus for a display module control system

A method of operating a display module, the method comprising:

• determining, in a backlight controller module, one of a failed status or an operating status of an ambient light sensor of the display module;
• upon determining the failed status;
• receiving a replacement ambient light operational status signal including data sensed by the ambient light sensor and at least one of physical location data of the ambient light sensor and orientation data of the ambient light sensor, at a network interface operably coupled to the backlight controller module;
• publishing, by the backlight controller module, the replacement ambient light operational status signal to the network interface, wherein the publishing includes at least one of comparing a physical location of the display module having the failed ambient light sensor with a physical location of another ambient light sensor, or comparing the orientation of the display module having the failed ambient light sensor with an orientation of another ambient light sensor;
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• illuminating, via the backlight controller module, a backlight illuminator of the display module in accordance with the received replacement ambient light operational status signal;
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• upon determining the operating status, publishing, by the backlight controller module, the operating status of the ambient light sensor to a network by way of the network interface and illuminating the backlight illuminator in accordance with ambient light data generated by the ambient light sensor.