Rockwell Automation 2706-DXX Dataliner Message Display DL5 Series - Manual (Page 40)

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4-4 Reviewing and Editing Messages
Back One Message Block [Ctrl] [K]
This command moves the cursor one message block towards the beginning
of the message. If the cursor is already at the first message block in the
message, the DL5 will ignore the command. You select the back one
message block command by pressing the [Ctrl] and [K] keys.
Deleting a Character You can delete a character by typing in a new character directly over the old
character. If you want to delete a character and replace it with a blank
space, use the [SPACE] key.
You can delete an entire message block by pressing the [SPACE] key
repeatedly until all of the characters are replaced with blank spaces.
However, the message block will not be deleted from memory.
Deleting a Message Block You can delete an entire block of a message by pressing the [Ctrl] and [D]
keys. The delete message block command will delete all 16 characters in a
message block. After you delete a message block, the DL5 will then display
one of three items:
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If you deleted the first message block in a multiple block message, the
DL5 will display the second block of the message.
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If you deleted any message block, other than the first message block in a
multiple block message, the DL5 will display the previous message
block.
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If you deleted the only message block in a single block message, the
entire message is deleted and the DL5 will display the EDIT? prompt.
For example, assume that the DL5 contains the following message which is
stored in three separate message blocks:
Assume the cursor is positioned at the first character in the second message
block. The DL5 display will appear like this:
If the [Ctrl] and [D] keys are now pressed, the message block RESERVOIR
TANK will be deleted. The message now contains just two message blocks:
The DL5 displays the message block that was preceding the deleted
message block:
PRESSURE IN RESERVOIR TANK IS NORMAL
*ESERVOIR TANK
PRESSURE IN IS NORMAL
*RESSURE IN