Rockwell Automation 2706-F11J_F11JC_F21J_F21JC DL50 INSTALLATION MANUAL - Manual (Page 71)

Chapter 6
Slave Mode Operation / Examples
6–7
Table 6.A
Application Hints for using a DL20 as host
Displaying 2.1 Inch (53.3 mm) Characters
DL20 Message Type How Message Appears On DL50 DL50/DL20 Application Notes
“Line 1 Only”or “Line 2 Only” message  20
characters on the DL20
Message appears as a Line 1 or Line 2 message on the DL50
with up to 20 characters.➀ DL50: 2.1 Inch characters or auto-select.
DL20: Line used attribute.
“Line 1 Only”or “Line 2 Only” message > 20
characters on the DL20 Message appears as a Line 1 or Line 2 message on the DL50
in segments of up to 20 characters each.➀ DL50: 2.1 Inch characters or auto-select
DL20: Line used attribute.
“All Lines” message on a 4 line DL20. Do not send message to a DL50 in Auto-Select mode.
DL50: 2.1 Inch characters.
DL20: Line used attribute.
Scrolling message on a DL20.
Also scrolls on a DL50, but the scroll rate is slower than the
DL20 wait time (in .1 seconds). DL50: Scroll message.
DL20: Scroll message and wait time attributes.
Flashing message on a DL20.
Also flashes on a DL50. A scrolling message is not displayed
as flashing
DL50: Flash messages.
DL20: Flash attribute and scroll message
attribute.
➀ Uses the 20 characters on the left half of Catalog No. 2706-F21J, -F21JC.
Displaying 4.8 Inch (121.9 mm) Characters
DL20 Message Type How Message Appears On DL50 DL50/DL20 Application Notes
“Line 1 Only” message  20 characters on
the DL20.
Message appears on DL50 with up to 20 characters.➁
DL50: 4.8 Inch characters.
DL20: Line used attribute, wait time attribute.
“Line 1 Only” message > 20 characters on the
DL20.
Message appears as a Line 1 or Line 2 message on the DL50
in segments of up to 20 characters each.➁
For Catalog No. 2706-F11J, wait time = 4 is recommended.
DL50: 4.8 Inch characters, auto-select mode.
DL20: Line used attribute, wait time attribute.
“All Lines” message on a 4 line DL20.
Do not send message to a DL50 in Auto-Select or large text
mode.
2.1 inch characters only, see above.
“All Lines” message on a 2 line DL20. Do not send message to a DL50 in large text mode.
Scrolling message on a DL20.
Catalog No. 2706-F21J: Also scrolls, but the scroll rate is
slower than the DL20 wait time (in .1 seconds).
Catalog No. 2706-F11J: Do not use the DL20 scroll mode
attribute.➁
DL50: Scroll message.
DL20: Scroll message and wait time attributes.
Flashing message on a DL20.
Also flashes on a DL50. A message with the scroll attribute set
will not be displayed as flashing.
DL50: Flash messages.
DL20: Flash attribute and scroll message
attribute.
➁ Catalog No. 2706-F11J, -F11JC scrolls 20 character segments from right to left, 10 characters at a time.