Rockwell Automation 2706-F11J_F11JC_F21J_F21JC DL50 INSTALLATION MANUAL - Manual (Page 73)

Chapter 6
Slave Mode Operation / Examples
6–9
Table 6.B
DL40 Application Hints for using a DL40 as host
Displaying 2.1 Inch (53.3 mm) Characters
DL40 Message Type How Message Appears On DL50 DL50/DL40 Application Notes
“Line 1 Only”or “Line 2 Only” message  20
characters on the DL40
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.
DL40: Line Used Attribute.
“Line 1 Only”or “Line 2 Only” message > 20
characters on the DL40 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.
DL40: Line Used Attribute.
“All Lines” message on the DL40.
Do not send message to a DL50 in Auto-Select
mode. DL50: 2.1 Inch characters
DL40: 2 or 4 line displays.
Scrolling message on a DL40.
Also scrolls on a DL50, but the scroll rate is slower
than the DL40 wait time (in 0.1 seconds). DL50: Scroll message.
DL40: Scroll message and wait time attributes.
DL40 message contains characters that blink.
The same characters will blink on a DL50. It is
possible to scroll a message with blinking
characters. DL50: Blinking characters.
DL40: Blinking (<CTRL>B) characters in
message and scrolling messages.
Energize slave (DL50) relay.
DL50 relay is energized until another message is
received with the slave relay attribute set to off. DL 50: Turn on relay.
DL40: Energize slave relay attribute.
Control DL50 Tri-Color Display Colors Each message can be Red, Green or Amber.
DL40: Set slave Message Color attribute..
DL50: Displays red, green, or amber text.
➀Uses the 20 characters on the left half of Catalog No. 2706-F21J, -F21JC.
Displaying 4.8 Inch (121.9 mm) Characters
DL40 Message Type How Message Appears On DL50 DL50/DL40 Application Notes
“Line 1 Only” message  20 characters on the
DL40.
Message appears on DL50 with up to 20
characters.➁ DL50: 4.8 Inch characters.
DL40: Line Used Attribute, Wait Time Attribute
“Line 1 Only” message > 20 characters on the
DL40.
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.
DL40: Line Used Attribute, Wait Time Attribute
“All Lines” message on a 2 or 4 line DL40.
Do not send message to a DL50 in
Auto-Select mode. DL50: 2.1 inch characters
DL40: 2 or 4 line displays
Scrolling message on a DL40.
Catalog No. 2706-F21J: Also scrolls, but the scroll
rate is slower than the DL40 wait time (in .1
seconds).
Catalog No. 2706-F11J: Do not use the DL40 scroll
mode attribute.➁
DL50: Scroll message
DL40: Scroll message and wait time attributes.
DL40 message contains characters that blink. The same characters will blink on a DL50.
DL50: Flash messages
DL40: “Flash” attribute and scroll message
attribute.
Energize slave (DL50) relay.
DL50 relay is energized until another message is
received with the slave relay attribute set to off. DL 50: Turn on relay.
DL40: Energize slave relay attribute.
Control DL50 Tri-Color Display Colors Each message can be Red, Green or Amber.
DL40: Set slave Message Color attribute.
DL50: Displays red, green, or amber text.
➁ Catalog No. 2706-F11J, -F11JC scrolls 20 character segments from right to left, 10 characters at a time.