Rockwell Automation 2706 DL40 HARDWARE USER MANUAL - Manual (Page 73)

Chapter 7
Messages
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AutoRepeat
This attribute causes the display to repeat a message continually as long as no
other message is in the queue waiting to run. This attribute only functions if
the DL40 message display is operating in the Message/Variable/Slave or
Message/Variable Run Mode.
This attribute is useful when you need to update variables repeatedly within a
message.
Type [Y][
↵
] to activate or [N][
↵
] to deactivate.
Chain to Message
With this attribute you can link two messages together so that the second
message will run automatically after the
Wait Time has expired. The second
message requires no additional triggering and no special modification of its
attributes to respond. Also, the link is independent of the second message,
which means that the second message can also run independently under other
circumstances.
The second message will have its own attributes, which may be different
from those of the first message. There is no limit to the number of messages
that can be chained together, and messages can be chained to Special
Messages.
Note: The Chain to Msg attribute will be disabled if AutoRepeat is active.
Activate this attribute by entering a valid message number.
Energize Relay
Activating this attribute will display the message and energize the DL40
message display’s alarm relay whenever the message is triggered.
Important: The alarm relay will not de-energize even after the Wait Time
has expired. The relay will de-energize when:
•
a message is run for which the Energize relay attribute is
not activated
•
any Special Message runs
•
the DL40 message display leaves the Run Mode
Important: AutoClear will de-energize the alarm relay only if the message
which is cleared has the Energize relay enabled.