Rockwell Automation 2706 DL40 HARDWARE USER MANUAL - Manual (Page 75)

Chapter 7
Messages
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Acknowledge message
Enabling this attribute will instruct the DL40 message display to hold the
message until you press the
[MSG ACK] button on the front of the DL40
display. The next message will be displayed only after the [MSG ACK]
button has been pushed.
Note: We recommend that you enable message queueing when using
Acknowledge msg attribute.
Type [Y][
↵
] to activate or [N][
↵
] to deactivate.
Notes on Using Message Attributes
•
If the defaults are changed, changes will apply only to messages created
after that change.
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To change the Message Attributes of a single existing message, use the
[CTRL][A] editing function.
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Some message attributes can be entered only via the Offline Programming
Software. They include:
– Slave Message Color
– Slave Message Length
– Echo Relay to Slave
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Characters from the Extended ASCII Character Set can only be entered
via the Offline Programming Software. See Appendix A.
•
Refer to the Dataliner DL40 Series Offline Programming Software User
Manual (Publication 2706–808) for additional information.
The Onboard Editor allows you to control a number of options from the
keyboard.
With the Onboard Editor you can:
•
select the Run Mode
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determine where and how new messages are displayed
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specify a message to AutoRun
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specify a background message
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set Special Message numbering to begin at 01 or 900
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enable or disable message queueing
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control the time display format
To modify Options:
1. enter the Onboard editor with [CTRL][X]
Options