Rockwell Automation 2706 DL20 SERIES G USER MANUAL - Manual (Page 30)

Chapter 4
Creating and Editing Messages
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Line-Scroll Mode
If you do not select ALL LINES, but choose to have a message displayed on
one line only, you will be asked to select line or scroll mode:
SCROLL? N
At this point, you must decide whether the message is to be a line mode
message or a scroll mode message.
Scroll Mode
Select scroll mode to scroll a message across the display one character at a
time. Characters enter from the right of the display and exit on the left.
Line Mode
Line mode displays messages one line at a time. Messages are broken into
lines of 20 characters or less and displayed one line at a time. The lines are
automatically centered in the display. For example, the message “This is a
line mode display.” would be displayed like this:
This is a line mode
display.
Remember, messages displayed on all lines of a two or four line display can
be line mode messages only, and you will not be prompted for SCROLL?
Printing Messages
The next attribute prompt allows you to send the message to the printer when
it is triggered:
PRINT MSG? N
If you answer Yes, this message prints every time it is triggered. Any
variables within the message along with the date and time are also printed.
Specifying
Message Attributes