Rockwell Automation 2706-LV2P_LV2R_LV4P_LV4R DL40 PLUS USER MANUAL - Manual (Page 9)

Using this Manual P–3
Publication 2706-6.1
The Dataliner DL40 Plus Message Displays are the next generation
of Allen–Bradley message displays, replacing the older Dataliner
DL40, DL20, and DL10 Series Message Displays.
Software Enhancements
The Dataliner DL40 Plus is a superset of the Dataliner DL40 Series
Message Display, providing additional functionality:
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Increased user application memory of 128K in all units
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Real-time clock with full year 2000 compliance
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RS–232 message triggering, serial ASCII protocol
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RS-232 point-to-point slave display communications
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Direct connectivity to PLC and SLC Channel 0 ports
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Concurrent RS-232 and RS-485 communications
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RS-232 auto–wakeup for offline programming
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Full 16K historical event stack, data logging memory
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Enhanced slave message display application support
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Power fail recovery during message editing
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3 character sets: English, Cyrillic and International (ISO 8859-1)
Hardware Enhancements
The new hardware of the DL40 Plus offers these benefits:
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Catalog number reductions: 20+ to 6 catalog listings
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Flash memory: increases user memory to 128K in all units
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New VFD display: brighter Vacuum Fluorescent Display with
adjustable brightness from 0 to 100%
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Real-time clock: Y2K compliant with replaceable battery
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Isolated I/O ports: optically isolated RS-232, RS-485, Parallel
port and IBM PC Keyboard port.
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Power supply upgrade: IEC 1131-2 compliant design
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Integral fuse: common for 120 or 240 VAC installations
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Reliability improvements with reduced electronic components
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Increased panel mount stud lengths: 0.5 to .625 inches
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Panel depth reduction: 4.53 to 3.00 inches
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Weight reduction: 7.3 to 3.7 lbs (2-line display) and 8.9 to 4.9 lbs
(4-line display)
Enhanced Features
of the DL40 Plus Message
Displays