Created Date: August 08,2003

Created by: KPrice

donchin,

We have looked into this also. We finally wound up using the DV-1000, which is working out perfectly. Using 7-segment LED displays, or even using displays with BCD inputs uses way too many PLC outputs. Newark Electronics (www.newark.com) carries a number of these units and also Red Lion Controls (www.redlion-controls.com) and others. The displays with ASCII input were 2-3 times the cost of the DV-1000. Another option you could look at would be a rate display panel meter that uses frequency input. This would require a DC output and some programming. Hope this helps.

Created Date: August 09,2003

Created by: donchin

Thanks for the info. You 're right, going directly to the seven segment output is a lot of I/O, not to mention a lot of wires. The DV-1000 does look like a very nice device and quite inexpensive. I looked at a couple of these displays before: the LCD display just isn't as visible as an LED. I think they are pretty good if you 're a few feet away, but not more than 5 to 6 feet, unless you 've got really good eyes. We need to accomodate a wide range of users in a slightly dimmed environment.

I 've just came across the RD4/6 displays from Newport:

http://www.newportus.com/i/RemoteD.htm

These are also sold by Omega:

http://www.omega.com/iseries/RemoteD.htm

Has anyone used these before with a PLC? The manual is pretty scant, but it looks like it accepts ASCII over RS-485. The DL06 is good at outputting ASCII, isn't it?

Created Date: August 06,2003

Created by: donchin

I'm looking for a small 3 digit numeric LED display that can be driven by a DL06. An earlier post mentioned displays from Adaptive Microsystems, but these are too large. There are various LCD displays, but they just aren't as visible as an LED display. Right now, I am using a LED digital panel voltmeter driven by analog output from the DL06. There's got to be an all digital answer! Anybody have an suggestions? Thanks in advance.