Dataliner replacment

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• May 26, 2010

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We have an A/B Dataliner DL30 that has bit the dust. It was connected to a Siemens S5 Plc output card. Is there any Quick replacements I Can replace it with that I can just type the messages into and it display them according to the binary output of the plc output card.

 

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• May 26, 2010

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Can you post the complete catalog number of your dead dataliner?

 

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A/b #2706-c21j8

 

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You could find a refurbished unit somewhere or upgrade to an AB InView unit.

 

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Have you looked at EZ-Automation? They have a large selection of Marquees.

 

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Vorne Industries makes vacuum flourescent displays that have similar functionality to the Dataliners. They're not cheap, but less than a/b, and can usually be set up to be a "wire for wire" replacement.

Look at the 2100 series

Their software is very easy to use and gives you some scripting power to do a whole lot more than the dataliner can do if you choose. I used these to replace DL40s about ten years ago, and it looks like it's still a strongly supported product.

 

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Okie, these do look identical to the old AB DataLiners. I guess people are still using these things. Good to know!

 

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They are not drop in replacements mechanically, but they do have 24vdc and 120vdc power and both serial and parallel input options like the dataliners. They also have a built in 232 to 422 converter so you can daisy chain a bunch of them off of one PLC RS232 port and address them all independently with the header in your ASCII commands.