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DESCRIPTION
The Alphanumeric Display Intelligent (ADI) unit is a simple-to-use, yet
versatile and powerful message center. The broad flexibility and functionality of
the ADI make it particularly adaptable to a wide variety of applications,
including:
Display and Monitoring of Measured Values
Indication of Warning, Error, and Alarm Conditions
Monitoring of Manufacturing Processes
Display of Machine Start-Up and Operation Procedures
The ADI is capable of storing and displaying up to 256 separate messages. A
message can contain up to 250 characters of text and can display any of the 153
customizable characters, including the standard 96 character ASCII set.
Individual lines of the message text can be programmed to scroll in a block or
character fashion. Individual characters, blocks, and lines of text can be
programmed to blink.
The ADI can assemble and transmit message text to one or more Message
Display Slave (MDS) units for remote display of messages. For interfacing with