Feature DL230 DL240 DL250–1 DL260
Total Program memory (words)
2.4K 3.8K 14.8K 30.4K
Ladder memory (words)
2048 2560 7680 (Flash) 15872 (Flash)
V-memory (words)
256 1024 7168 14592
Non-volatile V Memory (words)
128 256 No No
Boolean execution /K
4–6 ms 10–12 ms 1.9ms 1.9ms
RLL and RLL
PLUS
Programming
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Handheld programmer
Yes Yes Yes Yes
DirectSOFT programming for Windows.
Yes Yes Yes
Yes (requires
version 4.0 or
higher)
Built-in communication ports
One RS–232 Two RS–232
One RS–232
One RS–232 or
RS–422
One RS–232
One RS–232,
RS–422 or RS–485
EEPROM
Standard on CPU Standard on CPU Flash Flash
Total CPU memory I/O points available
256 (X,Y,CR) 896 (X,Y,CR) 2048 (X,Y,CR)
8192
(X,Y,CR,GX,GY)
Local I/O points available
256 256 256 256
Local Expansion I/O points (including
local I/O and expansion I/O points)
N/A N/A
768 (2 exp. bases
max.)
1280 (4 exp. bases
max.)
Serial Remote I/O points (including
local I/O and expansion I/O points)
N/A 896 2048 8192
Serial Remote I/O Channels
N/A 2 8 8
Max Number of Serial Remote Slaves
N/A 7 Remote / 31 Slice 7 Remote / 31 Slice 7 Remote / 31 Slice
Ethernet Remote I/O Discrete points
N/A 896 2048 8192
Ethernet Remote I/O Analog I/O
channels
N/A Map into V–memory Map into V–memory Map into V–memory
Ethernet Remote I/O channels
N/A
limited by power
budget
limited by power
budget
limited by power
budget
Max Number of Ethernet slaves per
channel
N/A 16 16 16
I/O points per Remote channel
N/A
16,384 (limited to
896 by CPU)
16,384 (16 fully
expanded H4–EBC
slaves using
V–memory and
bit–of–word
instructions)
16,384 (16 fully
expanded H4–EBC
slaves using
V–memory and
bit–of–word
instructions
I/O Module Point Density
4/8/12/16/32 4/8/12/16/32 4/8/12/16/32 4/8/12/16/32
Slots per Base
3/4/6/9 3/4/6/9 3/4/6/9 3/4/6/9
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