Product Overview
1.4 Comparing the TD Devices
Text Display (TD) User Manual
18 System Manual, 08/2008, A5E00765548-03
1.4 Comparing the TD Devices
Comparing the Text Display Devices
Table 1- 2 Comparing the TD Devices
Feature TD 100C V 1.0 TD 200 V3.0 TD 200C V 1.0 TD400C V 2.0
Text display area 4 lines, up to 64
characters (up to 16
characters per line)
2 lines, up to 40
characters (up to 20
characters per line)
2 lines, up to 40
characters (up to 20
characters per line)
2 lines with large font,
up to 16 Chinese or 32
ASCII characters per
line (up to 8 Chinese
or 16 ASCII characters
per line)
4 lines with small font,
up to 24 ASCII
characters (up to 12
Chinese characters
per line)
Display backlight can
be configured to
extend the life of the
TD400C device
Keypad options User-designed custom
keypad
Standard keypad
Standard keypad User-designed custom
keypad
Standard keypad
User designed custom
keypad
Standard keypad
Configurable buttons Custom keypad: Up to
14 (user-configurable)
Standard keypad: 2
Standard keypad: 4
(Up to 8 when using
SHIFT)
Custom keypad: Up to
20 (user-configurable)
Standard keypad: 4
(up to 8 when using
SHIFT)
Custom keypad: Up to
15 (user configurable)
Standard keypad: 8
(up to 16 when using
SHIFT)
System buttons
(pre-configured)
ENTER, ESC
(Escape), UP, DOWN,
LEFT and RIGHT
arrows, F1, F2
ENTER, ESC
(Escape), SHIFT, UP
and DOWN arrows
ENTER, ESC
(Escape), SHIFT, UP,
DOWN, LEFT, and
RIGHT arrows
ENTER, ESC
(Escape), SHIFT, UP,
DOWN, LEFT, and
RIGHT arrows
User-defined menus
and user screens
Maximum of 32
screens
Up to 4 user menus,
with up to 8 screens
per user menu
Maximum of 64
screens
Up to 8 user menus,
with up to 8 screens
per user menu
Maximum of 64
screens
Up to 8 user menus
with up to 8 screens
per user menu
Maximum of 64
screens
Up to 8 user menus
with up to 8 screens
per user menu
Alarms (from the
S7-200 CPU)
Up to 40 alarm
messages
Up to 80 alarm
messages
Up to 80 alarm
messages
Up to 80 alarm
messages
Alarm indicator (icon) Yes Yes Yes Yes
Variable embedded in
an alarm or screen
1 per line
(1 for one-line alarms;
2 for two-line alarms, 4
for a screen)
Up to 6 variables per
alarm or screen
Up to 6 variables per
alarm or screen
Up to 6 variables per
alarm or screen
Icons (graphics)
embedded in a
message
No No Yes Yes