The Allen-Bradley 2706-E43J64B1 is a PanelView DataLiner DL40 message display. It is a Vacuum Fluorescent Display (VFD) that can show 4 lines of text with 20 characters that measure 11.3 millimeters or 0.44 inches each. Its display size measures 6.2 x 4.4 inches and it has 5 x 7 dot matrix characters. This display has a standard and extended ASCII input type and comes with a 64KB RAM. The 2706-E43J64B1 display also has remote I/O communication ports available with communication rates of 57.6, 115.2, or 230.4 kbps. It also has two serial communication ports, namely an RS-232 and an RS-485 port. The entire display measures 6.2 x 14.4 x 4.9 inches and has a shipping weight of 9.2 pounds or 4.2 kilograms. It also has an enclosure rating of NEMA Type 12 or 13. Users can view messages on the 2706-E43J64B1 from as far as 25 feet or 7.62 meters away.

Other features of the 2706-E43J64B1 display include remote I/O PassThrough that lets users upload or download messages using EtherNet or DH+ and remote I/O communication, optional universal remote I/O communication, simplified programming, diagnostic and alarm handling functions, front-panel push buttons, multiple run modes (particularly message/variable slave run mode, message/variable run mode, message list run mode, and bit trigger run mode), and compatibility with DL50 and DL10 displays that allow users to connect them together to make multiple display systems. It also has a selectable parity and users can choose from odd, even, or none. The 2706-E43J64B1 display comes with an input voltage of 85 to 264 Volts AC at 47 to 63 Hertz. Annunciation relay of this display is 3 Amps at 240 Volts AC. Its operating temperature ranges from 0 to 60 degrees Celsius, its non-operating temperature ranges from -40 to 85 degrees Celsius, and its non-condensing relative humidity range is 5 to 95%.