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iKAN Series Display User Manual v 1.0.1 Page: 67
4.2.
Displaying Messages with Variables
The iKAN series device allows data related to items such as the Ethernet configuration, the RTC
value, and other information, to be inserted into a message as a system variable. The format for
using a system variable in a message that has a length of 5 bytes is as follows:
1
2
3 to 5
Delimiter
Character
Variable Type
Modbus Address:
3-digit decimal number
%
y: System variable
X
X
X
a: ASCII string
b: Coil
u: Unsigned integer (0 to 65535)
i: Signed integer (-32768 to 32767)
f: Float (-3.4E+38 to +3.4E+38)
The following describes the Modbus register map for the iKAN device that can be used on the iKAN
display.
Coil-type variables (0xxxx, 0 based)
Modbus Address
Length
Description
Value
Range
Attribute
Decimal
Hex.
00000
:
00039
0000
:
0027
40
Coil-type variables
-
R/W
00100
:
00227
0064
:
00E3
128
Enables or disables the display of
common messages 0 to 127.
0: Disabled
1: Enabled
R/W