ICP DAS USA iKAN Series User Manual page 4

3.2. System Configuration .................................................................................................... 49
3.2.1. Exporting pre-configured messages ........................................................................... 50
3.2.2. Ethernet Configuration .............................................................................................. 54
3.2.3. Serial Port Configuration ............................................................................................ 56
3.2.4. MISC ........................................................................................................................... 58
3.3. eSearch Utility............................................................................................................... 63
3.3.1. Configuring the IP Address ......................................................................................... 64
3.3.2. Sending the Modbus Command to iKAN ................................................................... 66
3.3.2.1. Sending Modbus RTU Command to the iKAN Display .............................................. 67
3.3.2.2. Send Modbus TCP Command to the iKAN display .................................................... 69
4. Messages ............................................................................................................ 71
4.1. Editing and Managing Messages .................................................................................... 71
4.2. Displaying Messages with Variables ............................................................................... 75
4.2.1. Inserting System Variables into a Message ................................................................ 80
4.2.1.1. Displaying the IP Address .......................................................................................... 80
4.2.1.2. Displaying the Current Date and Time ...................................................................... 83
4.2.2. Inserting Integer-type Variables into a Message ....................................................... 86
4.2.3. Inserting float-type Variables into a Message............................................................ 89
4.2.4. Inserting Coil -type Variables into a Message ........................................................... 92
4.2.5. Inserting ASCII Strings into a Message ....................................................................... 95
4.2.6. Inserting Unicode Strings into a Message .................................................................. 99
4.3. Displaying a Value Applied using a Variable Map ......................................................... 103
4.3.1. Displaying Mapping Data for Integer-type Variables ............................................... 104
4.3.2. Displaying a Value with a Specified Number of Decimal Places for Float-type
Variables 107
4.3.3. Displaying the Value of a Coil Variable using Replacement Text .............................. 109