AS Series Module Manual 
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Data Format – User-Defined: 
Users can define all parameters based on the illustration in the following diagram. 
b1 b0
..
.
Data length
Mu lti-turn
sta rt bit
........
Mu lti-turn
 data length
........
Single-turn data length
Single-turn
sta rt bit
........
Status data length
Status data 
sta rt bit
Parity check 
sta rt bit
Parity check 
sta rt bit
Parity Check Length
 
 
Note: For a multi-turn encoder, the multi-turn data and single-turn data should be next to each other without 
additional data placed between them. 
Multi-Turn Data Length (bits) 
Multi-Turn Data Start Bit 
Single-Turn Data Length (bits) 
Single-Turn Data Start Bit 
Status Data Length (bits) 
Parity Check 
No check, odd parity check, even 
parity check 
No check 
Parity Check Length (bits) 
0 ~ 30  0 
 
Example 1: 25-bit Single-Turn Encoder 
b9 b8 b7 b6b11 b10 b3 b2 b1 b0b5 b4
MSB
LSB
Single-tur n d ata
b12
b22 b21 b20 b19b24 b23 b16 b15 b14
b13
b18 b17
Multi-Turn Data Length (bits): 0 
Single-Turn Data Length (bits): 25 
Single-Turn Data Start Bit: b24 
Status Data Length (bits): 0