Parity bit problems

[PLCPeriphery]

So, nice time for a first post!

I'm integrating a Kuka with a KRC2 controller right now, and just getting it up into auto external. I've got 8 styles, numbered 1-8 that I'd like to call via a program number.  Setting PGNO_BIT 1-7 is not big deal with my PLC logic. I'm having a hard time with the parity and it's baffling me.

So, I'll be honest, I'm a young one. Everything I've done is Ethernet for the most part and never had to worry about the parity bits of yesteryear. But in my reading on odd and even parity(and this Kuka is ODD according to page 93 of the Kuka KRC2 configuration manual) for my program numbers 1-8:

Style      Binary           Parity Bit
1        1000000                 0
2        0100000                 0
3        1100000                 1
4        0010000                 0
5        1010000                 1
6        0110000                 1
7        1110000                 0
8        0001000                 0


However, I've called styles 1-4 so far, and gotten these results with the given numbers:

Style      Parity Bit          Result
1                0                P00: Parity fault
1                1                Style runs fine
2                1                Style Runs fine
3                0                Style runs fine
3                1                P00: Parity Fault
4                1                Style runs fine

Kuka's documentation isn't too clear on this, but it's certainly not what I would expect.

What parity bits should I expect for 1-8? Should I just say "too much time" and figure out what works and run with that or what?

1 should have a 0 parity bit with even parity, right? Or am I crazy?

Thanks for all your help, and I look forward to contributing much in the future.

[kr16_2]

Parity bit was used in old times when each input was hardwired to KRC.
When you used filed bus like EthernetIP or Devnet you don't need parity bit.
Set it to 0.

[PLCPeriphery]

Well I obviously can't read. I set the input to 0 in auto_external and it worked! Thank you so much!