ASDA-A User Manual
Chapter 8 MODBUS Communications
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4th Edition 2005/11/30, HE03
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MODBUS Communication Protocol
When using RS-232/485/422 serial communication interface, each ASDA-A series AC servo drive has a
pre-assigned communication address specified by parameter “P3-00”. The computer then controls each
AC servo drive according to its communication address. ASDA-A series AC servo drive can be set up to
communicate on a MODBUS networks using on of the following modes: ASCII (American Standard Code
for Information Interchange) or RTU (Remote Terminal Unit). Users can select the desired mode along with
the serial port communication protocol in parameter “P3-02”.
Code Description:
ASCII Mode:
Each 8-bit data is the combination of two ASCII characters. For example, a 1-byte data: 64 Hex, shown as
‘64’ in ASCII, consists of ‘6’ (36Hex) and ‘4’ (34Hex).
The following table shows the available hexadecimal characters and their corresponding ASCII codes.
Character
‘0’ ‘1’ ‘2’ ‘3’ ‘4’ ‘5’ ‘6’ ‘7’
ASCII
code
30H 31H 32H 33H 34H 35H 36H 37H
Character
‘8’ ‘9’ ‘A’ ‘B’ ‘C’ ‘D’ ‘E’ ‘F’
ASCII
code
38H 39H 41H 42H 43H 44H 45H 46H
RTU Mode:
Each 8-bit data is the combination of two 4-bit hexadecimal characters. For example, a 1-byte data: 64 Hex.
Data Format:
10-bit character frame (For 7-bit character)
7N2
Start
bit
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Stop
bit
7-data bits
10-bits character frame
Stop
bit
7E1
Even
parity
Start
bit
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Stop
bit
7-data bits
10-bits character frame
7O1
Odd
parity
Start
bit
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Stop
bit
7-data bits
10-bits character frame
