Modbus Interface
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May 2020
DSY-PM-01378-EN-08
IMPORTANT
A Modbus ground wire must be connected between the master and all other devices for
proper operation.
-
+
RS485
GND
-
+
RS485
GND
-
+
RS485
GND
EARTH
GND
Label
Description
RS485 B( – )
Inverting data signal
RS485 A( + )
Non-inverting data signal
RS485 GND
Voltage reference for inverting and non-inverting signals
EARTH GND
Earth ground used for shield (only at one end of network)
Figure 20: Daisy-chain wiring configuration example
Command
Description
01
Read Coils
03
1
Read Holding Registers
05
Force Single Coil
Table 3: Modbus commands
Type
Bits
Bytes
Modbus Registers
Long Integer
32
4
2
Single Precision IEEE754
32
4
2
Table 4: Available data formats
Modbus Register / Word Ordering
The B2900 monitor sends each byte of a 16-bit register in big-endian format� For example,
the hex value ‘1234’ is sent as ‘12’ ‘34’� The B2900 monitor provides for big-endian and
little-endian word ordering when a master requests data� To accomplish this, the B2900
monitor provides two register map spaces� See
for little-endian and big-endian register maps� Please note that both spaces provide
the same data�