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Chapter IX Communication Instructions
9.1 MODBUS Communication Protocol
9.1.1 MODBUS communication protocol introduction
MODBUS communication protocol is a kind of master-slave serial asynchronous
half-duplex communication protocol. It adopts master-slave structure, to make one
primary site realize dual-way communication with multiple secondary sites, and it
provides two communication modes of ASCII and RTU. Physical interface
includes standard interface RS232/RS422/RS488.
MODBUS protocol is a completely open and transparent one, and hardware
circuit it requires is also very simple, which makes it become a universal
industrial standard gradually. Almost all control devices and smart instruments
support MODBUS Communication Protocol. Via MODBUS protocol, control
devices and smart instruments produced by different manufactures could form an
industrial network, to carry out a centralized control.
Viewing from hardware aspect, MODBUS serial link system could use different
physical interfaces (i.e. RS485 and RS232).The most frequently used is TIA/EIA
(RS485) two-wire system interfaces. As an additional option, it could also realize
RS485 four-wire system interfaces. When only short-distance point-to-point
communication is required, TIA/EIA-232-E
(
RS232
)
serial interfaces could also
be used. Generally, “232 communication” and “485 communication” mean
interface standards for communication.
MDBUS protocol is the one for software, a communication protocol in a real
sense, which is realized via software programming.
Here we’ll describe MODBUS Communication Protocol realized by software
programming in details.