
Operation Manual of INVT CHS100 AC Servo Drive 8 Communication Function
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8.3 Communication protocol
The CHS100 series servo drive are provided with two types of communication
interfaces: RS485 and RS232. It adopts international standard ModBus communication
protocol to perform master-slave communication. The user can realize centralized
control through PC/PLC, upper control PC, etc. (set the control command, running
frequency of the servo drives, modify relevant function codes, monitor and control the
operating state and fault information of the servo drives and so on) to adapt specific
application requirements.
8.3.1 Protocol Content
The Modbus serial communication protocol defines the frame content and usage
format in asynchronous transmission which includes: master polling, and the format of
the broadcast frame and the slave answering frame. The frame of the master includes:
the slave address (or the broadcast frame), commands, digit and error checkout. The
slave answering also applies the same structure: action confirmation, digit returning
and error checkout. If there is a mistake during the frame receiving of the slave or the
slave can not finish the action which the master requires, it will respond an error frame
to the master as a response.
8.3.2 Protocol instructions
The communication protocol of the CHS100 series servo drives is an asynchronous
serial Master-Slave communication protocol. The master is the only device in the
network to build up the protocol (named as inquiry/command), while the other devices
(the slaves) can respond to or do action to the inquiry/command of the master through
providing digits. The master in this manual means PC, industrial control devices and
PLC. The slaves mean the CHS series servo drives and other control devices with the
PC
RS485 / RS232 converter
To RS232
connector
Servo drive
Servo drive
Servo drive