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PC or PLC Interfacing using MODBUS ASCII:
The RCI-200-SER can communicate directly to a PC or PLC using MODBUS ASCII protocol.
Numerous off-the-shelf software packages have built-in MODBUS support. The following information
provides the MODBUS specific parameters necessary to configure the PC/PLC software.
Message Format
1)
RCI-XXX-MDM = 2400 Baud
ASCII Framing
Start
Address Function
Data
LRC
End
1 Char
:
2 Chars 2 Chars n Chars 2 Chars 2 Chars
CR,LF
MODBUS Registers
The functions and registers listed in the table below are the only ones implemented on all RCI products
at this time.
Description (Function)
RCI-100-XXX
RCI-200-XXX
RCI-400-XXX
RCI-800-XXX
Read Relay Status (01)
00001
00001-00002
00001-00004
00001-00008
Read Digital Input (02)
10001
10001-10002
10001-10004
10001-10008
Read Analog Output (03)
40001
40001-40002
40001-40004
40001-40008
Read Analog Input (04)
30001
30001-30002
30001-30004
30001-30008
Set Relay Status (05)
00001
00001-00002
00001-00004
00001-00008
Set Analog Output (06)
40001
40001-40002
40001-40004
40001-40008
Set Multiple Relays (0F)
00001
00001-00002
00001-00004
00001-00008
Set Multiple Analog Out (10)
40001
40001-40002
40001-40004
40001-40008
Speed
Start
Data
Parity
Stop
9600
1)
1 7 E 1