Chapter 8  Communications  ASDA-B2 
8-8     Revision May, 2018 
  Communication Data Structure:  
The data frame of two different communication modes is defined as follows: 
ASCII Mode:  
Start  Start character’: ’ (3AH) 
Slave address  Communication address: 1-byte consists of 2 ASCII codes 
Function Function code: 1-byte consists of 2 ASCII codes 
DATA(n-1) 
Data content: n word = n x 2-byte consists of n x 4 ASCII codes, n10 
……. 
DATA(0) 
LRC  Error checking: 1-byte consists of 2 ASCII codes 
End 1  End code 1: (0DH)(CR) 
End 0  End code 0: (0AH)(LF) 
The start character of communication in ASCII mode is colon ‘:’ (ASCII is 3AH), ADR is 
the ASCII code of two characters. The end code is CR (Carriage Return) and LF (Line 
Feed). And the communication address, function code, data content, error checking LRC 
(Longitudinal Redundancy Check), etc. are between the start character and end code. 
RTU Mode:  
Start  A silent interval of more than 10 ms 
Slave address  Communication address: 1-byte 
Function Function code: 1-byte 
DATA(n-1) 
Data content: n word = n x 2-byte, n  10 
……. 
DATA(0) 
CRC  Error checking: 1-byte 
End 1  A silent interval of more than 10ms 
The start of communication in RTU (Remote Terminal Unit) mode is a silent interval. The 
end of it is another silent interval. The communication address, function code, data content, 
error checking CRC (Cyclical Redundancy Check), etc. are between the start and the end.