Computer Link: When using the RS-485 serial communication interface, you must specify each
drive’s communication address in Pr.09.00. The computer then implements control using the
drives’ individual addresses.
The VFD-EL-W series drive uses Modbus networks communication protocol. The Modbus uses
one of the following two modes: ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) or
RTU (Remote Terminal Unit). The ASCII mode transfers the data into corresponded ASCII code
before transmission; meanwhile, the RTU directly transmits the data without translation. The
followings are descriptions for ASCII mode:
The CPU delays about 1 second when using the communication reset; therefore, there is at
least 1 second delay time in the master station.
Each 8-bit data is the combination of two ASCII characters. For example, one byte of data: 64
Hex, shown as ‘64’ in ASCII, consists of ‘6’ (36Hex) and ‘4’ (34Hex). The following table is the
ASCII characters: