Chapter 4 Parameters
VFD-EL-W 
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    11:  Modbus ASCII mode, protocol <7, O, 2> 
  Control by PC 
1.  When using RS-485 to connect with the communication port, you must set the communication address 
for each VFD-EL-W drive in Pr.09.00 first so that the PC controls according to each address. 
2.  You can set a VFD-EL-W drive to communicate over Modbus networks using one of the following 
modes: ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) or RTU (Remote Terminal Unit). 
Select the desired mode along with the serial port communication protocol in this parameter.  
3.  Code Description: 
The CPU delays about 1 second when using the communication reset; therefore, there is at least 1 
second delay time in the master station. 
ASCII mode: 
Each 8-bit data is the combination of two ASCII characters. For example, a 1-byte data: 64 Hex, shown as 
‘64’ in ASCII, consists of ‘6’ (36Hex) and ‘4’ (34Hex). 
Character  ‘0’  ‘1’  ‘2’  ‘3’  ‘4’  ‘5’  ‘6’  ‘7’ 
ASCII code  30H  31H  32H  33H  34H  35H  36H  37H 
 
Character  ‘8’  ‘9’  ‘A’  ‘B’  ‘C’  ‘D’  ‘E’  ‘F’ 
ASCII code  38H  39H  41H  42H  43H  44H  45H  46H 
RTU mode: 
Each 8-bit data is the combination of two 4-bit hexadecimal characters. For example, 64 Hex. 
 
  Data Format  
Character Frame for ASCII: 
(7 , N , 2) 
Start
 bit
bit
7-data bits
10-bits character frame
Stop
bit
 
(7 , E , 1) 
Start
 bit
bit
 
(7 , O , 1) 
parity
Start
 bit
bit
7-data bits
10-bits character frame
 
(7 , N , 1) 
Start
 bit
bit
9-bits character frame