Appendix A. Modbus ProtocolC2000 Plus 
A-3 
(7, O, 1) 
Odd
parity
Start
 bit
01234
5
6
Stop
bit
7-data bits
10-bits character frame
 
 
11-bit character frame (For RTU): 
(8, N, 2) 
Start
 bit
0
12
3456
Stop
bit
8-data bits
11-bits character frame
Stop
bit
7
 
 
(8, E, 1) 
Start
 bit
0
12
3456
Stop
bit
8-data bits
11-bits character frame
7
Even
parity
 
 
(8, O, 1) 
Start
 bit
01
2
3456
Stop
bit
8-data bits
11-bits character frame
7
Odd
parity
 
A-3 Communication Protocol 
1.  Communication data frame 
ASCII mode: 
STX  Start character = ‘:’ (3AH) 
Address High 
Communication address: 
one 8-bit address consists of 2 ASCII codes 
Address Low 
Function High 
Command code: 
one 8-bit command consists of 2 ASCII codes 
Function Low 
DATA (n-1) 
Contents of data: 
n x 8-bit data consists of 2n ASCII codes 
n ≤ 16, maximum of 32 ASCII codes (20 sets of data) 
……. 
DATA 0 
LRC Check High 
LRC checksum: 
one 8-bit checksum consists of 2 ASCII codes 
LRC Check Low 
END High 
End characters: 
END1= CR (0DH), END0= LF(0AH) 
END Low