FloBoss™ S600+ Flow Computer Modbus Specification Manual
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June 2024
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2.3 Serial
In serial mode the data links communicate over standard serial lines with these
specifications:
Baud rates: 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, and 57600
Data bits: 7 (ASCII, required for Modbus ASCII) and 8 (RTU, required for Modbus
RTU).
Stop bits: 1, 2.
Parity: None, Even, Odd
2.4 Types and Capabilities of Serial Ports
The FloBoss
S600+ supports the following serial ports:
Com. Port 1: Reserved for the front panel display and keypad.
Com. Port 2: Reserved for the Config600™ Configuration transfer tool.
Com. Ports 3 and Port 4: Dedicated RS-232 with RTS-CTS handshaking capabilities
Com. Ports 5, 6, and 7: RS-485/RS-422 capability (selectable using jumper links on
the P152 CPU board). RTS line is controlled automatically by the P152 module’s
UART and rapid turnaround is possible on the 485 links.
Com. Port 8: Reserved for I/O board communications.
Com. Ports 9, 10, 11, and 12: Dedicated RS-485.
Section 3. Network Interface
The FloBoss
S600+ includes two independent 10 or 100 MB/s, full-duplex Ethernet
interfaces. The system firmware (binary.app 06.30a and later) provides a full TCP/IP stack
implementation on both interfaces.
Standard supported features include:
NTP
Embedded Webserver
Socket-based Modbus communications