ETS Series AC Servo User's Manual
6.3 MODBUS Communication Protocol
There are two modes for MODBUS communication: ASCII (American Standard Code for information interchange) mode
and RTU (Remote Terminal Unit) mode.
The next section describes the two communication modes.
6.3.1 Code Meaning
ASCII Mode:
Every 8-bit data is consisted by two ASCII characters. For example: One 1-byte data 64 H(Hexadecimal expression)is
expressed as ASCII code ‘64’, which contains ‘6’ as ASCII code 36
H
and ‘4’as ASCII code 34
H
.
ASCII code for number 0 to 9、character A to F are as follows:
RTU Mode:
Every 8-bit data is consisted by two 4-bit hexadecimal data, that is to say, a normal hexadecimal data. For example:
decimal data 100 can be expressed as 64
H
by 1-byte RTU data.
Data Structure:
10-bit character form(7-bit data)
Start
bit
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Stop
bit
Stop
bit
7-data bits
10- bits character frame
Pn700.1=0:7,N,2(Modbus,ASCII)
Start
bit
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Even
parity
Stop
bit
7-data bits
10- bits character frame
Pn700.1=1:7,E,1(Modbus,ASCII)
Start
bit
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Odd
parity
Stop
bit
7-data bits
10- bits character frame
Pn700.1=2:7,O,1(Modbus,ASCII)
11-bit character form(8-bit data)