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XCD Transmitter
Appendix A - Modbus
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 Protocol A-2
A.1 Modbus and the XCD
The XCD gas detector may be fitted with the optional Modbus board. Authoritative 
information on the MODBUS Upgrade Kit can be found at www.modbus.org. The XCD 
supports Modbus/RTU over an RS-485 physical layer. The interface is isolated and 
includes a switchable 120 Ohm termination resistor. Baud rates 9600 or 19,200 are 
supported with 19,200 as the default. Most of the operations that are possible with 
local user interfaces can also be performed using the Modbus interface. This includes 
configuration operations. However, this Appendix only describes how to monitor XCD 
status using Modbus. 
See Section 4.1.1 for information on installing the optional Modbus hardware. See Section 
4.1.1 Congure Menu – Set ID Settings for information on setting the Modbus baud rate 
and Parity using the local user interface.