204 
running,  if  the  operator  clicks  sending  command  bottom,  the  upper  monitor  can  send 
command message actively even it can not receive the message form other devices. In this 
case, the upper monitor is the master. And if the designer makes the inverter send the data 
only after receiving the command, then the inverter is the slave.   
The master can communicate with any single slave or with all slaves. For the single-visiting 
command, the slave should feedback a response message;  for the broadcasting message 
from the master, the slave does not need to feedback the response message.     
10.3 Application of the inverter 
The Modbus protocol of the inverter is RTU mode and the physical layer is 2-wire RS485. 
10.3.1 2-wire RS485 
The interface  of 2-wire  RS485 works  on semiduplex  and its data signal applies differential 
transmission which is called balance transmission, too. It uses twisted pairs, one of which is 
defined as A  (+)  and the other is defined  as B  (-). Generally, if the  positive  electrical level 
between sending drive A and B is among +2~+6V, it is logic“1”,if the electrical level is among 
-2V~-6V, it is logic“0”. 
485+ on the terminal board corresponds to A and 485- to B. 
Communication baud rate means the binary bit number in one second. The unit is bit/s (bps). 
The  higher  the  baud  rate  is,  the  quicker  the  transmission  speed  is  and  the  weaker  the 
anti-interference is. If the twisted pairs of 0.56mm(24AWG)is applied as the communication 
cables, the Max. Transmission distance is as below:   
Baud rate  Max. transmission 
distance 
Baud rate  Max. transmission 
distance 
2400BPS  1800m  9600BPS  800m 
4800BPS  1200m  19200BPS  600m 
It  is recommended to use shield cables  and make  the  shield layer  as the  grounding wires 
during RS485 remote communication.   
In the cases with less devices and shorter distance, it is recommended to use 120Ω terminal 
resistor  as  the  performance  will  be  weakened  if  the  distance  increase  even  though  the 
network can perform well without load resistor.   
10.3.2.1 Single application   
Figure  1  is  the  site  Modbus  connection  figure  of  single  inverter  and  PC.  Generally,  the 
computer  does  not  have  RS485  interface,  the  RS232  or  USB  interface  of  the  computer 
should be converted into RS485 by converter. Connect the A terminal of RS485 to the 485+