180 
 
11.5 Message Format 
11.5.1 Message Content 
In Modbus communications, the master gives commands to the slave, and the slave responds. 
The following table shows the configured message for both sending and receiving, and the 
length of data packets is determined by the command (function) content. 
11.5.2 Message Configuration 
RTU scheme:     
Retain no signal input  ≧10 ms   
Station address: 8-bit binary 
Function code: 8-bit binary 
Data Characters:   
n×8-bit data,    n<=16 
CRC checksum:   
16-bit, consists of 2 sets of 8-bit binary 
Retain no signal input  ≧10 ms 
11.5.3 Slave Station Address 
Use  code  between  0  and  FF  (hex)  to  set  the  slave  station  address.  If  a  message  with  slave 
station address 0 is sent (broadcast), the command from the master will be sent to all slaves. 
The slave do not responds to a broadcast message. 
00H: To all drive (broadcast) 
01H: To drive address 01 
0FH: To drive address 15 
10H: To drive address 16, so on and so forth up to 31( 1FH).   
11.5.4 Function Code 
There are four types of function codes: 
03H : Read Modbus registers 
06H : Write a word to registers(Write to registers) 
08H : Loopback test 
10H : Write to multiple registers 
11.5.5 Data 
By combining the Modbus register address (test code in case of a loopback test) and the