Communication 
 
FPΣ User's Manual 
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Reception done judgment time 
The process for receiving a message is complete after all data has been received and the 
time given in this table has been reached. 
Baud rate  Reception done judgment time 
2400 
≈13.3ms 
4800 
≈6.7ms 
9600 
≈3.3ms 
19200 
≈1.7ms 
38400 
≈0.8ms 
57600 
≈0.6ms 
115200 
≈0.3ms 
Supported commands 
Executable 
instructions for 
master 
Code 
(decimal)
Name (Modbus original)  Name for FPΣ 
Modbus 
Reference 
F146_READ  01  Read Coil Status  Read Y and R Coils  0X 
F146_READ  02  Read Input Status  Read X Input  1X 
F146_READ  03  Read Holding Registers  Read DT  4X 
F146_READ  04  Read Input Registers  Read WL and LD  3X 
F145_WRITE  05  Force Single Coil  Write Single Y and R  0X 
F145_WRITE  06  Preset Single Register  Write DT 1 Word  4X 
Cannot be issued  08  Diagnostics  Loopback Test  – 
F145_WRITE  15  Force Multiple Coils  Write Multiple Ys and Rs  0X 
F145_WRITE  16  Preset Multiple Registers  Write DT Multiple Words  4X 
Cannot be issued  22  Mask Write 4X Register  Write DT Mask  4X 
Cannot be issued  23  Read/Write 4X Registers  Read/Write DT  4X 
Modbus references and FPΣ addresses 
Modbus reference 
Name  Decimal address
1)
  Hexadecimal address
2)
FPΣ address 
000001–001184 0000–049F  Y0–Y73F 
Coil 
002049–006144 0800–17FF  R0–R255F 
Input 
100001–101184 0000–049F  X0–X73F 
Holding register 
400001–432765 0000–7FFC  DT0–DT32764 
300001–300128 0000–007F  WL0–WL127 
Input register 
302001–302256 07D0–08CF  LD0–LD255 
1)
 Beginning with 0 
2)
 Beginning with 1 
 
REFERENCE
 
For details on Modbus settings and communication using the F145_WRITE and F146_READ 
commands, please refer to the online help of FPWIN Pro.