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8.3. Modbus protocol
When communication between a computer and several drives is going to be performed, every
drive should be set its device number. Then the computer could control individual drive according to its
device number. The protocol of Shihlin drive is standard Modbus protocol. There are two modes :
ASCII(American Standard Code for information interchange) mode and RTU (Remote Terminal Unit)
mode,users could change the mode by setting the PC22 value.
A. ASCII mode
(a) Coding signification
A 8-bit data(a byte) is expressed with 2 ASCII character. For example, 75h is expressed with
ASCII code “37h” and ASCII code “35h”.The ASCII codes „0‟ to „9‟ and „A‟ to „F‟ are listed below.
(b) Frame signification
11-bit frame (suitable for 8-bit data length)
10-bit frame (suitable for 7-bit data length)