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7-1-3 Modbus Communication Protocol for RS-485 
The MODBUS protocol allows an easy communication within types of network architectures,before start to 
communication with slave device, set the ID number ( Cn036 ) for Servo drive respectively, server distinguish ID 
number for controlling specific client station.   
Standard Modbus networks combine two transmission modes: ASCII or RTU: ASCII(American Standard Code 
for information interchange) Mode and RTU (Remote Terminal Unit) Mode, Use Cn038 to select ASCII or RTU 
mode. 
 
Coding method 
ASCII Mode 
8-bits Data consist of two ASCII code. 
          Ex: Data 26H 1-byte , the ’26’ convert to ASCII code is include character ’2‘  <32H> and ’6’ <36H> 
ASCII Chart    ( 0 ~ 9    and    A ~ F ): 
Character ‘0’ ‘1’ ‘2’ ‘3’ ‘4’ ‘5’ ‘6’ ‘7’ 
ASCII code(Hex)  30H  31H  32H  33H  34H  35H  36H  37H 
Character ‘8’ ‘9’ ‘A’ ‘B’ ‘C’ ‘D’ ‘E’ ‘F’ 
ASCII code(Hex)  38H  39H  41H  42H  43H  44H  45H  46H 
 
RTU Mode 
       Each 8bits is consist of 2 Hex number (4-bits per Hex number). 
          Ex.: Data 26H, the data length is 1-byte.