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Series 2000 Communications Handbook - Soliton

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MODBUS and JBUS Protocol<strong>Series</strong> <strong>2000</strong> <strong>Communications</strong> <strong>Handbook</strong>3.2. TYPICAL TRANSMISSION LINE ACTIVITYThis diagram is to illustrate typical sequence of events on a Modbus transmission line.ACTIVITYMasterTo slave 1bTo slave NbBroadcastcSlave 1aReplyaSlave NaReplyaNetworkMasterSlave 1MasterSlave 2MasterTIME >Period 'a' The processing time, (latency), required by the slave to complete the command andconstruct a reply.Period 'b' The processing time required by the master to analyse the slave response andformulate the next command.Period 'c' The wait time calculated by the master for the slaves to perform the operation.None of the slaves will reply to a broadcast message.For a definition of the time periods required by the network, refer to 'Wait Period' in thesection 'Error Response'.3.3. DEVICE ADDRESSEach slave has a unique 8 bit device address. The Gould MODBUS Protocol defines theaddress range limits as 1 to 247. <strong>Series</strong> <strong>2000</strong> instruments will support an address range of 1to 254. The device address used by the instrument is set using the 5 parameter in the, )O6, which is available in operator mode. Note that this list may only be accessiblewhen using the 9)) user interface: refer to the manual supplied with the instrument formore details on how to set this parameter.Device address 0 is a special case that will broadcast a message to all slave devicessimultaneously.3-4 <strong>Series</strong> <strong>2000</strong> <strong>Communications</strong> <strong>Handbook</strong> Part No HA026230 Issue 2.0 Feb-00

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