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    Applicability and Effectiv ity A Sierra M onitor Co mpany A PPLIC A BILITY & EFFECTIVITY Effective for all systems manu factured after May 1, 2001 Instruction Manual Part Number: T28700-01 Rev. A. Driver Manual (Supplement to the FieldServer Instruction Manua l) FS-8700-01 Modbus RTU & FS-8700-08 Modbus ASCII There are several similarities [...]

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    FS-8700-01_Modbus_RT U_(T28700-01) Driver Manual Table of Contents FieldServer T echnolo gies 1991 T arob Court Milpitas, California 950 35 USA W eb :ww w.FieldSer ver.com Tel : (408) 262- 2299 Fa x : (408) 26 2-2269 T oll_Free : 888-509-1 970 em ail : support @FieldSer ver.com Table of Contents 1. Modbu s RT U/ Mo dbu s A SCII D escr iptio n .....[...]

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    FS-8700-01_Modbus_RT U_(T28700-01) Driver Manual Page 3 of 21 FieldServer T echnolo gies 1991 T arob Court Milpitas, California 950 35 USA W eb :ww w.FieldSer ver.com Tel : (408) 262- 2299 Fa x : (408) 26 2-2269 T oll_Free : 888-509-1 970 em ail : support @FieldSer ver.com 1. Modbus RTU/ Modbu s ASCII Descr iption The M odbus RT U and Modbus ASCII [...]

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    FS-8700-01_Modbus_RT U_(T28700-01) Driver Manual Page 4 of 21 FieldServer T echnolo gies 1991 T arob Court Milpitas, California 950 35 USA W eb :ww w.FieldSer ver.com Tel : (408) 262- 2299 Fa x : (408) 26 2-2269 T oll_Free : 888-509-1 970 em ail : support @FieldSer ver.com 2. Driver Scope of Supply 2.1. Supplied b y FieldServer Technologies for thi[...]

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    FS-8700-01_Modbus_RT U_(T28700-01) Driver Manual Page 5 of 21 FieldServer T echnolo gies 1991 T arob Court Milpitas, California 950 35 USA W eb :ww w.FieldSer ver.com Tel : (408) 262- 2299 Fa x : (408) 26 2-2269 T oll_Free : 888-509-1 970 em ail : support @FieldSer ver.com 3. Hardware Connections It is possible to connect a Modbus RTU or M odbus AS[...]

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    FS-8700-01_Modbus_RT U_(T28700-01) Driver Manual Page 6 of 21 FieldServer T echnolo gies 1991 T arob Court Milpitas, California 950 35 USA W eb :ww w.FieldSer ver.com Tel : (408) 262- 2299 Fa x : (408) 26 2-2269 T oll_Free : 888-509-1 970 em ail : support @FieldSer ver.com 4. Configuring the Fie ldServer as a Modbus RTU or Modbus ASCII Clie nt. For[...]

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    FS-8700-01_Modbus_RT U_(T28700-01) Driver Manual Page 7 of 21 FieldServer T echnolo gies 1991 T arob Court Milpitas, California 950 35 USA W eb :ww w.FieldSer ver.com Tel : (408) 262- 2299 Fa x : (408) 26 2-2269 T oll_Free : 888-509-1 970 em ail : support @FieldSer ver.com 4.2. Client Side Connection Descriptors Section Title Connections Column Tit[...]

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    FS-8700-01_Modbus_RT U_(T28700-01) Driver Manual Page 8 of 21 FieldServer T echnolo gies 1991 T arob Court Milpitas, California 950 35 USA W eb :ww w.FieldSer ver.com Tel : (408) 262- 2299 Fa x : (408) 26 2-2269 T oll_Free : 888-509-1 970 em ail : support @FieldSer ver.com 4.3. Client Side Node Descriptors Section Title Nodes Column Title Function [...]

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    FS-8700-01_Modbus_RT U_(T28700-01) Driver Manual Page 9 of 21 FieldServer T echnolo gies 1991 T arob Court Milpitas, California 950 35 USA W eb :ww w.FieldSer ver.com Tel : (408) 262- 2299 Fa x : (408) 26 2-2269 T oll_Free : 888-509-1 970 em ail : support @FieldSer ver.com 4.4. Client Side Map Descriptors 4.4.1. FieldS erver Related Map Des criptor[...]

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    FS-8700-01_ Modbus _RT U_(T28700 -01) Drive r Manual Page 10 of 21 FieldServer Technologies 1991 T arob Court Milpitas, Calif ornia 95035 USA Web :www.Fi eldServer.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408) 262-2269 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support @FieldServer.com 4.4.4. M ap Descriptor Examples. // Client Side Ma p Descriptors // Note: All thre[...]

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    FS-8700-01_Modbus_RT U_(T28700-01) Driver Manual Page 11 of 21 FieldServer T echnolo gies 1991 T arob Court Milpitas, California 950 35 USA W eb :ww w.FieldSer ver.com Tel : (408) 262- 2299 Fa x : (408) 26 2-2269 T oll_Free : 888-509-1 970 em ail : support @FieldSer ver.com 5. Configuring the Fie ldServer as a Modbus RTU or Modbus ASCII Se rver For[...]

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    FS-8700-01_Modbus_RT U_(T28700-01) Driver Manual Page 12 of 21 FieldServer T echnolo gies 1991 T arob Court Milpitas, California 950 35 USA W eb :ww w.FieldSer ver.com Tel : (408) 262- 2299 Fa x : (408) 26 2-2269 T oll_Free : 888-509-1 970 em ail : support @FieldSer ver.com 5.2. Server Side Node Descriptors Section Title Nodes Column Title Function[...]

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    FS-8700-01_Modbus_RT U_(T28700-01) Driver Manual Page 13 of 21 FieldServer T echnolo gies 1991 T arob Court Milpitas, California 950 35 USA W eb :ww w.FieldSer ver.com Tel : (408) 262- 2299 Fa x : (408) 26 2-2269 T oll_Free : 888-509-1 970 em ail : support @FieldSer ver.com 5.3. Server Side Ma p Descriptors 5.3.1. FieldS erver Specific Map Desc rip[...]

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    FS-8700-01_ Modbus _RT U_(T28700 -01) Drive r Manual Page 14 of 21 FieldServer Technologies 1991 T arob Court Milpitas, Calif ornia 95035 USA Web :www.Fi eldServer.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408) 262-2269 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support @FieldServer.com 5.3.3. Map Descriptor Examples // Server Side Map Descriptors where Node A ddress_[...]

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    FS-8700-01_Modbus_RT U_(T28700-01) Driver Manual Page 15 of 21 FieldServer T echnolo gies 1991 T arob Court Milpitas, California 950 35 USA W eb :ww w.FieldSer ver.com Tel : (408) 262- 2299 Fa x : (408) 26 2-2269 T oll_Free : 888-509-1 970 em ail : support @FieldSer ver.com Appendix A . Advanced Topic s – Modbus RTU Appendix A.1 . Data Ty pes If [...]

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    FS-8700-01_Modbus_RT U_(T28700-01) Driver Manual Page 16 of 21 FieldServer T echnolo gies 1991 T arob Court Milpitas, California 950 35 USA W eb :ww w.FieldSer ver.com Tel : (408) 262- 2299 Fa x : (408) 26 2-2269 T oll_Free : 888-509-1 970 em ail : support @FieldSer ver.com Appendix A.2 . Singl e Writes For pure write operations where the f unction[...]

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    FS-8700-01_ Modbus _RT U_(T28700 -01) Drive r Manual Page 17 of 21 FieldServer Technologies 1991 T arob Court Milpitas, Calif ornia 95035 USA Web :www.Fi eldServer.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408) 262-2269 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support @FieldServer.com Appendix A.4. Managing Floating points with M odbus Mod bus as a standard d oes no[...]

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    FS-8700-01_Modbus_RT U_(T28700-01) Driver Manual Page 18 of 21 FieldServer T echnolo gies 1991 T arob Court Milpitas, California 950 35 USA W eb :ww w.FieldSer ver.com Tel : (408) 262- 2299 Fa x : (408) 26 2-2269 T oll_Free : 888-509-1 970 em ail : support @FieldSer ver.com Transferring 32 bit values with two registers If a Modbus Ser ver send s tw[...]

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    FS-8700-01_Modbus_RT U_(T28700-01) Driver Manual Page 19 of 21 FieldServer T echnolo gies 1991 T arob Court Milpitas, California 950 35 USA W eb :ww w.FieldSer ver.com Tel : (408) 262- 2299 Fa x : (408) 26 2-2269 T oll_Free : 888-509-1 970 em ail : support @FieldSer ver.com Appendix A.6 . Node_O ffline_Response This function is specific to the M od[...]

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    FS-8700-01_Modbus_RT U_(T28700-01) Driver Manual Page 20 of 21 FieldServer T echnolo gies 1991 T arob Court Milpitas, California 950 35 USA W eb :ww w.FieldSer ver.com Tel : (408) 262- 2299 Fa x : (408) 26 2-2269 T oll_Free : 888-509-1 970 em ail : support @FieldSer ver.com Appendix B. Modbus ASCII - Exa mples of Fiel dServer setup for t ypical cli[...]

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    FS-8700-01_Modbus_RT U_(T28700-01) Driver Manual Page 21 of 21 FieldServer T echnolo gies 1991 T arob Court Milpitas, California 950 35 USA W eb :ww w.FieldSer ver.com Tel : (408) 262- 2299 Fa x : (408) 26 2-2269 T oll_Free : 888-509-1 970 em ail : support @FieldSer ver.com THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLAN K[...]