Hardware

 

I/O Type

Modbus Memory

 

 

Address

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DO

00001 to 00112

 

DI

10001 to 10112

 

 

AI

30001 to 30112

 

 

AO

40001 to 40112

 

 

Figure 20.

I/O Memory Areas Table

Within these sections, addresses are reserved for all Zlinx 485 modules that may be used.

Module

 

Memory Range

 

 

 

 

 

Base

 

x0001 to x0016

Expansion 1

 

x0017 to x0032

 

Expansion 2

 

x0033 to x0048

 

Expansion 3

 

x0049 to x0064

 

Expansion 4

 

x0065 to x0080

 

Expansion 5

 

x0081 to x0096

 

Expansion 6

 

x0097 to x0112

 

Figure 21.

Module I/O Addressing Table

The following examples show how the addressing works:

Example 1: To turn on the second digital output (DO2) on the Base Module, the Modbus Base Module sends a message placing a logic 1 in memory location 00002.

Example 2: To cause expansion module 3 to output a specified voltage on AO1, the Modbus Base Module sends a message to set the register at Modbus address 40049 to the appropriate value.

A list of all Modbus address assignments for all Zlinx 485 points is shown in Appendix D. Several important points about this list should be noted:

Some addresses are listed but not implemented in current versions of Zlinx 485 hardware.

Some addresses are reserved for internal Zlinx 485 use.

Some addresses are reserved for future use.

40000 series addresses store Analog Output data AND Frequency Counter data when Digital Inputs are configured for Frequency Counter operation. For each module, the first eight memory locations are assigned to AO data and the next four locations are assigned to Frequency Counter data.

If a Modbus device communicating with Zlinx 485 tries to send to or receive from a memory address not implemented by the hardware in use, the Zlinx 485 replies with an exception response.

Users cannot span across two memory maps, i.e. from 34 to 50.

Manual Documentation Number: Zlinx485m-1808 www.bb-elec.comwww.bb-europe.com

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