FS-8700-01_Modbus_RTU_(T28700-01) Driver Manual

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4.3.Client Side Node Descriptors

 

Section Title

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nodes

 

 

 

 

 

 

Column Title

 

Function

 

Legal Values

 

 

Node_Name

Provide name for Node

 

Up to 32 alphanumeric

 

 

characters

 

 

 

 

 

 

Node_ID

 

Modbus station address of physical

1-255

 

 

 

Server Node

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Modbus RTU

 

 

Protocol

 

Specify protocol used

 

Modbus_RTU

 

 

 

Modbus ASCII

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MB_ASCII

 

Port

 

Specify which port the device is

 

P1-P8, R1-R22

 

 

 

connected to the FieldServer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Set to Block_Mode if Remote Server

 

 

 

 

Node_Type3

 

Node (RSN) only supports Write

 

Block_Mode

 

 

 

Multiple – FC16 & FC15, and does

 

 

 

 

 

 

not support FC05 or FC06

 

 

 

Address_Type4

 

Specify Register Mapping Model

ADU,PDU, -,Modicon_5digit

Example:

Change protocol to MB_ASCII to use Modbus ASCII protocol

//Client Side Nodes

//For devices where 65536 addresses are available in each memory area.

Nodes

 

 

 

 

Node_Name,

Node_ID,

Protocol,

Port

Address_Type

Modbus device 1,

1,

Modbus_RTU,

P8

ADU

Modbus device 2,

2,

Modbus_RTU,

P8

PDU

//For devices where only 9999 registers are available in each memory area. Nodes

Node_Name,

Node_ID,

Protocol,

 

Port

Modbus device 3,

3,

Modbus_RTU,

 

P8

3If this parameter is not specified the default function codes will be FC 05 (Single_Coil) and FC 06

(Single_Register). Refer to Appendix A.3 for more information. 4 Optional for Modicon 5 digit devices

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FieldServer FS-8700-01, FS-8700-08 instruction manual Client Side Node Descriptors, ADU,PDU, -, Modicon5digit

FS-8700-08, FS-8700-01 specifications

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