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Modbus Message Formatting The MODBUS protocol describes an industrial communications and distributed control system developed by Gould-Modicon to integrate PLC’s, computers, terminals, and other monitoring, sensing, and control devices. MODBUS is a Master/Slave communications protocol, whereby one device, (the Master), controls all serial activity by selectively polling one or more slave devices. The protocol provides for one master device and up to 247 slave devices on a common line. Each device is assigned an address to distinguish it from all other connected devices. Only the master initiates a transaction. Transactions are either a query/response type, (only a single slave is address), or a broadcast/no response type, (all slaves are addressed). A transaction comprises a single query and single response frame or a single broadcast frame. Certain characteristics of the MODBUS protocol are fixed, such as the frame format, frame sequences, handling of communications errors and exception conditions, and the functions performed. Other characteristics are user selectable. These include a choice of transmission media, baud rate, character parity, number of stop bits, and the transmission modes, (RTU or ASCII). The user selected parameters are set, (hardwired or programmed), at each station. These parameters cannot be changed while the system is running. Modes of Transmission The mode of transmission is the structure of the individual units of information within a message, and the numbering system used to transmit the data. Two modes of transmission are available for use in a MODBUS system. Both modes provide the same capabilities for communicating with PLC slaves; the mode is selected depending on the equipment used as a MODBUS Master. One mode must be used per MODBUS system; mixing of modes is not allowed. The modes are ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange), and RTU, (Remote Terminal Unit.) The characteristics of the two transmissi