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Modbus is a simple communications protocol commonly used in industrial environments for master-slave/client-server communications between devices. It can operate over serial lines using ASCII or RTU transmission modes, and has also been adapted to run over TCP/IP networks using Modbus/TCP. Key aspects of Modbus include its use of 8-bit addresses for devices, function codes to define request/response behavior, and support for reading and writing registers for data transfer between devices.

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Modbus is a simple communications protocol commonly used in industrial environments for master-slave/client-server communications between devices. It can operate over serial lines using ASCII or RTU transmission modes, and has also been adapted to run over TCP/IP networks using Modbus/TCP. Key aspects of Modbus include its use of 8-bit addresses for devices, function codes to define request/response behavior, and support for reading and writing registers for data transfer between devices.

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5

ModBus

5.1 Introduction
Many protocols have been designed for the needs of industrial automation and
metering. These protocols generally use simple query/response models and allow
for extremely simple implementations. Many protocols derived from the frame
formats defined by IEC 870-5 such as:
T101 (IEC 870-5-101) that was generated by the IEC TC57 for electric
utility communication between master stations and remote terminal
units, it is also based on the IEC-870-5-x link layer, using frame format
FT 1.2.
DNP 3.0, a protocol originally designed by Westronic, Inc. that was
released into the public domain in 1993, based on the IEC-870-5-x link
layer with a few modifications (e.g., use of FT3 frames for
asynchronous, rather than synchronous, communication, inclusion of
both source and destination addresses).
M-Bus (see Section 9.3)
Profibus, a fieldbus initially designed by Siemens and later
standardized as IEC 61 158 (“Digital Data Communication for
Measurement and control, Fieldbus for use in industrial control
systems” for versions DP-V0, DP-V1 and DP-V2) and IEC 61 784
(Communication Profile Family DPF3). The protocols user's
association website is http://www.profibus.com/.
Other protocols developed independently into de-facto standards, such as
ModBus, a very common protocol that is used in many industrial and HVAC
installations.

5.2 ModBus Standardization


ModBus is a trademark of Modicon inc (Schneider Electric group), which also
maintains the standard. The ModBus standard specification over a serial line can
be found at http://www.modbus.org/docs/Modbus_over_serial_line_V1_02.pdf.
ModBus is an application layer messaging protocol that provides client/server
communication between devices connected on different types of buses or
networks. Because of its simplicity, ModBus has become one of the de-facto
standards for industrial serial-message-based communications since 1979.
ModBus typically runs on top of RS 232, RS 442 point to point or RS 485
point to multipoint links. The ModBus/TCP specification, published in 1999
defines an IP-based link layer for ModBus frames.
ModBus devices communicate using a master-slave model: one device, the
master, can initiate transactions (called queries), which can address individual
slaves or be broadcast to all slaves. The slaves take action as specified by the
query, or return the requested data to the master.

5.3 ModBus Message Framing and


Transmission Modes
The transmission mode defines the framing and bit encoding of the messages to
be transmitted on the ModBus network. In a given ModBus network, all nodes
must use the same mode and serial parameters:
In the ASCII Transmission Mode, each byte is encoded on the serial
link as 2 ASCII characters. Each ASCII character is sent separately as 1
start bit, 7 data bits, zero or one parity bit, one or two stop bits. The
message is framed by a starting “:” ASCII byte, and ends with a “CR-
LF” byte sequence (see Figure 5.1).
Figure 5.1 ModBus message framing (ASCII mode).
In the RTU (remote terminal unit) transmission mode, the message is
transmitted in a continuous stream. Each 8-bit byte is framed by 1 start
bit, 8 data bits, zero or one parity bit, one or two stop bits. The message
itself starts after a silent period of at least 3.5 character times.
ModBus Addresses: ModBus messages begin by the target 8-bit address that
can take any decimal value between 1 and 247. 0 is used for broadcasts. The
address field of the message frame contains two characters in ASCII mode, or 8
bits in RTU Mode. Each query contains the address of a specific slave. When it
responds, the slave includes its own address in the message.
ModBus Functions: The function code field contains two characters in ASCII
mode, and 8 bits in RTU mode, which can take any decimal value between 1 and
255 and are selected based on the device application profile. Some example
functions are listed:
0x02: Read Input Status. Parameters: starting register address, and
number of consecutive addresses to read. Response data: 1 bit per input
read.
0x11: Report Slave ID. Parameters: none. Response data: slave ID, run
indicator, device specific data.
ModBus Data Field: The data field provides the application level information,
as required by the ModBus function. When a given ModBus function requires
variable size data, the data field begins with the “byte count” of the data.

5.4 ModBus/TCP
The ModBus/TCP specification can be found at http://www.eecs.umich.edu/
∼modbus/documents/Open_ModbusTCP_Standard.doc
ModBus/TCP provides TCP/IP access to the ModBus functionality. Each
ModBus Request/response is sent over a TCP connection established between
the master and the slave, using well-known port 502. The TCP connection may
be reused for several query/response exchanges.
The byte content of the ModBus request and response frames (i.e. without
framing start-stop-parity bits specific to the serial physical layer) is simply
transported over the TCP connection, in big indian order. The only addition of
ModBusTCP is to add a seven-byte message prefix:
ref ref 00 00 00 len unit

The ref bytes are simply copied by the slave from the request, and may be used
as a handle by the master. The length information in the message prefix allows
proper reassembly of the ModBus message when it has been segmented in
several IP packets. The slave address has been renamed “unit identifier” and is
contained in unit. The rest of the message conforms to the regular ModBus
structure, but the error check fields may be omitted for obvious reasons.

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