Pressure Transmitter

MPM4700 & MPM4730

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MODBUS
Communication Protocol

Date 25.06.2016

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 Table of Content
1 Table of Register Address....................................................................................................... 2
1.1 Read- and Writable Byte Parameter ........................................................................................ 2
1.2 Read- and Writable Short Parameter ...................................................................................... 3
1.3 Read- and Writable Float Parameter ....................................................................................... 3
1.4 Read- and Writable String Parameter...................................................................................... 4
1.5 Read-only Float Parameter ...................................................................................................... 4
2 Function Codes Supported ..................................................................................................... 4
2.1 Description ............................................................................................................................... 4
3 MODBUS Protocol Format ..................................................................................................... 5
3.1 Reading register and responses ............................................................................................... 5
3.2 Writing single register and responses ..................................................................................... 5
3.3 Writing multiple register and responses ................................................................................. 5
3.4 Exception response .................................................................................................................. 6
4 Save user data and Restore factory settings ........................................................................... 6
4.1 Save .......................................................................................................................................... 6
4.2 Restore ..................................................................................................................................... 6

1 Table of Register Address

1.1 Read- and Writable Byte Parameter
Modbus Address Parameter description Register amount Default value
/Actual Address /Bytes
40001/0 0x00 MIMA(reserved) 1/1
40002/1 0x01 ADDR (device address) 1/1 0x01
40003/2 0x02 BAUD: 1/1 0x03(9600) - default
1200/2400/4800/9600
/19200 corresponds
0/1/2/3/4

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 40004/3 0x03 UNIT (physical unit) 1/1 0x00(kPa)
0x01(MPa) - default
0x02(mH2O)
0x03(Bar)
0x04(Psi)
0x05(mBar)
0x06
0x07(mmHg)
0x08(atm)
0x09(Pa)

40008/7 0x07 PNUM 1/1 0x00

40009/8 0x08 CALM(reserved) 1/1 0x00

1.2 Read- and Writable Short Parameter

Modbus Address Parameter description Register amount Default value
/Actual Address /Bytes
40011/10 0x0A DAL 1/2 0x0000
40012/11 0x0B DAH 1/2 0x0000

1.3 Read- and Writable Float Parameter

Configuration parameter of transmitter:
Modbus Address Parameter descrition Register amount Default value
/Actual Address /Bytes
40013/12 0x0C SL 2/4 0.0

40015/14 0x0E SH 2/4 1.0

40017/16 0x10 DPL 2/4 0.0

40019/18 0x12 DPH 2/4 1.0

40021/20 0x14 IOL 2/4 0.0

40023/22 0x16 IOH 2/4 1.0

40025/24 0x18 SZ 2/4 0.0

Zero pressure value
40027/26 0x1A STATUS 1/1 0x00
4mA, 20mA
Calibration switching
state variables

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Attention: 4-byte Float, single-precision floating-point format in accordance with IEEE-754 standard
Byte no. 1 2 3 4
Byte data 0xF5 0xC3 0x40 0x48
Decoding result: hexadecimal 0x4048F5C3, that is floating point number 3.14

For example, the floating point number 10.28, the single-precision floating point number is expressed
as 0x41247AE1, and the storage format in the register is:
Byte no. 1 2 3 4
Byte data 0x7A 0xE1 0x41 0x24

1.4 Read- and Writable String Parameter

Transmitter’s ID and TYPE
Modbus Address Parameter description Register amount Default value
/Actual Address /Bytes
40029/28 0x1C ID 4/8 00000000
40033/32 0x20 TY 4/8 00000000

1.5 Read-only Float Parameter

Modbus Address Parameter description Register amount Default value
/Actual Address /Bytes
40037/36 0x24 RP (current 2/4
pressure value)
40039/38 0x26 TMP (current 2/4
temperature value)
The format of pressure and temperature value is consistent with the above Float data

2 Function Codes Supported

2.1 Description
Function code Function description Access Introduction
0x03 Reading register byte、short、integer、float
0x06 Setting single register byte、short
0x10 Setting multiple register byte、short、integer、float

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3 MODBUS Protocol Format
3.1 Reading register and responses
0x03 Reading register format：
Byte no. Description
1 From device address
2 Read function code: 0x03
3,4 16-bit register address
5,6 Number of registers accessed, 16 bit
7,8 CRC
0x03 Reading register response format：
Byte no. Description
1 From device address
2 Read function code: 0x03
3 Number of data bytes returned
4..(4+n)-1 Number of registers accessed, 16 bit
(4+n), (4+n)+1 CRC

3.2 Writing single register and responses

0x06 Writing single register format：
Byte no. Description
1 From device address
2 Read function code: 0x06
3,4 Register address, 16bit
5,6 Value of writing in register, 16bit
7,8 CRC

0x06 Writing single register response format：

Byte no. Description
1 From device address
2 Write function code：0x06
3,4 Write register address, 16 bit
5,6 Value of writing in register, 16bit
(4+n), (4+n)+1 CRC

3.3 Writing multiple register and responses

0x10 Writing multiple registers format：
Byte no. Description
1 From device address
2 Read function code: 0x10
3,4 Starting register address, 16bit

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5,6 Number of writing register, 16bit
7 Bit number of writing
8..(8+n)-1 Value of Writing in register
(8+n), (8+n)+1 CRC

0x10 Writing multiple registers response format：

Byte no. Description
1 From device address
2 Writing function code：0x10
3,4 Starting writing register address
5,6 Number of writing register, 16bit
7,8 CRC

3.4 Exception response

Exception response format
Byte no. Description
1 From device address
2 Function code: 0x80
3 Exception code
4,5 CRC Varification

Exception code
Code Name Description
03 Value exception Data length invalid
04 CRC Varification failed CRC Varification failed

4 Save user data and Restore factory settings

4.1 Save
Address 0x10 0x01 0x88 0x00 0x02 0x04 CRC1 CRC2

4.2 Restore
Address 0x10 0x04 0x88 0x00 0x02 0x04 CRC1 CRC2

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