SM500F
Field mountable paperless recorder
Appendix B – Modbus TCP/Modbus 485
IM/SM500F Rev. Z
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B.3 Modbus Exception Responses
If the recorder detects one of the errors shown in Table B.1 while receiving a message from the host
system, it replies with a response message consisting of the recorder's Modbus address, the function
code, the error code and the error check fields.
Code
Name
Definition
01
Illegal Function
The message function received is not an allowable action
02
Illegal Data Address
The address reference in the data field is not an allowable address
03
Illegal Data Value
The value referenced in the data field is not allowable in the addressed slave
07
Negative Acknowledgement
Received message error
08
Memory Parity Error
Parity check indicates an error in one or more of the characters received
Table B.1 Modbus Exception Responses
Note.
Negative numbers are represented in '2's complement' format, for example, 1000 = 03E8 (Hex), –
1000 = FC18 (Hex).
The instrument cannot accept a new message until the current message has been processed and
a reply sent to the master (maximum response time 50ms).
The instrument monitors the elapsed time between receipt of characters from the host. If the
elapsed time between two characters is 3.5 character times, the slave assumes the second
character received is the start of a new message.
