Accutech Wireless
Base Radio User Manual
14
Rev 1.56
The Base Radio connects to the Host (Master) system using Modbus over
a serial RS-485 line. The Base Radio supports Modbus RTU transmission
mode at baud rates of 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, or 115200 baud with
even, odd, or no parity and 8 data bits. One stop bit is used if even or odd
parity is selected and two stop bits are used if the no parity option is se-
lected to fill out the character frame to a full 11-bit character. Unless
modified by the user, default values of 19200 baud, 8 data bits, even par-
ity, and one stop bit are used.
The Base Radio is always located at the device ID selected by the
DEV
ID
menu item. Field units can be configured to either be assigned to an
individual Modbus device ID or to holding registers within the Base Radio
device ID through the appropriate selection in the
MODMAP
menu item.
There are two
MODMAP
modes available:
DEVMODE
and
REG-
MODE
.
If the device ID mapping mode (
DEVMODE
) is selected, a Field Unit’s
equivalent Modbus device ID is the Base Radio’s device ID plus the Field
Unit’s RF ID. For example, if the Base Radio’s device ID was 10 and a
Field Unit’s RF ID was 5, the Field Unit would be accessed under Modbus
device ID 15. Using the device ID mapping mode adjusts the upper limit
of the Base Radio’s device ID to 247 minus the number of Field Units on
the RF network. For instance, if 5 Field Units were on the Base Radio’s
network, the maximum Modbus device ID would be 242.
If the register-mapping mode (
REGMODE
) is selected, a Field Unit’s
data may be accessed with the Modbus Read Holding Register command
(03) using the Base Radio’s device ID. The Base Radio uses register ad-
dresses 1 through 10 with each subsequent group of 10 registers used by a
Field Unit.
The RF online/offline status of a Field Unit can be determined through a
number of different sources. In the Base Radio holding registers, a count
of the current number of online Field Units can be found at address 00004.
Also the individual online/offline status of each Field Unit is stored in the
Base Radio holding registers at addresses 00005, 00006, 00007, and
00008. These registers are bit field variables with each bit of the 16-bit
number representing the status of a Field Unit. If the bit is set, the corre-
sponding Field Unit is online. If the bit is cleared, the corresponding Field
Unit is offline.
In the Field Unit holding registers, bit 1 in the Field Unit & Sensor Status
holding register holds the online/offline status of the particular device.
Any Field Unit that is currently offline will return NaN (Not a Number)
when queried for its primary or secondary measurement value. Note that
if a Field Unit is online and is a single measurement device type, NaN will
also be returned for the Secondary Sensor Value as the measurement does
not exist in these devices.
6.2: Modbus Communication
Protocol
NOTE
This
device supports Modbus RTU (Binary)
communications. Note that the ASC-II transmis-
sion mode is not supported.
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