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3.10 Digital communication protocol detection
(Flow-BUS RS232 or MODBUS® RS485)
According to the pin-designation both RS232 and RS485 are assigned to the same pins.
At each power-on/off the X-Flow™ instrument the digital communication protocol from the master
(PLC/PC) must be detected by the X-Flow™ instrument. This auto detection cannot be switched off or
Basic RS232 Flowbus® operation”, for detailed information.
Flowbus®
Process and parameter number to address parameters using the Flowbus® protocol.
[Pro]
Flowbus® process number
[Par]
Flowbus® parameter number
“RS232 interface with FLOW-BUS protocol”, for detailed information.
Modbus®
PDU Address and register number to address parameters using the Modbus® protocol.
[address] Hexadecimal PDU address.
[index]
Decimal register number.
For the Modbus® protocol every 2 bytes are addressed separately. Check section 3.5, “Modbus®
RS485 operation” for more details.
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