VEGA VEGABAR 87 Modbus and Levelmaster protocol - Operating Instructions - Manual (Page 61)

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10 Supplement
VEGABAR 87 • Modbus and Levelmaster protocol
46297-EN-131107
Approvals
Instruments with approvals can have different technical data depending on the version.
For that reason the associated approval documents of these instruments must be carefully noted.
They are part of the delivery or can be downloaded under www.vega.com and "VEGA Tools" as
well as under "Downloads" and "Approvals".
10.2 Basics Modbus
Bus description
The Modbus protocol is a communication protocol for the communication between instruments. It is
based on a Master/Slave or Client/Server architecture. By means of Modbus, a Master and several
Slaves can be connected. Each bus participant has an unambiguous address and can send mes-
sages to the bus. This is initiated by the Master, the addessed Slave answers. The versions Ethernet
and serial (EIA-232 and EIA-485) as well as the modes ASCII, TCP and RTU are available for the
data transfer. In the RTU and ASCII mode interesting here, data will be transmitted in binary form.
The telegram consists generally of the address, the function, the data as well as the transmission
check.
Bus architecture
In the version Modbus RTU, up to 32 participants can be connected to the bus. The length of the
twisted two-wire cable can be up to 1200 m. The bus must be terminated on both sides at the last
bus participant with a terminating resistor of 120 Ohm. The resistor is already integrated in the
VEGABAR 87 and is activated/deactivated via a slide switch.
4
1
3 3 3
2
+
+
power supply
MODBUS
D0 D1 IS GN
D
USB
+
+
power supply
MODBUS
D0 D1 IS GN
D
USB
+
+
power supply
MODBUS
D0 D1 IS GN
D
USB
1 3 4 5 2 off on ( )
(
)
(-)
(-) 1 3 4 5 2 off on ( )
(
)
(-)
(-) 1 3 4 5 2 off on ( )
(
)
(-)
(-)
Fig. 29: Bus architecture Modbus
1 RTU
2 Connection resistor
3 Bus participant
4 Voltage supply
Protocol description
The VEGABAR 87 is suitable for connection to the following RTUs with Modbus RTU or ASCII
protocol.