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194 - Modbus TCP/IP Function Codes RocketLinx ES8510 and ES8510-XT User Guide: 2000513 Rev. H
ModBus TCP /IP Support
The ES8510 operates as slave/server device, while a typical master/client device is a host computer running
appropriate application software, for example, a SCADA / HMI system. The ES8510 can be polled through
Ethernet, thus the Modbus TCP/IP master can read or write to the Modbus registers provided by the Modbus
TCP/IP.
The ES8510 firmware provides Modbus TCP/IP registers that map to the ES8510 operating system
information which, includes the description, IP address, power status, interface status, interface information
and inbound/outbound packet statistics. With the register support, you can read the information through the
Modbus TCP/IP based progress/ display/ monitor applications and monitor the status of the switch easily.
Modbus TCP/IP Function Codes
Modbus TCP/IP devices use a subset of the standard Modbus TCP/IP function codes to access device-dependent
information. Modbus TCP/IP function codes are defined in the following table.
Error Checking
The utilization of the error checking helps eliminate errors caused by noise in the communications link. In
Modbus TCP/IP mode, messages include an error-checking field that is based on a Cyclical Redundancy Check
(CRC) method. The CRC field checks the contents of the entire message. It is applied regardless of any parity
check method used for the individual BYTE characters of the message. The CRC value is calculated by the
transmitting device, which appends the CRC to the message. The receiving device recalculates a CRC during
receipt of the message, and compares the calculated value to the actual value it received in the CRC filed.
Function
Code
Name Usage
01 Read Coils Reads the state of a digital output.
02 Read Input Status Reads the state of a digital input.
03 Read Holding Register Reads the holding register in 16-bit register format.
04 (see note) Read Input Registers Reads data in 16-bit register format.
05 Write Coil Writes data to force a digital output ON/OFF.
06 Write Single Register Writes data in 16-bit register format.
15 Force Multiple Coils Writes data to force multiple consecutive coils.
Note: The ES8510 supports Function Code 04, the Read Input Registers. With this support, the
remote SCADA or other Modbus TCP/IP applications can poll the information of the device
and monitor the major status of the ES8510.