ProSoft Technology 3170-MBS User Manual

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3170-MBS ♦ Flex Platform

Status Information

Modbus Slave Interface Module

User Manual

ProSoft Technology, Inc.

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October 27, 2010

5.2

Module Status Words

 Slot Status: indicates the general health of the installed I/O module
 Number of Words: either 3 or 15 words indeterminate if slot is empty.
 Number of Read Words: the number of words which are to be read from the

I/O module, indeterminate if slot is empty.

Address

Bit:

15 14

13 12

11 10

9

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0 40122

Status

Total
Words

Read
Words

Type
Identity

to 40129

 Type ID: a byte when combined with the Number of Words and Number of

Read Words form the Module ID which uniquely identifies a specific module

function, series and revision, indeterminate if slot is empty. Note that all of
bits 0 through 12 should be used in identifying a module.

Bit 15

1 = No answer, empty slot or dead module

Bit 14

1 = Either positive edge of bit 15 or bit 13 detected

Bit 13

1 = Bit failure, bad data on SerBus

Bit 12

1 = Number of words is 15, = 0 number of words is 3

Bits 11 to 8

Value = number of read words

Bits 7 to 0 Value = Type ID

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