Chapter 5 Parameters_VFD-B Series
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ASCII mode:
Each 8-bit data is the combination of two ASCII characters. For example, a 1-byte data: 64 Hex,
shown as ‘64’ in ASCII, consists of ‘6’ (36Hex) and ‘4’ (34Hex).
Character ‘0’ ‘1’ ‘2’ ‘3’ ‘4’ ‘5’ ‘6’ ‘7’
ASCII code 30H 31H 32H 33H 34H 35H 36H 37H
Character ‘8’ ‘9’ ‘A’ ‘B’ ‘C’ ‘D’ ‘E’ ‘F’
ASCII code 38H 39H 41H 42H 43H 44H 45H 46H
RTU mode:
Each 8-bit data is the combination of two 4-bit hexadecimal characters. For example, 64 Hex.
 2. Data Format
10-bit character frame (For ASCII):
( 7.N.2)
( 7.E.1)
Start
bit
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Stop
bit
10-bit character frame
( 7.O.1)
Odd
parity
Start
bit
0
1 2
3 4 5 6
Stop
bit
10-bit character frame
Even
parity
Start
bit
0 1 2 3 4
5
6
Stop
bit
7-bit character
10-bit character frame
Stop
bit
7-bit character
7-bit character
11-bit character frame (For RTU):
Start
bit
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Stop
bit
Stop
bit
8-bit character
11-bit cha racter frame
( 8.N.2 )
Start
bit
0 1 2 3 4
5
6
Even
arity
Stop
bit
11-bit cha racter frame
( 8.E.1 )
Start
bit
0 1 2 3 4
5
6
Stop
bit
11-bit cha racter frame
( 8.O.1 )
Odd
parity
7
7
7
8-bit character
8-bit character