98 
 
Figure 2 Chrysanthemum connection applications 
Figure 3 is the star connection. Terminal resistor should be connected to the two devices which have the 
longest distance. (1# and 15#device) 
 
Figure 3 star connection 
It is recommended to use shield cables in multiple connection. The basic parameter of the devices, such as 
baud rate and digital check bit in RS485 should be the same and there should be no repeated address.   
7.2.2 RTU mode 
7.2.2.1 RTU communication frame format 
If  the  controller  is  set to communicate  by RTU  mode  in  Modbus  network every 8bit  byte in  the  message 
includes two 4Bit hex characters. Compared with ACSII mode, this mode can send more data at the same 
baud rate. 
Code system   
·  1    start bit 
·  7 or 8 digital bit, the minimum valid bit can be sent firstly. Every 8 bit frame includes two hex characters 
(0...9, A...F)   
·  1    even/odd check bit . If there is no checkout, the even/odd check bit is inexistent. 
·  1    end bit (with checkout), 2 Bit(no checkout) 
Error detection field 
·  CRC 
The data format is illustrated as below:   
11-bit character frame (BIT1~BIT8 are the digital bits) 
Start bit  BIT1  BIT2  BIT3  BIT4  BIT5  BIT6  BIT7  BIT8 
Check 
bit 
End bit