
IM 01R04B08-00E-E 1st edition February 15, 2012 -00
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<5. OPERATION OF ROTAMASS 3 SERIES MODBUS COMMUNICATION TYPE>
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5. OPERATION OF ROTAMASS 3 SERIES
MODBUS COMMUNICATION TYPE
5.1 Operation via display
Forgeneralinformationregardingtheoperationviadisplayrefertotheinstructionmanualofthestandard
typeIM01R04B04-00E-E.FortheModbuscommunicationtypetheoperationviadisplayisbasicallythe
same. Extensions and restrictions are described below:
AmenuhasbeenaddedtoDetailedSetuptoconguretheModbuscommunicationsettingsofROTAMASS.
To establish communication please make sure to match the communication settings of your host system.
DuetomemoryrestrictionstheGermanlanguagetextshavebeenremoved.SelectionofGermanmenulan-
guageisthereforenotpossible;alltextswillremaininEnglish.
Currentoutput2isnotavailableforModbuscommunicationtype.Allmenuitemsreferringtocurrentoutput2
havethereforebeenremovedfromthedisplaymenu.
Note:duetotheabilityofcommunicatingviaHARTandModbussimultaneouslytheoperationofthedisplay
menuisslightlyslowerthanexperiencedwithastandarddevice.
5.2 Operation via HART
ROTAMASS3SeriesModbuscommunicationtypesupportsalsofullcongurationviaHARTcommunication
protocol on current output 1.
ForwiringandgeneralinformationregardingtheoperationviaHARTcommunicationprotocolrefertothe
instruction manual of the standard type IM 01R04B04-00E-E.
UnlessaspecialDD/DTMfortheModbuscommunicationtypeisavailablethestandardDD/DTMwillbe
loaded. Therefore a few restrictions apply:
1. TheModbuscommunicationsettingsmenuisnotavailableviaHARTbutonlyinthedisplaymenuof
ROTAMASS.
2. When changing the menu text to German, the display language will remain in English since German
languagetextsarenotavailable.
3. Allsettingsforcurrentoutput2arevisibleinthestandardDD/DTM.However,anysettingsmadefor
currentoutput2willhavenoeffectinthedevicesincethisoutputisnotavailable.
5.3 Operation via Modbus
AllROTAMASS3SeriesModbuscommunicationoptionssupportreadingaccesstoallmeasurementvalues
inholdingandinputregisters.DependingontheoptioncongurationofselectedparametersviaModbusis
also supported.
Fordetailedinformationofavailableparametersrefertothemenutreeinchapter6.
Forcongurationofselectionparametersforeachselectionaspecicvaluehastobewritten.Theselection
valuesarefoundinthetableinchapter7.
Note:TheModbuscommunicationsettingsofROTAMASScanbechangedviaModbus.However,
communicationcontinueswiththeprevioussettings.Thenewsettingswillonlybetakenineffectafter
executionofthefunctionModbusInitoraPoweronofROTAMASS!
Importantnote:Othercommunicationprotocolshandledependenciesandrefreshesofparametersindevice
descriptionles.IntheoppositeModbusaccessesonlysingleregisters(valuesorparameters)andthehost
has usually no information about any other conditions. Furthermore according Modbus specication only few
exception codes for certain transmission errors are dened. Therefore only physical transmission is secured
bytheprotocolbutanylogicalcheckhastobedoneindividuallybythehostsystem.Formoreinformation
refer to chapter 8.
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