Instruction manual

13. COMMUNICATION FUNCTIONS
13.2 Communication Specifications
13.2.1 Communication overview
The MELSERVO-J2 series is designed to send a reply on receipt of an instruction. The device whch gives
ths instruction (e.g. personal computer) is called a master station and the device whch sends a reply in
response to the instruction (servo ampMer) is called a slave station. When fetchg data successively, the
master station repeatedly commands the slave station to send data.
Item
Description
Baudrate 4800/9600/19200 asynchronous system
Start bit : 1 bit
I
Data bit : 8 bits
Parity bit : 1 bit (even)
Transfer code
Stop bit : 1 bit
Transfer protocol
Character system, half-duplex communication system
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