User Manual
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• Communication conditions
The read cycle, Inter-block delay, Time out, Auto recovery, and Retrials settings are
displayed.
• Communication Status
The communication status is displayed using the status lamp and the detail code.
Status Lamp Detail Code Meaning
Green Good Communication is operating normally.
Yellow Command is readying.
Red Communication is stopped.
Common to yellow None No response from the slave device.
and red Func The slave device cannot execute the command
from the FX.
Regi The slave device does not have the specified
register.
Err The response data from the slave device is broken
(communication error).
(Space) The detail code is not displayed until the status is
confirmed when communication is started.
Resuming Command Transmission
You can use the front panel keys to resume command transmission to a slave device to
which communication is stopped (red status lamp).
1.
Using the up and down arrow keys, select the command corresponding to the
slave device to which transmission will be resumed. The message “Push [right
arrow] key to refresh” appears.
2.
Press the right arrow key. The FX starts command transmission to the specified
slave.
Data When Communication Is Stopped and during Connection Retrials
For Modbus master, the communication input data is held at the previous values while
the command is being retried.
If the command transmission stops such as due to a connection drop, the status turns
red, and the communication input data will be error data. On communication channels,
“+OVER” or –OVER is displayed according to the FX settings.
Data Dropout
Data drop occurs when the commands from 1 to 16 do not complete within the read
cycle (see appendix 1). When a data dropout occurs, the communication input data is
held at the previous value. A message indicating the data dropout is also displayed on
the Modbus status display. If this happens, take measures such as making the read cycle
longer or reducing the number of commands. Confirm that no data dropout occurs on the
modbus status log screen.
2.6 Using Modbus to Read Data From and Write Data to Other Devices