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Status registers – Momentum Sales & Marketing Modbus Plus 170 PNT Series User Manual

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Communication Access Registers

870 USE 103 00 May 2001

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Status Registers

Overview

This section describes the function and parameters of the module status block and
the ASCII header block.

Module Status
Block Function

These registers provide information about the module’s revision level and current
operating parameters.

Module Status
Block
Parameters

The module status block layout is described in the table below. The registers can
be read, but cannot be written into.

Reference

(hex)

Purpose

Contents

4F801

Length of status block (words)

12 decimal

4F802

I/O module quantity of input bytes Module dependent

4F803

I/O module quantity of output

bytes

Module dependent

4F804

I/O module ID number

Module dependent

4F805

I/O module revision number

Format: XRwhere:X = upper 4 bits,

always 0000R = lower 12 bits, defining the
revision as 3 hex characters.Example:

100 hex = Rev. 1.00 200 hex = Rev. 2.00

4F806

ASCII header block length (words) Module dependent

4F807

Last node address to

communicate

1...64 decimal

4F808

Remaining ownership reservation
time

30...6000 decimal, in units of 10 ms (300
ms...60 s)

4F809

Remaining outputs holdup time

30...6000 decimal, in units of 10 ms (300

ms...60 s)

4F80A

I/O module health

8000 hex = healthy0000 hex = not healthy

4F80B

I/O module last error value

Module dependent

4F80B

I/O module error counter

Error count 0000...FFFF hex