KROHNE MFC 400 Modbus - Manual (Page 36)

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8.4 Number format
• Hexadecimal values are written in the format 0xNNNN, where NNNN is the hexadecimal
value.
• Decimal values are written in the format 0dNNNN or NNNN, where NNNN is the decimal
value.
8.5 Glossary
RTU Remote Terminal Unit mode is a Modbus serial transmission mode
RS232 TIA/EIA-232 Standard
RS485 TIA/EIA-485 Standard
Master/Client A device that polls one or more slave devices and always initiates
communication
Slave/Server A device that responds to requests from a master and never initiates
communication
CRC Cyclic Redundancy Checksum
Register A Modbus data object corresponding to a word (16 bits)
Coil A Modbus data object corresponding to a single bit
LSB Least Significant Byte
MSB Most Significant Byte
lsb least significant bit
msb most significant bit