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Rockwell Automation 1770-KF2 Data Highway or Highway Plus Interface Module User Manual User Manual

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Asynchronous Link Protocols

Chapter 4

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station alone may not work, since it could be that the only way to free up
space is to send a message to the master.

Line Monitoring

When monitoring half-duplex protocol in two-wire mode, you need to
monitor only one line. The example below shows a message sent by the
master and a reply sent by the slave in answer to a poll. Slave responses
are in boldface.

Message from Master to Slave:

DLE SOH STN DLE STX message DLE ETX BCC DLE ACK

Message Sent from Slave to Master in Response to Poll:

DLE ENQ STN BCC DLE STX message DLE ETX BCC DLE ACK

Poll with a DLE EOT in Response:

DLE ENQ STN BCC DLE EOT