General Modbus Information

# The Modbus communications protocol is a widely-used serial

communications standard for many Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs).
# Modbus can function in full-duplex RS232 mode
OR half-duplex RS485 mode.
# When using serial, you can set up controllers to communicate on standard
Modbus networks using either of two transmission modes:
ASCII or RTU.
# Users select the desired mode, along with the serial port communication
parameters (baud rate, parity mode, etc) during configuration of each controller