The intent of this technical note is to provide a brief explanation on how to connect several SMART or XT1000 instruments together in an RS485 BUS network, connected to a PC or PLC system.
The SMART-IP65 indicator (MULTI-2 version) and XT1000 instrument each house an RS-485 (MODBUS RTU/ASCII) communication serial port, which allows the connection of several devices to a PC or PLC in the same Data Bus without the necessity for large, complicated communication networks to be created.
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