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Modbus control of Hitachi VFDs
May 8, 2008 1:09 am, by Zorlack
Subject : Communications
from the Ack! Please Help dept.
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I've hit a bit of a stumbling point in my first experiments in motion control.

My Setup:
I have a Hitachi VFD connected to my PC via Hitachi's "ConverterCable" (this is just a RS-232 <> RS-422 converter).

My Goal:
I'd like to use an existing Modbus implementation (probably NModbus or jamod) to send Start/Stop/FW/RW commands to the VFD.

Right now I'm able to control the VFD using Hitachi's ProDrive software, which I believe uses Modbus. My problem is that I don't really know what registers I should be reading-from and writing-to in order to get control. Does anyone have any insight as to where I can get this information?

I really appreciate any advice anyone can give me in getting closer to my "Goal".

Thanks!

-Zorlack
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