Distributed Network Protocol

FT3 frame format for DNP3

7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Bit description for Control field
1 FCB FCV ← Pri. to Sec.
Bit
MTU
Name
RTU
Description
DIR PRM FUNCTIONCODE
0 DFC ← Sec. to Pri. 1 → from a Master
0 Outgoing
DIR Direction
User Data 0 → from a Slave
Primary 1 → Initial message
PRM
Start Dest. Sour. CRC Message 0 → Final message
0x05 0x64
Len Ctrl
LSB MSB LSB MSB LSB MSB Frame Incoming
FCB Toggling bit
Header Block
Count Bit User Data
Frame 1 → FCB is Valid
CRC
FCV
Count Valid .
0 → Ignore FCB
User Data (16 bytes)
LSB MSB DFC
Data Flow
.
1 → Buffer overflow
Data Block 1
Control
Function Code Key
.
0 → Buffer available

CRC
User Data (16 bytes)
LSB MSB
P0000
Incoming Reset Link
P0010
User Data Test Link States
Data Block 2
P0011 User data – confirm Outgoing
CRC P0100 User data – no confirmUser Data
User Data (1 to 16 bytes)
LSB MSB P1001 Request Link Status
Data Block N S0000
Request .
Confirm – ACK
S0001
Command .
Improvement
Confirm – NACK
The FT3 frame format for DNP3 is defined as:
as: S1011
Optional
S1111
Response
.
Link Status
No Supported
Ethernet could carry out at least

10-byte fixed header block. 1400 bytes

Up to 16 data blocks of 16 bytes each one.

Each data block has 16-bit CRC field. (86 data blocks)

The overall message carry out maximum of data payload.
250 bytes of data payload. 8