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Calculating the CRC-16
The pseudo code for calculation of the CRC-16 is given below.
Preset byte count for data to be sent.
Initialize the 16-bit remainder (CRC) register to all ones.
XOR the first 8-bit data byte with the high order byte of the 16-bit CRC register. The
result is the current CRC.
INIT SHIFT: Initialize the shift counter to 0.
SHIFT: Shift the current CRC register 1 bit to the right.
Increment shift count.
Is the bit shifted out to the right (flag) a 1 or a 0?
Is shift counter equal to 8?
Is byte count greater than the data length?
When the message is transmitted, the receiver performs the same CRC operation on all the data bits
and the transmitted CRC. If the information is received correctly the resulting remainder (receiver CRC)
is 0.
Sample CRC-16 Calculation
The RTU device transmits the rightmost byte (of registers or discrete data) first. The first bit of the CRC-
16 transmitted is the MSB. Therefore, in the example the MSB of the CRC polynomial is to the extreme
right. The X term is dropped because it affects only the quotient (which is discarded) and not the
16
remainder (the CRC characters). The generating polynomial is therefore 1010 0000 0000 0001. The
remainder is initialized to all 1s.
In this example, the CRC-16 is calculated for RTU message, Read Exception Status 07. The message
format is as follows:
In this example, device number 1 (address 01) is queried. You need to know the amount of data to be
transmitted and this information can be found for every message type in Calculating the Length of Frame.
For this message the data length is 2 bytes.
GFK-2222AD
If it is a 1, XOR the generating polynomial with the current CRC.
If it is a 0, continue.
If NO, return to SHIFT.
If YES, increment byte count.
If NO, XOR the next 8-bit data byte with the current CRC and go to INIT SHIFT.
If YES, add current CRC to end of data message for transmission and exit.
Address
01
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Chapter 6. Serial I/O, SNP & RTU Protocols
Function CRC-16
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