Engineers often configure Modbus RTU networks and forget about baud rate until something breaks. A mismatch between master and slave baud settings causes silent communication failure—no error flag, no alarm, just frozen data. This article digs into why baud rate selection is not a one-size-fits-all decision. Cable length, slave count, electromagnetic interference level, and payload size all push the optimal value in different directions.
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