Communications protocol for catering facilities Specifications & implementation guide Performances Series, Vol. 9Q198

This document defines the communications protocol specifications governing kitchen appliances in catering facilities. The protocol, built on the Open ModBus Ethernet network, greatly facilitates the integration of new appliances into an institutional kitchen : it enables appliance interconnectivity and interoperability, along with connexion to a centralized supervision system ; it promotes interchangeability between similar kinds of kitchen appliances from different manufacturers.