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| </ul> | | </ul> |
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| + | ==Modbus TCP Master== |
| | | |
| + | A Modbus <b>master</b> device can request data from Modbus slaves. The Modbus TCP Master section is used to configure Modbus TCP slaves. To add a new slave, enter a custom name, slave's ID, IP address and port and click the "Add" button: |
| + | |
| + | [[File:{{{file_add_new_slave}}}]] |
| + | |
| + | ===Slave device configuration=== |
| + | ---- |
| + | The figure below is an example of the <b>Slave device configuration</b> and the table below provides information on the fields contained in that section: |
| + | |
| + | [[File:{{{file_slave_configuration}}}]] |
| + | |
| + | <table class="nd-mantable"> |
| + | <tr> |
| + | <th>Field name</th> |
| + | <th>Value</th> |
| + | <th>Description</th> |
| + | </tr> |
| + | <tr> |
| + | <td>Enabled</td> |
| + | <td>yes | no; Default: <b>no</b></td> |
| + | <td>Turns communication with the slave device ON or OFF</td> |
| + | </tr> |
| + | <tr> |
| + | <td>Name</td> |
| + | <td>string; Default: <b>none</b></td> |
| + | <td>Slave device custom name, used for easier management purposes</td> |
| + | </tr> |
| + | <tr> |
| + | <td>Slave ID</td> |
| + | <td>integer [1..247]; Default: <b>none</b></td> |
| + | <td>Slave ID. Each slave in a network is assigned a unique identifier randging from 1 to 247. When the master requests data from a slave, the first byte it sends is the Slave ID</td> |
| + | </tr> |
| + | <tr> |
| + | <td>IP address</td> |
| + | <td>ip; Default: <b>none</b></td> |
| + | <td>Slave device IP address</td> |
| + | </tr> |
| + | <tr> |
| + | <td>Port</td> |
| + | <td>integer [0..65535]; Default: <b>none</b></td> |
| + | <td>Slave device Modbus TCP port</td> |
| + | </tr> |
| + | <tr> |
| + | <td>Period</td> |
| + | <td>integer [1..6400]; Default: <b>none</b></td> |
| + | <td>Interval at which requests are sent to the slave device</td> |
| + | </tr> |
| + | <tr> |
| + | <td>Timeout</td> |
| + | <td>integer [1..30]; Default: <b>none</b></td> |
| + | <td>Maximum response wait time</td> |
| + | </tr> |
| + | </table> |
| + | |
| + | ==Modbus Data to Server== |
| + | |
| + | [[File:{{{file_add_new_sender}}}]] |
| + | |
| + | [[File:{{{file_sender_configuration}}}]] |
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| ==See also== | | ==See also== |