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Modbus General

Good Resources http://www.rtaautomation.com/modbusrtu/ http://www.rtaautomation.com/modbustcp/ Serial Modbus Serial MODBUS connections can be ASCII and RTU (binary coded). Modbus RTU: Messages are a...

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Modbus TCP/IP

Resources Acromag Introduction To Modbus TCP/IP Has a good explanation of how a RTU serial packet is transferred over TCP/IP modbus.org​ Modbus Messaging On TCP/IP Implementation Guide Simply Modbus...

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Modbus Comms General

Resources modbus.org Modbus Application Protocol Describes function codes modbus.org Modbus over Serial Line Specification and Implementation Guide Register Addressing The Modbus register number...

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Function 03 Read Holding Registers

Modbus RTU Function 03 'Read Holding Registers' To read a word (16 bits) from a register you send the following: Byte 0 Modbus Device Address (1 to 247) Byte 1 Function Code / Message Type (0x03) Byte...

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Function 06 Write Single Register

Modbus RTU Function 06 'Preset Single Register' To write a word (16 bits) to a register you send the following: Byte 0 Modbus Device Address (1 to 247) Byte 1 Function Code / Message Type (0x06) Byte...

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Function 16 Write Multiple Registers

Modbus RTU Function 16 'Preset Multiple Registers' To write 3 words (48 bits) to 3 consecutive registers you send the following: Byte 0 Modbus Device Address (1 to 247) Byte 1 Function Code / Message...

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Modbus Apps

Free sourceforge.net/projects/qmodmaster/  Nice interface but only works with single register values (no float, ASCII strings etc support) Paid simplymodbus.ca/RTUmaster.htm Poor operation in Windows...

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Byte ordering

Modbus is a big-endian protocol.  The more significant byte of a 16-bit value is sent before the less significant byte So, for bytes on the bus a UInt16 is sent like this: Bits15:8 | Bits7:0...

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