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Modbus for Field Technicians

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

MODBUS - Introduction ...................................................................................................... 5

1. There are 4 types of data. ................................................................................... 6

2. There are (were) a Max of 9999 points of each data type. ................................. 8

3. 5 Digit vs 6 Digit Addressing ................................................................................ 9

4. What about Scaling in Modbus ......................................................................... 12

5. Floating Point Numbers in Modbus .................................................................. 13

6. Byte/Word Order – An ambiguous nightmare .................................................. 14

7. Bit Order – Sometimes it’s a problem too. ....................................................... 16

8. Modbus and Gateways ..................................................................................... 17

9. What about errors / exceptions. ....................................................................... 18

10. There can only be one master on a Modbus Serial Trunk................................. 20

11. Multiple Clients of a Modbus slave ................................................................... 21

12. Old device – slow processors – limited capability ............................................. 27

13. Modbus Ascii, JBUS, Enron and other Variants ................................................. 27

Modbus RS232, RS485 and TCP/IP ................................................................................... 29

14. How Modbus is Transported ............................................................................. 30

15. Modbus on RS232 ............................................................................................. 31

16. Modbus on RS485 ............................................................................................. 32

Modbus Resources, Testing and Trouble Shooting .......................................................... 45

17. What to take to site with you ........................................................................... 46

18. Trouble Shooting Modbus TCP/IP ..................................................................... 51

Required tools ................................................................................................... 51

How to Capture with Wireshark ....................................................................... 52

Capture Filters .................................................................................................. 57

Display Filtering ................................................................................................ 59

Searching .......................................................................................................... 59

19. Using the CAS Modbus Scanner ........................................................................ 61

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