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Version: 5.2.0.1

Modbus Reader

Description​

The Modbus Reader is an outbound adapter providing data read support utilizing Modbus technologies.

The client connection to a server setup is configured in a reusable Modbus Client Configuration Landscape entry. The structure of the read data is specified in a Modbus Message Type instance.

Create a new Modbus Reader​

To create a Modbus Reader, adapter follow the steps described in the general description of Adapters

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Configuration​

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  • Modbus client environment entry is a selection of one of the existing Modbus Client Configuration Landscape entries.

  • Message type is a Modbus-specific data format needs to be selected after it was imported.

  • If Register optimization is selected then the Modbus registers are combined into one batch if they are sequential and without address gaps in between.

  • A batch block is combined up to the Maximum optimization data size for register optimization. The number can usually (by the nature of the protocol) not be higher than 250.