Easily Access Registers and Coils in Modbus
Modbus may be older technology but thousands, if not tens of thousands, of Modbus devices are still measuring, metering and analyzing; probably some in your factory. Now, with the 460MMWI, you have an easy way to pull Modbus RTU Slave register and coil data into your web applications. Use that data to easily build a HTML5 dashboard, archive data or create a sophisticated alarm system. The 460MMWI gets you the data – you just have to make use of it.
How Do I Get Modbus Slave Data?
There are only two steps to accessing your Modbus Slave data. First, you configure the 460MMWI using the easy to use, browser-based configuration pages. You’ll identify the address of the Modbus Slaves to access, and the registers and coils you want to read. Once that’s complete, you’ll just issue standard HTTP GET instructions to move that data into your application. It’s that easy.
How is the Modbus Data Represented?
In your GET you can request either a JSON or XML data string containing tags for the Registers or Coils you identified. In XML, you’ll get something like <Speed105>523<Speed105>. In JSON, you’ll get “Speed105:523” for the same register. The leading 4 in the tag name identifies the notation as a holding register.
What Web Client Applications Can I Use?
You can access the JSON or XML tags from any web application tool including Python, PSP and other similar tools.
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Web Interface Features
Max Web Interface Connections: 1 (Gateway acting as Client) / Unlimited (Gateway acting as Server)Encodings: JSON, XML
Proxy Support: HTTP, SOCKS5 for Client
Maximum Number of Input Data Points: 1000 JSON Fields or 1000 XML Tags
Maximum Number of Output Data Points: 1000 JSON Fields or 1000 XML Tags
HTTP Services: Client: POST only; Server: GET and POST
Modbus RTU Master Features
Modbus Operation Modes: Modbus RTU MasterFunction Codes Supported: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 15 & 16
Swapping: Byte and Word Swapping
Maximum Modbus RTU Slave Devices: 32
Number Read/Write Scan Lines per RTU Slave Device: 200 Total - 100 reads & 100 writes
Scan Line Support: Up to 125 Registers or 512 Coils
What our Customers are Saying
“I challenged a customer to get it working by the time I got back from his break room with a Coke and he indeed had it working when I got back. He then said, "It’s worth twice the price!"”
Eric P. / Kendall Electric
“Everything seems to be working as we imagined. Thanks for the great response time. I did not see any way to save the configuration other than screen shots, but the configuration did not get lost in the update. Thanks again, and you were a pleasure to work with.”
Kevin L. / Extol, Inc.
