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How to connect to Modbus devices using OPC
O f all the industrial protocols out the re , Modbus is one of the m ost popular. Its ope n protocol, e asy im ple m e ntation, and basic fe ature se t all com bine to m ak e it a we ll use d protocol. This article will e x plain how to conne ct Modbus to O PC and the diffe re nce s be twe e n basic com m unications and m ore advance d te le m e try com m unication be twe e n Modbus and O PC Basic media options: Se rial (e ithe r R S232 or R S485) Ethe rne t More advanced connection options: R adio GPR S Sate llite dial up m ode m Protocols Modbus Modbus R TU Modbus on TC P Enron Modbus Modbus Plus Danie l Modbus Be ntly Ne vada Modbus Registers Data in Modbus is groupe d in re giste rs 0x : re ad/write tags that can be on or off. Som e tim e s calle d "coils", "digitals", "re lays", or "boole ans" Addre ss range from 00001-09999 1x : re ad-only tags that can be on or off. Som e tim e s calle d "coils", "digitals", "re lays", or "boole ans" Addre ss range from 10001-19999 3x : R e ad only tags. 16 bit size s by de fault. Also calle d input re giste rs 4x : R e ad/write tags. 16 bit size s by de fault. Also calle d holding re giste rs. Interpreting different registers W hat if Im using floats, 32 bit "wide " re giste rs, unsigne d inte ge r, swappe d word orde r, ASC II strings, e tc? W ith the se re giste rs, m ost O PC Se rve rs offe r le tte r suffix e s or som e othe r way of de noting that the O PC Se rve r should tre at that tag diffe re ntly. W ith the Matrik on O PC Se rve r for Modbus, as an e x am ple , a paire d re giste r for a 32 bit floating-point re al O PC Tag m ight look lik e this: Te stC hanne l.Te stDe vice .4:34P Master/Slave Control Many pe ople out the re k now that O PC C lie nts are typically e m be dde d in applications that ne e d to have control ove r com m unications. O PC Se rve rs are typically built for applications that do not ne e d to control the com m unications. Many protocols out the re , such as Modbus, also follow this philosophy. Modbus is Maste r/Slave , just lik e O PC is C lie nt/Se rve r. Usually, you want your O PC Se rve r to act as the Modbus Maste r, and re lay the control down the line . But som e tim e s, youll want your de vice to have m ore control ove r the com m unications such as if your de vice was to "phone hom e " in an alarm condition. In the se instance s, youll ne e d your O PC Se rve r to act as a Modbus slave . Most O PC Se rve rs do not support slave m ode , so if you ne e d it, be sure to ask your ve ndor. Telemetry The proble m we re going to run into with advance d conne ctions is that O PC Se rve rs are just passive translators. W ith a com ple x te le m e try e nvironm e nt, whe re we com m unicate with m any R TUs or PLC s ove r high late ncy, low bandwidth, share d com m unication link s; we re going to ne e d an O PC Se rve r with m ore brains. The se "brains" are m ore advance d tim ing and polling options. A good Te le m e try SC ADA O PC Se rve r should support round robin polling, inte rrupt/de m and polling, and have

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O PC Se rve r should support round robin polling, inte rrupt/de m and polling, and have m any advance d tim ing param e te rs to account for diffe re nt de lays or polling tim e s. Multiple Masters O ne of the diffe re nce s be twe e n the two is that you can have m ore than 1 O PC C lie nt conne cte d to e ach O PC Se rve r, whe re as you dont usually want 2 Modbus Maste rs talk ing to the sam e Modbus slave . This can be a proble m if youre using re dundant O PC Se rve rs or m ultiple Maste r applications. Be sure to talk to your ve ndor on alle viating the se issue s in your application if the se are an issue .

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