Modbus OPC Server Configuration Guide

Channel Configuration

Modbus Protocol Type Choose Modbus Protocol Type
RTU Binary message format. 8 bits per data byte.
ASCII ASCII message format. 16 bits per data byte.
Ethernet Use Modbus/TCP message format.
Modbus Protocol Mode Choose Modbus Protocol Mode
Master IOServer wil initiate all requests.
Slave IOServer will wait for and response to requests.
Buffer Size Maximum of frame. 256 is the standard maximum frame size.
Initialization The initial command sent to the device to check if the device is online. In the form "BitAddress, Function Code, BitCount". The default value is "0,3,16".
Function Code Modbus Address Data Type
1 0xxxx Output Coils
2 1xxxx Input Status
4 3xxxx Input Registers
3 4xxxx Output Registers
7 E.x Exception Status

Device Configuration

Address Device address of slave.
Register Address Size Size of each register in the PLC. The default is two bytes per register location.
Non standard 1 origin addressing Add 1 to address when requesting data.
Signed Integer Treat all integers as signed.
0 Origin addressing for bits in Registers. Bits in registers are numbered 0 to 15. The default numbering is 1-16.
Reverse Bits in Registers The bits in registers are reversed
32 Bits Value Byte Ordering Long value (4 bytes) byte ordering of device.

Device.40001,I4 will read the two registers at 40001 as a 32 bit signed integer value.
32 Bits Floating Point Byte Ordering Single Precision Floating point numbers byte ordering of device.

Device.40001,R4 will read the two registers at 4001 as a 32 bit floating point value.
64 Bits Floating Point Byte Ordering Double Precision Floating point numbers byte ordering of device.

Variable Types

Modbus Channel Master Mode

.Master Value  
255 Master Mode, issue read and write function codes to slave
0 Issue write function code to slave,  accept write function code from slave
n Seconds (1 to 254) Issue read function code to slave for next n seconds, issue write function code to slave, accept write function from slave

Modbus Channel Slave Mode

.Master Value  
255 Slave Mode, accept read and write function codes from master
0 Accept read and write function codes from master
1 Accept read and write function codes from master, issue write function code to slave

Modbus Function Codes Supported

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15 and 16

Performance

IOServer running on a Pentium 4, 2.8 GHz PC under Windows 2000 Advanced Server reading from a remote device.

Protocol Requests per second
TCP/IP, 2 bytes per request 2180
TCP/IP, 250 bytes per request 1392
TCP/IP, 1450 bytes per request 506

Last updated: 08 September 2010