Client

Client

The Modbus TCP client in Proview allows you to connect to equipment which acts as Modbus TCP servers, such as remote I/O, PLCs etc.

Instructions

Here are the steps required to add a Modbus TCP client in Proview:

• Create a Modbus_Master module for your node
• Under the Modbus_Master module, add a Modbus_TCP_Slave
• Configure the Modbus_TCP_Slave module with the ip/port for your plc (e.g. 192.168.1.60 / 502)
• Configure a Modbus_Module under the Modbus_TCP_Slave for each function code you want to use (Read_Coil, Read_Registers etc).
• Configure the channel objects of the appropriate type for each Modbus_Module

Now you can connect each of the channel objects to the appropriate variables in your plant hierarchy.

Screenshots

Node hierarchy

<img title="Node" src="http://www.maba.dk/wiki/images/7/7c/NodeHier.png" alt="Node" width="374" height="242" />

The configuration of the Modbus_TCP_Client:

<img src="/wiki/images/archive/7/77/20130815105845!ModbusTCPClientConfig.png" alt="ModbusTCPConfig" width="410" height="597" />

 

The configuration of the ModbusModule:

<img title="ModbusModuleConfig" src="/wiki/images/0/04/ModbusModuleConfig.png" alt="ModbusModuleConfig" width="409" height="595" />