Single bit, provided by an I/O system, read-only The four primary tables are input discretes

MODBUS bases its data model on a series of tables which have distinguishing characteristics. Similar reasoning was used by the original developers of the World Wide Web when they chose to implement a minimal Web query as a single transaction using TCP/IP on well-known port 80. This gives the mechanism a wide tolerance to network performance changes, and allows security features such as firewalls and proxies to be easily added. The main reason is to keep control of an individual ‘transaction’ by enclosing it in a connection which can be identified, supervised, and canceled without requiring specific action on the part of the client and server applications. In addition, TCP/IP allows a very large number of concurrent connections, so in most cases it is the choice of the initiator whether to reconnect as required or re-use a long-lived connection.ĭevelopers familiar with MODBUS may wonder why the connection-oriented TCP/IP protocol is used rather than the datagram-oriented UDP. A connection is easily recognized at the protocol level, and a single connection may carry multiple independent transactions. This is done below by grouping supported message types into ‘conformance classes’ which differentiate between those messages which are universally implemented and those which are optional, particularly those specific to devices such as PLC’s. However, an attempt has been made to clarify which functions within MODBUS have value for interoperability of general automation equipment, and which parts are ‘baggage’ from the alternate use of MODBUS as a programming protocol for PLC’s. Since MODBUS is already widely known, there should be little information in this document which could not be obtained elsewhere. The MODBUS TCP/IP protocol is being published as a (‘de-facto’) automation standard.

The most common use of the protocols at this time are for Ethernet attachment of PLC’s, I/O modules, and ‘gateways’ to other simple field buses or I/O networks. Specifically, it covers the use of MODBUS messaging in an ‘Intranet’ or ‘Internet’ environment using the TCP/IP protocols. MODBUS TCP/IP is a variant of the MODBUS family of simple, vendor-neutral communication protocols intended for supervision and control of automation equipment. An Introduction to MODBUS TCP/IP Modbus TCP/IP Unplugged – An introduction to Modbus TCP/IP Addressing, Function Codes and Modbus TCP/IP Networking

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