Thinking of getting started
I am somewhat new to this world but have several jobs that I need a inexpensive modbus i/o network setup. I have several analog sensors all being 4-20ma, 0-5v, and 0-10v as well as 4 10k thermistor. I do not have experience with aadruino or code and was wondering how hard these are to set up and get sensor data back to my modbus master over ip? And if there are enough inputs on 1 unit for 4 thermistor inputs and 2 4-20 inputs as well as 1 0-5v input? If this is very difficult is there any chance of getting the setup loaded at the factory for a fee? I understand modbus and bacnet protocol but have no experience with adruino. I am looking for something that I can embed in my OEM products to give them the ability to communicate with modbus in current automation systems in facilities that retrofit my hardware. Thanks
Hi Derrick, I have implemented Modbus by using https://github.com/smarmengol/Modbus-Master-Slave-for-Arduino on the Industruino (as Master) and an Arduino Uno (as Slave). In order to get it to run on the Industruino, I had to modify the code - replacing Serial with Serial1, and ensuring that I set the Tx_En_Pin to 9. In order to get it running on the Uno I had to modify the code to use Software Serial.
So:
#include <ModbusRtu.h> // mondified to have port 0 point to Serial1
// Modbus
uint16_t au16data[16]; //!< data array for modbus network sharing
uint8_t u8state; //!< machine state
uint8_t u8query; //!< pointer to message query
unsigned long u32wait;Modbus master(0,1,9); // this is master on Serial1, with TX_EN on Pin 9 for RS-485
// Timer driving reading / sending of messages
Timer modbusTimer;/**
* This is an structe which contains a query to a slave device
*/
modbus_t telegram[1];void setup() {
// Modbus
#define TOTAL_TELEGRAMS 2
// telegram 0: read registers from Slave 1
telegram[0].u8id = 1; // slave address
telegram[0].u8fct = 3; // function code (this one is registers read)
telegram[0].u16RegAdd = 0; // start address in slave
telegram[0].u16CoilsNo = 4; // number of elements (coils or registers) to read
telegram[0].au16reg = au16data; // pointer to a memory array in the Arduino// telegram 1: read registers from Slave 2
telegram[1].u8id = 2; // slave address
telegram[1].u8fct = 3; // function code (this one is write a single register)
telegram[1].u16RegAdd = 0; // start address in slave
telegram[1].u16CoilsNo = 3; // number of elements (coils or registers) to read
telegram[1].au16reg = au16data+4; // pointer to a memory array in the Arduino
master.begin(9600); // baud-rate at 9600
master.setTimeOut(2000); // if there is no answer in 5000 ms, roll over
u32wait = millis() + 1000;
u8state = u8query = 0;
int modbusEvent = modbusTimer.every(500, getModbusData); // Every 500mSec}
void loop() {
// Handle modbus timer
modbusTimer.update();}
void getModbusData()
{
switch( u8state ) {
case 0:
master.query( telegram[0] );
master.query( telegram[1] );
//master.query( telegram[u8query] ); // send query (only once)
u8state++;
u8query++;
if (u8query > TOTAL_TELEGRAMS) u8query = 0;
break;
case 1:
master.poll(); // check incoming messages
if (master.getState() == COM_IDLE) {
u8state = 0;
}
break;
}
}
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