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    Modbus "illigal data adress" RS485 120 Ohm termination

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    • JoelHaggarJ
      JoelHaggar
      last edited by

      Those dip switches won't have any affect on this error and it's also probably not the lack of a terminating resistor although you should always have a terminating register for a properly configured RS-485 network.

      Illegal data address is a response from the device so you know that you are communicating to the device. It's telling you that you are requesting a register that it does not support.

      These are the settings to check:

      0_1457977396159_upload-518a1f7a-2287-40c4-af69-a30991265bbe

      It's likely the Contiguous Batches option or the Max read register count or you are just reading the wrong registers.

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        stensma
        last edited by stensma

        Hi!
        Added a 120 hm termination on the Mango ES side.
        I have now tried som different settings without progress.
        The register is valid when I test the readout on the data point menu.
        And if I take it away the next data point in line gets the same error message
        Modbus RS 485': Exhaust Air temp Device name: Modbus RS 485: Illegal data address
        It is allways the first (from top down in the data point list) active data point that gets this error message!
        Bit count from 1000 to 100000
        Register 10 to 256

        Session timeout from 500 to 5000 ms
        retries 5

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        • JoelHaggarJ
          JoelHaggar
          last edited by

          You would want the 120 ohm resistor at the very end of your RS-485 network, the MangoES already has the resistor built in.

          I'm not sure what you mean by "test the readout on the data point menu"?

          Try checking "Contiguous Batches Only" and keep your Bit count and register count low.

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            Desmond
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              Desmond
              last edited by

              Hi Stensma,

              I also encounter this weird behaviour. The first few consecutive node of device in daisy chain connection also seem "missing in action"
              For my case, I had about 12 modbus device in a chain and I noticed first few node always not being discover by node scan.
              However if I change the data source from modbus serial to modbus IP, all the node are discovered by node scan.
              not sure if total no of devices connected in daisy chain had any implication or it is a known issue.

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                stensma @JoelHaggar
                last edited by

                @JoelHaggar
                Hi!
                I mean that the address is correct, when I test the address and settings on the data point the address is correct an it responds well.
                When I then disable the data point wich is the first in the list, then the second one in the data point list gives me the same error.
                I have now tried bit count from as low as 100 an register to 10 for read and write all with and without the "Contiguous Batches Only" option.
                /Stensma

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                • JoelHaggarJ
                  JoelHaggar
                  last edited by

                  Try your settings like this:
                  0_1458422211396_upload-3d28b357-a62c-4f3b-9e44-7f92f5eb4a5a
                  Also you can try the override timing box and leave your settings as 0

                  0_1458422250861_upload-e873c93e-f6bf-4729-8060-8ee50a695573

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                    stensma
                    last edited by

                    Latest news on the Modbus front.

                    Register value according to you suggestion works !
                    But then i loose connection to my second device on the Bus a energy meter that have.
                    My heat ex-changer has slave ID 1 and the Energy meter slave ID 3.
                    But the Heat ex-changer only has Modbus data type with 2 byte word and the Energy meter has 4 byte word.
                    This give me following error message:
                    Modbus RS 485': com.serotonin.modbus4j.exception.ModbusTransportException: Invalid number of registers: 2

                    So I am currently testing read register set to "2" the rest set at "1" it is looking good so far.

                    By the way:
                    Where do I find the timing box?

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                      stensma
                      last edited by

                      Nope I still get "Modbus RS 485: Illegal data address" when I have anything other than "1" in the read register setting.

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                      • JoelHaggarJ
                        JoelHaggar
                        last edited by

                        Sounds to me like you have two devices that are not compatible to be on the same network.

                        There are two types of modbus reads for holding registers. One is where Mango requests a single register and the other is where Mango requests multiple registers. For 4 byte registers it's normal for the device to require the multiple register read so that makes sense. You could try changing your Max Register read to 2 which should be ok for your device with 4 byte registers but your other device may not like this so you might be forced to create two separate networks for each type of device.

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