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    A Bit Stuck on Writing Multiple MODBUS Registers

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    • danD
      dan
      last edited by

      Hey Guys, long time no post haha. I've got a tricky one here...

      I have a MODBUS device I need to write two things simultaneously to to get the required function to work.
      I have to write a function code of 2 to register 4104 and key of 35702 to 4105 simultaneously.

      0_1595277160168_9bbef587-98b6-4caa-bfa7-2f0ba991255c-image.png

      I've tried putting the data in as hex or just decimal versions, on a 4 byte / 2 byte. Hair is being pulled out now and I don't have much left :P

      I've tried the fixed length option also as it allows you to select number of registers, but I can't work out how to separate the two values.

      This has to be something simple but I'm a bit lost with the syntax. Any help would be most appreciated. I'm a bit confused on this one.

      Cheers
      Dan

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      • MattFoxM
        MattFox
        last edited by

        Morning Dan,

        I've been learning modbus myself due to the ever evolving direction my company takes. Anyway!
        I did a bit of reading in the help notes and not sure if this will work but this is what they mentioned:

        The Data field is the data that will be sent. The data will be encoded as per the selected settings. When writing multiple values, separate each value with a comma.

        Hope that's of some help!

        Fox

        Do not follow where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path.
        And leave a trail - Muriel Strode

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        • danD
          dan
          last edited by

          Hi, thanks for that. I'll give it a stab. Do you reckon it should be 2 hex values in 0x1234 type format?

          Cheers

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          • MattFoxM
            MattFox
            last edited by

            If they're integers (16 bit) then I think that'd be preferable in at least you're consistent. I mean you could write 0x02 instead of 0x0002 but I am not sure if it will recognise that and treat it as so.

            Sorry this will be a crash course for me too man!

            Fox

            Do not follow where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path.
            And leave a trail - Muriel Strode

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            • danD
              dan
              last edited by

              hmm, I tried
              0_1595285899867_24164a91-6d6d-4842-a51c-fb0d22cea00f-image.png
              And get this pop up error
              0_1595285954272_84fe395f-c6a1-48c4-83ae-f69aa5122138-image.png
              Then I have to refresh the page and go back in and select all the stuff again before I can have another go :-/.
              0_1595285981602_1590c0f1-5a48-4ebf-8075-dd9266f98dff-image.png
              I must be close haha!

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              • danD
                dan
                last edited by

                Then this one
                0_1595286068497_73127f3f-7d6d-4ea2-8866-f7ef9d41c2e9-image.png

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                • MattFoxM
                  MattFox
                  last edited by

                  does 0x02 not work? it's asking for a string as well... is the datatype not an integer?

                  Do not follow where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path.
                  And leave a trail - Muriel Strode

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                  • danD
                    dan
                    last edited by

                    I think it's wanting '2' then '35702' written into 4104 and 4105 respectively, both at once using function 16 multiple write.
                    Here's an excerpt from the manual for what they're getting at..

                    1. One of the system control keys from the table below must be written into register 8 and its ones-compliment written into register 9
                      with a single function 16 (write multiple registers) to perform the specified system control function.
                    2. Writing any other value or using a function that is not available will return extended exception code 7 (Illegal value written to
                      register) and have no affect.

                    The table looks like this..

                    0_1595286481588_b9c7913d-9d8b-478f-9775-86930d8dfaee-image.png

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                    • MattFoxM
                      MattFox
                      last edited by

                      @dan said in A Bit Stuck on Writing Multiple MODBUS Registers:

                      35702

                      I've entered it in like this since the values are a different length:
                      0_1595287109290_eb9a056b-f56d-45ef-a15e-45e47614572e-image.png

                      Do not follow where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path.
                      And leave a trail - Muriel Strode

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                      • danD
                        dan
                        last edited by

                        Oh, that makes more sense :)
                        I'll try that, thanks heaps.

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                        • danD
                          dan
                          last edited by

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                          • MattFoxM
                            MattFox
                            last edited by

                            That doesn't give you much to work with does it??
                            0_1595288458427_0a3e4d6b-b8a8-4d6b-8b1d-9834705a4b87-image.png

                            I got this working!

                            Do not follow where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path.
                            And leave a trail - Muriel Strode

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                            • danD
                              dan
                              last edited by

                              oh yeh, that's interesting, I'll try the coils.

                              Cheers for that hey.

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                              • danD
                                dan
                                last edited by

                                FML...

                                0_1595288851390_73c615ec-36ee-4aab-9c39-7de2ee65a439-image.png

                                It does say Control Registers at the top of the info page..

                                0_1595288918666_7ee37d3f-d806-4d64-9007-bc9a9ebe60b4-image.png

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                                • MattFoxM
                                  MattFox
                                  last edited by MattFox

                                  So it's a nope? - note your 0x2 should be 0x02

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                                  • danD
                                    dan
                                    last edited by

                                    Na I don't think I can write to coils on this device.

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                                    • MattFoxM
                                      MattFox
                                      last edited by

                                      write
                                      4104
                                      0
                                      2
                                      ASCII
                                      0x8B76,0x8B76
                                      That sets that control key and calls function 2

                                      Do not follow where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path.
                                      And leave a trail - Muriel Strode

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                                      • CraigWebC
                                        CraigWeb
                                        last edited by

                                        Hi Dan

                                        Ive run into similar situations before with modbus device.
                                        Make sure your data source has Use multiple write commands only checked.
                                        Modbus function 16 writes to holding registers
                                        Use a 4 byte unsigned int.
                                        I believe the decimal number would be 166774:
                                        0_1595311234142_Screenshot 2020-07-21 at 08.00.25.png
                                        Turn on the log I/O of the data source so you can inspect the modbus commands.
                                        There may be a chance you might need to use a 4 byte unsigned int swapped

                                        If you dont come right paste your I/O commands here.

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                                        • danD
                                          dan
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi Craig, I've definitely got multiple writes selected in the data source.

                                          I might have to re-visit the calculator / converter looking at that number. I was just sending it the raw hex value.

                                          I'll give it a go. Thanks :)

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                                          • CraigWebC
                                            CraigWeb
                                            last edited by CraigWeb

                                            Hey Dan

                                            Did a quick tet for you. I believe it is correct checkout the snapshot I took from Wireshark:
                                            0_1595326095916_Screenshot 2020-07-21 at 12.07.11.png

                                            Something to note about modbus is that sometime in manuals they will prefix the register number with the register type. Holding register is decimal 4. So when you see that on a manual you will just put offset 104 in mango. You will also see that some manual are 0 based and some are 1 based. So you might need to try 103 instead of 104.
                                            Below is the settings I used for my point. I used decimal 166774
                                            0_1595326337152_Screenshot 2020-07-21 at 12.12.05.png

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