Modbus on RB
Step 1: Connect the A & B of energy meter to A & B pin in RuggedBoard RS485 port respectively.
For demonstration purpose I have used Elmeasure LG+ 1119 meter. If you are having any other meter then you have to read the datasheet of the meter vendor and provide proper parameters.
Step 2: Download the modpoll ARM execulatble binary and save it into your work directory. To download the file click below.
modpoll.bin
644KB
Binary
modpoll.bin
Step 3: Save the following code in
.sh format on your working directory and name is as mbpoll.sh./modpoll.bin -m rtu -a 1 -t 4:float -r 159 -b 9600 -s 1 -P none /dev/ttyS2
The above script has the following components:
- m : communication mode
- a : Slave address
- t : data types of the slave holding register
- r : Start Reference
- b : Baud Rate
- s : Stop Bits
- p : Parity Bit
- SERIALPORT : Serial port node of the RS485
Step 4: Run the above code to test ModBus communication
sh mbpoll.sh
If everything is correct your code will run without any error. and you can proceed to next stage.