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Read
remote registers into local registers. This page creates a map entry
that reads data from one or more remote Modbus/TCP servers for
processing here. Click on map number to see more detail and
insert/delete maps. Map
number simply tells you where you're at on the list of register maps.
Click "next" and "prev" to scroll through the list. To advance directly
to a specific map, enter the desired number in the "Showing" box,
then click Update. Maps
entered on this page only read data from remote devices. Go to the
Client Write Map to write data to those devices. The full parameter set
is different for read versus write. An
abbreviated version of a list of maps is shown on this page. Any of the
parameters shown may be changed here and registered by clicking the
Update button. To view and/or modify the complete set of parameters,
click on the map number in the left most column. For
each remote register to be read, enter the register type, format,
number, and location (device). The names in the device list are defined
in the Devices page. If register format is CHAR, you need to click on
the map number and set the string size on the expanded view of the map.
For coils or discrete inputs, use INT-16 or UINT-16 for register format -
in this case, format only affects formatting of local register data.
Modbus data will be placed in the local object designated. Local
Object # is a label such as "AI 2" following the format "XX N"
where XX is a 2-character object type abbreviation, and N is the
instance number. The following abbreviations are recognized:
Label | Object Type |
AI | Analog Input |
AO | Analog Output |
AV | Analog Value |
BI | Binary Input |
BO | Binary Output |
BV | Binary Value |
MI | Multistate Input |
MO | Multistate Output |
MV | Multistate Value | Selecting
"none" for remote type effectively deletes the map even though it will
still appear in the list until deleted. Unused maps at the end of the
list will always show none as the type. |