# Modbus tcp node red

**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/modbus-tcp-node-red/61146
**Category:** General
**Created:** [12 April 2022 00:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/modbus-tcp-node-red/61146 "2022-04-12T00:21:50Z")
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### Author: ![Ivan27](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@Ivan27](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Ivan27)
#### Post date: [12 April 2022 00:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/modbus-tcp-node-red/61146/1 "2022-04-12T00:21:50Z")

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Buenas tardes tengo un problema con la librería modbus estoy leyendo datos del un plc micro800 Allen bradley todo marcha bien en valores boleanos y enteros pero para leer datos con con punto flotante solo me aparecen valores como 16256 cuando el valor de la tag es 1.0 no sé cómo convertirlo a valores reales espero alguien me pueda ayudar gracias

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### Author: ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [12 April 2022 08:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/modbus-tcp-node-red/61146/2 "2022-04-12T08:35:05Z")

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Translation...

> Good afternoon, I have a problem with the modbus library. I'm reading data from an Allen Bradley micro800 plc. Everything works fine in boolean and integer values, but to read data with floating point, I only see values ​​like 16256 when the value of the tag is 1.0. I don't know. how to convert it to real values ​​hope someone can help me thanks

There is a node called [`node-red-contrib-buffer-parser`](https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-buffer-parser) that is designed for this task.

Example...

 ![example3](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/7/6/76c6fe031920448c6a8ba65e2bf2d3c4b639bf34.png)

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [11 June 2022 08:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/modbus-tcp-node-red/61146/3 "2022-06-11T08:36:07Z")

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