# RD6006 power supply protocol and node-red applications

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**Created:** [2 March 2020 18:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/rd6006-power-supply-protocol-and-node-red-applications/22519 "2020-03-02T18:35:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![msillano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/msillano/32/17424_2.png) [@msillano](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/msillano)\
**Post date:** [2 March 2020 18:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/rd6006-power-supply-protocol-and-node-red-applications/22519/1 "2020-03-02T18:35:45Z")

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![2020-02-17.081154.shot](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/8/f/8f320b80171e9336b62a45a16467cb2ff0a2fd13.png)  
The RD6006-W power supply is a quasi-professional device, providing up to 60V, 6A (360 Watt).  
It is possible to control it from the front panel, or via WIFI with an APP from a smartphone, or via USB with the software on PC WIN.

Of course, I wanna use it in custom applications.  
Using node-red, I developed:

- Reverse engineering of MODBUS protocol used, see the file [RD6006\_prototocol\_en.pdf](https://github.com/msillano/RD6006-Super-power-supply/blob/master/RD6006_prtotocol_en.pdf). Work in progress, not all registers were found.
- A simple test flow: see [ModBus\_test\_RD6006.json](https://github.com/msillano/RD6006-Super-power-supply/blob/master/ModBus_test_RD6006.json).
- An application: battery charger and logger (mySQL). See [NiMH charger](https://github.com/msillano/NiMH_charger_logger), Version 2, work in progress.  
 ![2020-02-20.134707.shot](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/a/3/a34425b8a9da21f1db7f887331d712461f0a28ee.png)

For the full story, see [https://github.com/msillano/RD6006-Super-power-supply](https://github.com/msillano/RD6006-Super-power-supply)

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**Author:** ![Andrei](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/andrei/32/10446_2.png) [@Andrei](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Andrei)\
**Post date:** [2 March 2020 18:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/rd6006-power-supply-protocol-and-node-red-applications/22519/2 "2020-03-02T18:46:04Z")

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What a nice surprise to see that the RD6006 uses MODBUS (like the DPS series). I have asked this question to manufacturer and understood they would use different protocols. I probably misunderstood their answer. Will take a look on your project once a get some free time. Thanks for sharing.

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**Author:** ![msillano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/msillano/32/17424_2.png) [@msillano](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/msillano)\
**Post date:** [2 March 2020 19:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/rd6006-power-supply-protocol-and-node-red-applications/22519/3 "2020-03-02T19:11:32Z")

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hahaha 😄

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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:** [1 May 2020 18:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/rd6006-power-supply-protocol-and-node-red-applications/22519/4 "2020-05-01T18:35:53Z")

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