Write to Modbus TCP holding registers

[hjojohan1]

Hi
I want to create a ModbusTCP slave(server) using NodeRed where I can write values from my Lorawan gateway so that a PLC can connect to the modbus slave and retrieve the decoded data.

I am trying to write value 1601.5 to modbus holding register 400001 and 40002 what am i a doing wrong ? I have a PC program that connects to the modbus server and reads 40.001 to 40.010 but no value appears.

Functioncode:

var fc=16;
var sa=40001;
var addresses=2;
var value=1601.5;
buf=Buffer.alloc(4);
buf.writeFloatBE(value);
//buf.writeFloatBE(16001.5);
var values=[(buf[0]*256+buf[1]),(buf[2]*256)+buf[3]]
msg.slave_ip="192.168.1.31";
msg.payload={"value":values , 'fc': fc, 'unitid': 1, 'address': sa , 'quantity': addresses };
return msg;

[UnborN]

I dont have much experience with buffer methods .. does this work ?

var fc = 16;
var sa = 1;
var addresses = 2;

var value = 1601.5;
var buf = Buffer.alloc(4);
buf.writeFloatBE(value);
node.warn({ "buf": buf });

node.warn(buf.readInt16BE(2));
node.warn(buf.readInt16BE(0));

var values = [buf.readInt16BE(0), buf.readInt16BE(2)]
//msg.slave_ip = "192.168.1.31";
msg.payload = { "value": values, 'fc': fc, 'unitid': 1, 'address': sa, 'quantity': addresses };

return msg;

[Steve-Mcl]

The node-red-contrib-buffer-parser package has a buffer maker node that simplifies all this data conversion. You could generate a buffer from your values then send that to a buffer parser node that converts the buffer to int16 values suitable for modbus.

[hjojohan1]

No I get no result on your code either

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[UnborN]

Thats strange because with my modbus simulator it was ok ..
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Are you sure you have the IP of the device correctly configured in the modbus node and that you are on the same network ?
i ask because i noticed you had in your code

@hjojohan1

msg.slave_ip="192.168.1.31";

and in you last post

@Steve-Mcl i was going to recommend your node's but since Johan was already in a Function node i thought of having a go with JS ... Buffer-parser is a must when working with Modbus.

[DrdP]

Hi I have had success by setting the MODBUS Read node like this. I am reading registers from a VSD. MODBUS can be tricky as some devices do not require the first digit like I am monitoring register 42006 but due to me selecting FC3 it nows that it starts with 40000 so I only needed to put in 2006. When I entered 42006 it was looking at 442006. Sometimes the registers need to be read 1 less than actual so the manual indicated that I need to read 42007 but to read it you need to enter 1 less.