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    Need Help Using Modbus Plug-in using MODBUS TCP/IP

    Hello,

    I recently purchased the plugin and cannot seem to get it to work. I have setup the Modbus IP gateway and enabled it using the IP of the device I went to send the info from the hometrollerzee to. Everything I tried I cannot get the device to change state. I tried making a register to transfer my alarm system status into to an allenbradley micro800 plc. I cannot get that device to update in the homeseer device list. I tried to make a coil ( either on of off ) linked it to my motion detector and it will not change state either. What am I missing?
    please help.

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    #2
    If you look at the last change time stamp in the device list this is not updating either. Don’t think the plugin is working. I have tried turning the plugin on and off and even rebooted the hometrollerzee. Still no luck. Beerygaz please help!

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      #3
      PLEASE TAKE A LOOK MAKING SOME PROGRESS HOWEVER CANNOT GET THE DEVICE TO UPDATE. WORKING A TEST COIL TO MAKE IT CHANGE STATE. HAVING AN EVENT MONITOR A MOTION DETECTOR AND UPDATE THE TEST COIL WHEN IT CHANGES STATE. THE EVEN RUNS HOWEVER THE COIL DOES NOT UPDATE ( SHOWING LAST CHANGED 5/21/1929 @ 11:00:00am MUST BE A DEFAULT VALUE ). IS THERE A HELP FILE FOR THIS PLUGIN?


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        #4
        Originally posted by WHYME View Post
        PLEASE TAKE A LOOK MAKING SOME PROGRESS HOWEVER CANNOT GET THE DEVICE TO UPDATE. WORKING A TEST COIL TO MAKE IT CHANGE STATE. HAVING AN EVENT MONITOR A MOTION DETECTOR AND UPDATE THE TEST COIL WHEN IT CHANGES STATE. THE EVEN RUNS HOWEVER THE COIL DOES NOT UPDATE ( SHOWING LAST CHANGED 5/21/1929 @ 11:00:00am MUST BE A DEFAULT VALUE ). IS THERE A HELP FILE FOR THIS PLUGIN?


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        For the help file, Press on the question mark (as for the other help files).


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        John

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          #5
          Originally posted by John245 View Post

          For the help file, Press on the question mark (as for the other help files).


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          John
          What information is in the debug file?


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          John

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              #7
              Originally posted by John245 View Post

              What information is in the debug file?


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              John
              Error 2 means illegal data address.

              The data address received in the query is not an allowable address for the slave. More specifically, the combination of reference number and transfer length is invalid. For a controller with 100 registers, a request with offset 96 and length 4 would succeed, a request with offset 96 and length 5 will generate exception 02.


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              John

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                #8
                I’m kind of confused now. The test I am running is to have a coil change state when a motion detector changes state. The coil has a slave id of 1 and a register address of 1. It is a coil rw so it will be either a 0 ( no motion ) or a 1 ( motion detected ). Essentially a coil is 1 bit in modbus either a 0 or 1. Not sure what you mean by an offset and a length of 4....

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by WHYME View Post
                  I’m kind of confused now. The test I am running is to have a coil change state when a motion detector changes state. The coil has a slave id of 1 and a register address of 1. It is a coil rw so it will be either a 0 ( no motion ) or a 1 ( motion detected ). Essentially a coil is 1 bit in modbus either a 0 or 1. Not sure what you mean by an offset and a length of 4....
                  This is about the register address. Are you sure that this address is ok.

                  I know how to work with coils. As I also have a devices that use coils.

                  Did you try if it is working with Modbus Poll? https://www.modbustools.com/modbus_poll.html


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                  John

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                    #10
                    I will have to try the modbus_poll and let you know.
                    the AB micro820 I am using I can tell the controller what coil I want to read and only read that individual coil. I am using the modbus command 01 to read coil status from the Homeseer starting at address 1 with a size of one

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by WHYME View Post
                      I will have to try the modbus_poll and let you know.
                      the AB micro820 I am using I can tell the controller what coil I want to read and only read that individual coil. I am using the modbus command 01 to read coil status from the Homeseer starting at address 1 with a size of one
                      You could also try 0 or 2 Did you consider the zero based addressing?

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                      John

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                        #12
                        Hi,

                        I have problem with modbus plugin.
                        I read registers from HVAC. Modbus TCP/IP protocol.
                        Connect is ok, first read is ok.
                        Second read:
                        Modbus Error Error in ReadValue: Read resulted in 0 bytes returned.
                        Modbus Error Error in Read: Read resulted in 0 bytes returned.
                        Modbus Error Read error for Táp 279
                        Modbus Error I'm not going to poll any remaining registers on this gateway as it seems there is a communication issue.
                        If press connection test is, read first again is ok.

                        I tried Modbus Poll, read is ok any number,

                        Please help me.

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                          #13
                          Is possible in event modbus connection test?
                          After each test, first read is ok.

                          Thanks,
                          Sanci

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                            #14
                            As noted elsewhere, I too have this problem. I see nothing in the help files that indicates how to "press" the test button via an event. Please advise.

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                              Click image for larger version  Name:	4DA83AA9-466F-4100-8BBE-03FC10B007E9.jpeg Views:	1 Size:	188.7 KB ID:	1261978 I managed to get it working after I tried a different approach using the allenbradley micro820 plc. I had to map the coils ( bools ) in the micro820 mapping table. These coils corresponded to the coil in the Homeseer controller I was changing states in. See pics below. ThanksJohn for your comments / suggestions they helped....

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