Modbus Devices

Modbus Devices are devices with Modbus communications. A device will contain the slave/unit ID of the Modbus device.

All parameters inside the device will automatically inherit the unit ID from the parent device.

Modbus Device can be of type,

  • Modbus RTU
  • Modbus TCP

In case it is Modbus TCP, the Modbus Gateway ID is also required. The IP and the Port Number will be inherited from this Modbus Gateway (can be configured IN Control Panel).

To create Modbus devices:

  • In order to create Modbus devices, Choose devices (from the menu).
  • Turn on the settings view (on the top right corner).
  • Then click over any workspace which you have created.
  • Then you will see 'ADD MODBUS DEVICE' (highlighted in dark blue).
  • Click on 'ADD MODBUS DEVICE'.
  • Followingly, you will see a tab sliding up (as shown below).
  • Where you should enter the details such as name, slave Id, device type (from the drop-down option), connection type (from the drop-down option), and enter the description and click 'Create'button.
  • So that your Modbus device will be created and updated.

To Edit/delete Modbus device:

  • In case you wish to edit/delete the Modbus device you have created click the drop-down icon near to the Modbus device created.
  • Then, you will see two icons (pencil, delete).
  • To edit and update your modifications use the pencil icon where you can modify the name and update it.
  • To delete, click the delete icon so that the created Modbus device will be deleted.

MQTT Devices:

MQTT Devicesare the devices with the MQTT protocol. These devices will work with specified topics and will automatically listen to the specified topic.

All parameters under this type of device will get parsed from the payload delivered under the configured topic.

To create MQTT Device:

  • In order to create the MQTT devices, choose devices (from the menu).
  • Turn the settings mode on (on the top right corner)
  • Then choose the workspace which you have created (of your choice) and click over it.
  • Then choose 'ADD MQTT DEVICE'.
  • Followingly, you will see a slide opens up from bottom (as shown below).
  • Enter the required details such as name, topic, identifier, identifier value and description and then click ‘create’ button.
  • So that MQTT Device will be updated.

To Edit/delete MQTT device:

  • In case you wish to edit/delete the MQTT device you have created click the drop-down icon near to the MQTT device created.
  • Then, you will see two icons (pencil, delete).
  • To edit and update your modifications use the pencil icon where you can modify the name and update it.
  • To delete, click the delete icon so that the created MQTT device will be deleted.