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Clearing Output using Modbus
« on: July 02, 2012, 07:10:07 AM »
WriteModbus sets the bit of the slave device but what about setting the bit to 0. Is there a way for me to clear the bit?

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Re:Clearing Output using Modbus
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2012, 10:10:37 AM »
WRITEMODBUS command uses Modbus function 16 to write to the slave 16 bit at a time. So it depends on what data you write to the slave it can be 0 or 1 at any bit position. Remember that it is not setting a single bit, but setting 16-bit.

E.g. if the slave is another FMD or Nano-10 PLC and you WRITEMODBUS to the register 16 it will set outputs #1 to #16 simultaneously. However notes that any output that is under control of the PLC program will only be changed for one scan time and the next I/O update it will be set back to the ON/OFF value computed by the PLC program.
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