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Technical support / Re:Problem in Modbus RTU communication between FMD88-10 and Wooward MRA4 relay
« on: September 21, 2017, 07:42:09 AM »
The best way to troubleshoot communication problems between two devices is to be able to see the communication going on.
So you should use a USB-RS485 adapter (e.g. U-485) connected to a PC. Connect the RS485 port of the U-485 to the RS485 bus connecting the FMD PLC and the device. Now run a terminal emulation software that can display binary data and trigger the custom function to send Modbus command from the FMD PLC. You should observe the correct Modbus command packet sent from the PLC to the device.
If the PLC has correctly sent the Modbus packet and the slave is of the same communication parameters and correct ID you should see a response packet returned by the slave device.
If there is something wrong with the communication then you may be able to figure out what went wrong.
So you should use a USB-RS485 adapter (e.g. U-485) connected to a PC. Connect the RS485 port of the U-485 to the RS485 bus connecting the FMD PLC and the device. Now run a terminal emulation software that can display binary data and trigger the custom function to send Modbus command from the FMD PLC. You should observe the correct Modbus command packet sent from the PLC to the device.
If the PLC has correctly sent the Modbus packet and the slave is of the same communication parameters and correct ID you should see a response packet returned by the slave device.
If there is something wrong with the communication then you may be able to figure out what went wrong.