Modbus RS485 Client Read

Client device reads data from server device register(s) over RS485 network

Since R2020b

Add-On Required: This feature requires the Simulink Support Package for Arduino Hardware add-on.

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Libraries:
Simulink Support Package for Arduino Hardware / Common

Description

In the Modbus RS485 Client Read block, the client device reads data from the register(s) of the server device.

Simulink^® Support Package for Arduino^® Hardware supports the Modbus^® communication protocol over the RS485 network. The client and the server must be connected on the same RS485 network for successful Modbus communication. Each device on the RS485 network is referenced by a unique 8-bit address or identifier.

This table categories the server device registers referenced by the Modbus client device.

Register Type	Register Size	Allowed Client Operation on Register
Coil	1-bit	Read and Write
Discrete Input	1-bit	Read
Holding Register	16-bit	Read and Write
Input Register	16-bit	Read

The client can perform either a read or a write operation (depending on the register type) on register(s) of a server device.

Ports

Output

data — Output data

vector

The block outputs the data read by the client from the server device register(s) as a N-by-1 vector, where N represents the number of registers on the server device.

• If you select the Coil or Discrete Input read operations, the client reads the server registers as a 1-bit read operation. The block outputs the read data as Boolean data.

• If you select the Holding Register or Input Register read operations, the client reads the server registers as a 16-bit read operation. The block outputs the read data as uint16 data.

Data Types: Boolean | uint16

status — Status of read operation

0 | 1

The block outputs the status of the client read operation on the server device register.

• 0: Indicates an unsuccessful read operation, which means that the data received on the data port is invalid.

• 1: Indicates a successful read operation, which means that the data received on the data port is valid.

Data Types: uint8

Parameters

Server address — Unique 8-bit Modbus server identifier

1 (default) | scalar in the range [1, 255]

Enter the unique 8-bit Modbus server address or identifier to identify the server from which the client reads the data.

Function — Type of read operation

Read Coil (default) | Read Discrete input | Read Holding register | Read Input register | Read Multiple Coils | Read Multiple Discrete inputs | Read Multiple Holding registers | Read Multiple Input registers

Select the type of read operation you want to perform on the server register(s). Specify any one of the following:

• Read Coil: Read data from the coil register address specified in the Coil Address parameter.

• Read Discrete input: Read data from the discrete input register address specified in the Discrete Input Address parameter.

• Read Holding register: Read data from the holding register address specified in the Holding Register Address parameter.

• Read Input register: Read data from the input register address specified in the Input Register Address parameter.

• Read Multiple Coils: Read data from multiple coil registers depending on the values specified in the Coil Address and Number of Coils parameters.

• Read Multiple Discrete inputs: Read data from multiple discrete input registers depending on the values specified in the Discrete Input Address and Number of Discrete Inputs parameters.

• Read Multiple Holding registers: Read data from multiple holding registers depending on the values specified in the Holding Register Address and Number of Holding registers parameters.

• Read Multiple Input registers: Read data from multiple input registers depending on the values specified in the Input Register Address and Number of Input registers parameters.

Coil Address — Address of coil register

0 (default) | scalar

• To notify the client to read data from a specific coil register, specify the coil register address in this parameter. For example, for the client to read data from the coil register with the address 10, enter 10.

• To notify the client to read data from a group of coil registers, specify the address of the first coil register in the group. For example, for the client to read data from the coil registers with addresses ranging from 10 to 14, enter 10.

Dependencies

To enable this parameter, set Function to Read Coil.

Number of Coils — Number of coil registers to be read by client

1 (default) | scalar

Enter the number of coil registers from which you want the client to read the data. For example, for the client to read data from the coil registers with addresses ranging from 10 to 14, enter 5.

Dependencies

To enable this parameter, set Function to Read Multiple Coils.

Discrete Input Address — Address of discrete input register

0 (default) | scalar

• To notify the client to read data from a specific discrete input register, specify the discrete input register address in this parameter. For example, for the client to read data from the discrete input register with the address 80, enter 80.

• To notify the client to read data from a group of discrete input registers, specify the address of the first discrete input register in the group. For example, for the client to read data from the discrete input registers with addresses ranging from 80 to 89, enter 80.

Dependencies

To enable this parameter, set Function to Read Discrete input.

Number of Discrete Inputs — Number of discrete input registers to be read by client

1 (default) | scalar

Enter the number of discrete input registers from which you want the client to read the data. For example, for the client to read data from the discrete input registers with addresses ranging from 80 to 89, enter 10.

Dependencies

To enable this parameter, set Function to Read Multiple Discrete inputs.

Holding Register Address — Address of holding register

0 (default) | scalar

• To notify the client to read data from a specific holding register, specify the holding register address in this parameter. For example, for the client to read data from the holding register with the address 37, enter 37.

• To notify the client to read data from a group of holding registers, specify the address of the first holding register in the group. For example, for the client to read data from the holding registers with addresses ranging from 37 to 44, enter 37.

Dependencies

To enable this parameter, set Function to Read Holding register.

Number of Holding registers — Number of holding registers to be read by client

1 (default) | scalar

Enter the number of holding registers from which you want the client to read the data. For example, for the client to read data from the holding registers with addresses ranging from 37 to 44, enter 8.

Dependencies

To enable this parameter, set Function to Read Multiple Holding registers.

Input Register Address — Address of input register

0 (default) | scalar

• To notify the client to read data from a specific input register, specify the input register address in this parameter. For example, for the client to read data from the input register with the address 25, enter 25.

• To notify the client to read data from a group of input registers, specify the address of the first input register in the group. For example, for the client to read data from the input registers with addresses ranging from 25 to 26, enter 25.

Dependencies

To enable this parameter, set Function to Read Input register.

Number of Input registers — Number of input registers to be read by client

1 (default) | scalar

Enter the number of input registers from which you want the client to read the data. For example, for the client to read data from the input registers with addresses ranging from 25 to 26, enter 2.

Dependencies

To enable this parameter, set Function to Read Multiple Input registers.

Sample Time — Time interval at which client reads data

0.1 (default) | scalar

Enter the time interval (in seconds) at which the client reads data from the server device register(s).

Version History

Introduced in R2020b