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Volhout
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Hi All,

This is by no means a complete project, it is a tool I needed for my job, and since the IT department is very restrictive on open source tools (read: cost = 0) installed on the companies computers, I hacked together a tool that uses a pico to connect to a modbus client.

MODBUS TERMINAL

The program uses a standard picomite (non-VGA, although it will run on a VGA) and should be controlled from a terminal program like PUTTY or TERATERM.



It uses ANSI colors to highlight the PDU (the payload).



I have implemented only the commands I need for this project. That is READ HOLDING REGISTER and WRITE SINGLE REGISTER but other commands can be added when needed.

The hardware interface is this (I only had a 5V RS485 interface chip, if you have a 3.3V capable chip you can ommit R2 and R3). For long cables you want to add a 100 ohm  resistor (termination) between A and B. But for my bench test this is fine.





The program is attached. I originally wanted to use interrupts for the receive side, but at higher baudrates this caused too many delays (since I control the DE pin from MMBasic). It is tested up to 115200 baud (default is 19200).

I hope this is to someones use....

Volhout

P.S. In my version, mor commands are implemented, but these reveal customer specific information, like the way to use a password to get into factory settings. These are removed from the version below.

 'experiments for modbus RTU for commincation with VFD
 
 ' version   can do
 ' 1         correct CRC calculation for modbus
 ' 2         send UART and control DE
 ' 3         assemble correct string for read register command
 ' 4         receives response from holding register read, no interrupt
 ' 5         pullup RX -> no BREAK, write 1 reg, help text, fault explain
 ' 6         t.b.d.
 
 option default integer
 option base 1
 
 'ansi colors
 bl$=chr$(27)+"[36m"
 wh$=chr$(27)+"[37m"
 gr$=chr$(27)+"[32m"
 rd$=chr$(27)+"[31m"
 
 'help strings
 rec$=gr$+"receive "+wh$
 snd$=gr$+"send    "+wh$
 dim er$(4) length 16 = ("illegal function","illegal address","illegal value","slave fail")
 
 'defaults for this modbus slave
 const bitrate=19200       'communication speed
 ID=45                     'default modbus id
 
 'init system
 openport                  'serial port
 helptext                  'show helptext on terminal
 
 
 'repeated send string (old loop)
 do
   e$=""
   flush_rx
   parse
   
   pause 50   'just some time for a message to get in
   
   if loc(1) then e$=e$+input$(loc(1),#1)  'get answer
   'e$=right$(e$,len(e$)-1)    'if needed strip break character during transmit
   print rec$;:prtx e$
   decode e$
   
 loop
 
 
 
sub decode a$
 local value,numbyte,i
 select case asc(mid$(a$,2,1))
   case 03 'read
     numbyte=asc(mid$(a$,3,1))
     for i=4 to 2+numbyte step 2
       value=256*ASC(mid$(a$,i,1))+ASC(mid$(a$,i+1,1))
       print "value";(i-2)/2;" &h";right$("000"+hex$(value),4);" (decimal)";value
     next
   case >127 'error
     print rd$;er$(asc(mid$(a$,3,1)));wh$
 end select
end sub
 
 
 'this is the command loop, parsing text entered
sub parse
 print : print gr$;ID;wh$;" "; : input txt$ : txt$=UCASE$(txt$)
 print
 if left$(txt$,2)="ID" then ID=val(mid$(txt$,4)) 'robust
 if left$(txt$,2)="RR" then modsend mk_rd$(txt$) : print snd$;:prtx tx$
 if left$(txt$,2)="WR" then modsend mk_wr$(txt$) : print snd$;:prtx tx$
 
end sub
 
 
 
 'compiles the string for reading 16 bit holding register
function mk_rd$(a$)
 local posi=4:hlp$=right$(a$,len(a$)-3) 'strip the function code
 
 'register number and registeer range are 2 byte MSB first
 mk_rd$=chr$(ID)+chr$(3)  'ID + the modbus read register function 3
 
 'get register number, and strip from string
 reg=val(hlp$):posi=instr(hlp$," "):if posi>1 then hlp$=right$(hlp$,len(hlp$)-posi)
 'reg = reg - 1 'register start at 1 .... not used in documentation copeland
 mk_rd$=mk_rd$+chr$(reg\256)+chr$(reg and 255)
 
 'get number of register to read
 num=val(hlp$)
 mk_rd$=mk_rd$+chr$(num\256)+chr$(num and 255)
 
end function

 
 'compiles the string for writing a single 16 bit register
function mk_wr$(a$)
 local posi=4:hlp$=right$(a$,len(a$)-3) 'strip the function code
 
 'register number and registeer range are 2 byte MSB first
 mk_wr$=chr$(ID)+chr$(6)  'ID + the modbus rwrite register function 6
 
 'get register number, and strip from string
 reg=val(hlp$):posi=instr(hlp$," "):if posi>1 then hlp$=right$(hlp$,len(hlp$)-posi)
 'reg = reg - 1 'register start at 1 .... not used in documentation copeland
 mk_wr$=mk_wr$+chr$(reg\256)+chr$(reg and 255)
 
 'get the value to write to the register
 num=val(hlp$)
 mk_wr$=mk_wr$+chr$(num\256)+chr$(num and 255)
 
end function
 
 
 
 'prints the string send from UART in readable form on console
sub prtx a$
 local i
'  print
 for i=1 to len(a$)
   if i=2 then print choice(asc(mid$(a$,i,1))>127,rd$,bl$);
   if i=len(a$)-1 then print choice(check(a$),wh$,rd$);
   print right$("0"+hex$(asc(mid$(a$,i,1))),2);" ";
 next
 print wh$
end sub
 
 
 'sends ID+PDU in string a$, adds CRC16
sub modsend a$
 
 local m$=a$
 
 'calculate string crc and append crc to string
 crc_val=math(crc16 m$,len(m$),&h8005,&hffff,0,1 ,1)
 crcl=crc_val and 255:m$=m$+chr$(crcl)
 crch=crc_val \ 256:m$=m$+chr$(crch)
 
 'calculate DE time
 ms_char!=11*1000/bitrate         '1 char = 11 bits (start+8+parity+stop)
 ms_mess!=len(m$)*ms_char!        'message total time
 
 'send it through the UART with controlled DE pin
 pin(gp2)=1  'DE high
 print #1,m$;
 pause ms_mess!
 pin(gp2)=0  'DE low
 
 tx$=m$  'global string, just for debugging
 
end sub
 
 
 'opens the UART port for communication and the direction cotrol DE
sub openport
 
 'open COM1 port with modbus defaults 19200/8bit/even parity/1 stop
 setpin gp1, gp0, COM1             'rx,tx,port
 setpin gp2,dout : pin(gp2)=0      'DE pin is GP2
 'open "COM1:"+str$(bitrate)+",256,have_data,EVEN" as #1 'interrupt driven
 open "COM1:"+str$(bitrate)+",EVEN" as #1
 
end sub
 
 
 'checks if e received strin has matchin CRC in it
function check(a$)
 
 local pd$,cr$
 local crc_pd,crc_mes
 check=0
 
 if len(a$)>3 then
   
   'separate ID/PDU from message
   pd$=left$(a$,len(a$)-2)
   crc_pd=math(crc16 pd$,len(pd$),&h8005,&hffff,0,1 ,1)
   
   'separate CRC from message
   cr$=right$(a$,2)
   crc_mes=256*asc(right$(cr$,1))+asc(left$(cr$,1))
   
   'compare CRC's -> when equal, message is okay.
   if crc_mes=crc_pd then check=1
   
 end if
 
end function
 
 
 'flush the USRT rx buffer
sub flush_rx
 local dum$
 'print loc(1)
 if loc(1) then dum$=input$(loc(1),#1)
end sub


sub helptext
 print gr$+"------------<< PICO MODBUS TERMINAL >>--------------"
 print "Type commands and values <space> separated. Values  "
 print "Hexadecimal values must be preceeded by '&h'"
 print "Commands: RR (read register), ID (change client ID) "
 print "WR (write 1 register)
 print "Send string and response string are shown in hex"
 print "Some response is decoded. Register value is base-1"
 print "example: Read Register 77 (1 register) from client 4"
 print "type 'ID 4' then type 'RR 77 1'. End each with <enter>"
end sub

Edited 2024-03-15 22:45 by Volhout
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Hi Volhout,

This is great work.

I had already tried to read the data from my solar inverter to control my loads in the house.
My automation runs on atmega32 and is written in assembler, so I had problems with the CRC calculation.
So far I only listen the traffic between the inverter and the power meter to get a few values.
Reading many more values in the future with a PicoW directly from the inverter is a cheap and elegant solution.

Thanks for the publication.

Ossi
 
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Dear Ossi,

I am glad it works for you.

Volhout
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This is an updated version of the MODBUS RTU terminal.

- When PicoMiteVGA then the VGA screen is used as terminal
- When PicoMite then Teraterm/Putty is treated as the terminal
- Implemented write to multiple registers (WM) and write of a string to a single register (WS).

This is the code.

 'experiments for modbus RTU for commincation with VFD
 
 ' version   can do
 ' 1         correct CRC calculation for modbus
 ' 2         send UART and control DE
 ' 3         assemble correct string for read register command
 ' 4         receives response from holding register read, no interrupt
 ' 5         pullup RX -> no BREAK, write 1 reg, help text, fault explain
 ' 6         write multiple
 ' 7         write string according Customer procedure (modbus ??) werkt
 '           WS reg DIT_IS_DE_TEXT format.
 ' 8         VGA color
 
 option default integer
 option base 1
 
 'check if main output is VGA screen or console
 vga=(mm.device$="PicoMiteVGA")
 
 'ansi colors
 bl$=chr$(27)+"[36m"
 wh$=chr$(27)+"[37m"
 gr$=chr$(27)+"[32m"
 rd$=chr$(27)+"[31m"
 
 'help strings
 rec$="receive "
 snd$="send    "
 dim er$(4) length 16 = ("illegal function","illegal address","illegal value","slave fail")
 
 'defaults for customer VFD
 const bitrate=19200       'communication speed
 ID=45                     'default modbus id
 
 'init system
 openport                  'serial port
 cls
 helptext                  'show helptext on terminal
 
 
 'repeated send string (old loop)
 do
   e$=""
   flush_rx
   parse
   
   pause 50   'just some time for a message to get in
   
   if loc(1) then e$=e$+input$(loc(1),#1)  'get answer
   'e$=right$(e$,len(e$)-1)    'if needed strip break character during transmit
   
   if vga then
     color rgb(green):print rec$;:color rgb(white)
   else
     print gr$;rec$;wh$;
   end if
   
   prtx e$
   decode e$
 loop
 
 
 
sub decode a$
 local value,numbyte,i
 select case asc(mid$(a$,2,1))
   case 03 'read
     numbyte=asc(mid$(a$,3,1))
     for i=4 to 2+numbyte step 2
       value=256*ASC(mid$(a$,i,1))+ASC(mid$(a$,i+1,1))
       print "  reg";reg-1+(i-2)/2;" = &h";right$("000"+hex$(value),4);" (decimal)";value
     next
   case >127 'error
     if vga then
       color rgb(red):print er$(asc(mid$(a$,3,1))):color rgb(white)
     else
       print rd$;er$(asc(mid$(a$,3,1)));wh$
     end if
 end select
end sub
 
 
 'this is the command loop, parsing text entered
sub parse
 print
 if vga then
   color rgb(green):print ID;" ";:color rgb(white)
 else
   print gr$;ID;" ";wh$;
 end if
 input txt$ : txt$=UCASE$(txt$)
 print
 select case left$(txt$,2)
   case "RR"
     modsend mk_rd$(txt$)
   case "WR"
     modsend mk_wr$(txt$)
   case "WM"
     modsend mk_wm$(txt$)
   case "WS"
     modsend mk_ws$(txt$)
 end select
 if left$(txt$,2)="ID" then
   ID=val(mid$(txt$,4))
 else
   if vga then
     color rgb(green):print snd$;:color rgb(white)
   else
     print gr$;snd$;wh$
   end if
   prtx tx$
 end if
end sub
 
 
 
 'compiles the string for reading 16 bit holding register
function mk_rd$(a$)
 local posi=4:hlp$=right$(a$,len(a$)-3) 'strip the function code
 
 'register number and registeer range are 2 byte MSB first
 mk_rd$=chr$(ID)+chr$(3)  'ID + the modbus read register function 3
 
 'get register number, and strip from string
 reg=val(hlp$):posi=instr(hlp$," "):if posi>1 then hlp$=right$(hlp$,len(hlp$)-posi)
 'reg = reg - 1 'register start at 1 .... not used in documentation
 mk_rd$=mk_rd$+chr$(reg\256)+chr$(reg and 255)
 
 'get number of register to read
 num=val(hlp$)
 mk_rd$=mk_rd$+chr$(num\256)+chr$(num and 255)
 
end function
 
 
 'compiles the string for writing a single 16 bit register
function mk_wr$(a$)
 local posi=4:hlp$=right$(a$,len(a$)-3) 'strip the function code
 
 'register number and registeer range are 2 byte MSB first
 mk_wr$=chr$(ID)+chr$(6)  'ID + the modbus write register function 6
 
 'get register number, and strip from string
 reg=val(hlp$):posi=instr(hlp$," "):if posi>1 then hlp$=right$(hlp$,len(hlp$)-posi)
 'reg = reg - 1 'register start at 1 .... not used in documentation
 mk_wr$=mk_wr$+chr$(reg\256)+chr$(reg and 255)
 
 'get the value to write to the register
 num=val(hlp$)
 mk_wr$=mk_wr$+chr$(num\256)+chr$(num and 255)
 
end function
 
 
 'compiles the string for writing multiple 16 bit registers
function mk_wm$(a$)
 local posi=4:hlp$=right$(a$,len(a$)-3) 'strip the function code
 
 'register number and registeer range are 2 byte MSB first
 mk_wm$=chr$(ID)+chr$(16)  'ID + the modbus rwrite register function 6
 
 'get register number, and strip from string
 reg=val(hlp$):posi=instr(hlp$," "):if posi>1 then hlp$=right$(hlp$,len(hlp$)-posi)
 'reg = reg - 1 'register start at 1 .... not used in documentation
 mk_wm$=mk_wm$+chr$(reg\256)+chr$(reg and 255)
 
 'get register count, and strip from string
 num=val(hlp$):posi=instr(hlp$," "):if posi>1 then hlp$=right$(hlp$,len(hlp$)-posi)
 mk_wm$=mk_wm$+chr$(num\256)+chr$(num and 255)+chr$(num*2 and 255) 'values(16b)+bytes
 
 'num is number of 16 bit values to follow
 for i=1 to num
   'get the value to write to the register
   dat=val(hlp$):posi=instr(hlp$," "):if posi>1 then hlp$=right$(hlp$,len(hlp$)-posi)
   mk_wm$=mk_wm$+chr$(dat\256)+chr$(dat and 255)
 next
 
end function
 
 
 'compiles the string for writing text in one registers
function mk_ws$(a$)
 local posi=4:hlp$=right$(a$,len(a$)-3) 'strip the function code
 
 'register number and registeer range are 2 byte MSB first
 mk_ws$=chr$(ID)+chr$(06)  'ID + the modbus write single register function 6
 
 'get register number, and strip from string
 reg=val(hlp$):posi=instr(hlp$," "):if posi>1 then hlp$=right$(hlp$,len(hlp$)-posi)
 'reg = reg - 1 'register start at 1 .... not used in documentation
 mk_ws$=mk_ws$+chr$(reg\256)+chr$(reg and 255)
 
 'rest of the command string is text, append it
 'I am not sure this is MODBUS compliant, but customer uses it this way
 mk_ws$=mk_ws$+hlp$
 
end function
 
 
 
 'prints the string send from UART in readable form on console
sub prtx a$
 local i
 '  print
 for i=1 to len(a$)
   if i=2 then
     if vga then
       color choice(asc(mid$(a$,i,1))>127,rgb(red),rgb(cyan))
     else
       print choice(asc(mid$(a$,i,1))>127,rd$,bl$);
     end if
   end if
   if i=len(a$)-1 then
     if vga then
       color choice(check(a$),rgb(white),rgb(red))
     else
       print choice(check(a$),wh$,rd$);
     end if
   end if
   print right$("0"+hex$(asc(mid$(a$,i,1))),2);" ";
 next
 if vga then
   print :color rgb(white)
 else
   print wh$
 end if
end sub
 
 
 'sends ID+PDU in string a$, adds CRC16
sub modsend a$
 
 local m$=a$
 
 'calculate string crc and append crc to string
 crc_val=math(crc16 m$,len(m$),&h8005,&hffff,0,1 ,1)
 crcl=crc_val and 255:m$=m$+chr$(crcl)
 crch=crc_val \ 256:m$=m$+chr$(crch)
 
 'calculate DE time
 ms_char!=11*1000/bitrate         '1 char = 11 bits (start+8+parity+stop)
 ms_mess!=len(m$)*ms_char!        'message total time
 
 'print ms_mess! 'debug
 
 'send it through the UART with controlled DE pin
 pin(gp2)=1  'DE high
 print #1,m$;
 pause ms_mess!
 pin(gp2)=0  'DE low
 
 tx$=m$  'global string, just for debugging
 
end sub
 
 
 'opens the UART port for communication and the direction cotrol DE
sub openport
 
 'open COM1 port with modbus defaults 19200/8bit/even parity/1 stop
 setpin gp1, gp0, COM1             'rx,tx,port
 setpin gp2,dout : pin(gp2)=0      'DE pin is GP2
 open "COM1:"+str$(bitrate)+",EVEN" as #1
 
end sub
 

 
 'checks if e received strin has matchin CRC in it
function check(a$)
 
 local pd$,cr$
 local crc_pd,crc_mes
 check=0
 
 if len(a$)>3 then
   
   'separate ID/PDU from message
   pd$=left$(a$,len(a$)-2)
   crc_pd=math(crc16 pd$,len(pd$),&h8005,&hffff,0,1 ,1)
   
   'separate CRC from message
   cr$=right$(a$,2)
   crc_mes=256*asc(right$(cr$,1))+asc(left$(cr$,1))
   
   'compare CRC's -> when equal, message is okay.
   if crc_mes=crc_pd then check=1
   
 end if
 
end function
 
 
 'flush the USRT rx buffer
sub flush_rx
 local dum$
 'print loc(1)
 if loc(1) then dum$=input$(loc(1),#1)
end sub
 
 
sub helptext
 if vga then color rgb(green) else print gr$;
 Print "-----------<< PICO MODBUS RTU TERMINAL >>-------------"
 if vga then color rgb(white) else print wh$;
 print
 Print "Type commands and values <space> separated values."
 Print "Hexadecimal values must preceeded '&h'. Commands :"
 Print "ID (change client ID)     = ID xx "
 Print "RR (read registers)       = RR reg num"
 Print "WR (write 1 register)     = WR reg val"
 Print "WM (write multi registers)= WM reg num val1 val2 .."
 Print "WS (write text string)    = WS reg TEXT_STRING"
 Print "Send string and response string are shown in hex"
 Print "Some response is decoded. Register value is base-1"
 Print "example: Read Register 77 (1 register) from client 4"
 Print "type 'ID 4' then type 'RR 77 1'. End each with <enter>"
end sub
 

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New release with minor changes.
Up to now I used a PicoMiteVGA for the job. For field work, I created a adaptor cable for the laptop, using a RP2040-ZERO and a RS485 interface chip.
Use TeraTerm or Putty, since these support the ANSI colors in the terminal window.
The WS2812 LED on the zero shows status

GREEN = OK
CYAN = waiting for answer (no response)
RED = MODBUS failure

Code:

modbus12.zip

Photo of actual interface before sleeving:





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Edited 2024-07-03 19:39 by Volhout
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That's very neat. :)
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Mick, others,

Implemented timeout and retries. Normally these would not be needed for manual interaction, but I needed it for some of the recent clients. Defines of timeout and retries are in the MMBasic program. Modify at will.

 'modbus defines
 looptime=50             'ms
 timeout=1000            'ms
 loops=timeout/looptime  'number of loops in 1000ms
 retries=5               'number of retries


modbus13.zip

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Edited 2024-07-03 20:52 by Volhout
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