Modbus Application
This tutorial will show how to collect data from a Modbus device and publish it on a cloud platform using Wires. The Modbus device will be emulated using a software simulator, like ModbusPal.
Configure Modbus device
- Download ModbusPal on a computer that will act as a Modbus slave.
- Open ModbusPal application as root and click on the “Add” button under the “Modbus Slaves” tab to create a Modbus slave device. Select an address (i.e. 1) and put a name into the “Slave name” form.
- Click on the button with the eye to edit the slave device. Once the window is opened, add a coil with address 1 and set a value (0 or 1).
- Close the editor and on the main window, click on the “TCP/IP” button under the “Link Settings” tab. Set the “TCP port” to 502. Be sure that the selected TCP port is opened and reachable on the system.
- Click on “Run” button to start the device.
Configure Wires Modbus application
- Install the Modbus driver from Eclipse Kura Marketplace
- On the Kura web interface, add the Modbus driver:
- Under “Services”, click the “+” button
- Select “org.eclipse.kura.driver.modbus”, type in a name and click “Apply”: a new service will show up under Services.
- Configure the new service as follows:
- access.type : TCP
- modbus.tcp-udp.ip : IP address of the system where ModbusPal is running
- modbus.tcp-udp.port : 502
- Click on “Wires” under “System”
- Add a new “Timer” component and configure the interval at which the modbus slave will be sampled
- Add a new “Asset” with the previously added Modbus driver
- Configure the new Modbus asset, adding a new Channel with the following configuration:
- name : a custom cool name
- type : READ_WRITE
- value type : BOOLEAN
- unit.id : the modbus slave address configured in ModbusPal (i.e. 1)
- primary.table : COILS
- memory.address : the modbus coil address configured in ModbusPal (i.e. 1)
- Add a new “Publisher” component and configure the chosen cloud platform stack in “cloud.service.pid” option
- Add “Logger” component
- Connect the “Timer” to the “Asset”, and the “Asset” to the “Publisher” and “Logger”.
- Click on “Apply” and check on the logs and cloud platform that that data are correctly published.
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