AdvancedHMI Software

General Category => Open Discussion => Topic started by: RajSHJ on November 26, 2018, 04:51:34 AM

Title: Modbus device
Post by: RajSHJ on November 26, 2018, 04:51:34 AM

Dear All
I am new here. Is it possible to read/write modbus devices directly using Advanced HMI without a PLC

Title: Re: Modbus device
Post by: Archie on November 26, 2018, 08:06:43 AM

Yes, AdvancedHMI can communicate directly with devices that support the Modbus protocol

Title: Re: Modbus device
Post by: RajSHJ on November 27, 2018, 12:05:03 AM

Thank you very much for the reply.
I have 10 energy meters with Modbus RTU communication. The data from all of them are to be logged to a table in a PC. Is this achievable using Advanced HMI?

Title: Re: Modbus device
Post by: NevillePi on November 27, 2018, 09:11:08 AM

Quote from: RajSHJ on November 27, 2018, 12:05:03 AM

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I have 10 energy meters with Modbus RTU communication. The data from all of them are to be logged to a table in a PC. Is this achievable using Advanced HMI?

Do you know of any resources on this topic, Archie?

Title: Re: Modbus device
Post by: Archie on November 27, 2018, 09:47:18 AM

Quote from: NevillePi on November 27, 2018, 09:11:08 AM

Do you know of any resources on this topic, Archie?

The main resource would be the manual of the device you will communicate with. The AdvancedHMI drivers use the Modicon style addressing format, so you may have to figure some conversion based on how the manual of the device documents the addresses to use.

Title: Re: Modbus device
Post by: Godra on November 27, 2018, 10:09:32 PM

There is also some mentioning of the Modbus RTU Energy Meter in this topic:

https://www.advancedhmi.com/forum/index.php?topic=726.0

Maybe ask the user "Stewart" to provide an update and any other relevant details not already mentioned.

Title: Re: Modbus device
Post by: RajSHJ on November 27, 2018, 10:51:54 PM

Thank you all for the replies. In my case there are 10 nos. of modbus meters. How they could be read cyclically in Advanced HMI without a PLC?

Title: Re: Modbus device
Post by: RajSHJ on December 04, 2018, 05:21:43 AM

Dear Archie
I need to achieve the following
I have 10 nos. of energy meters which are connected to a Schneider AS-P module (Sever)
The above module pulls data from the meters and provides the data on BACnet
How can I proceed to get this data in Advanced HMI Application to process it further

Title: Re: Modbus device
Post by: Godra on December 04, 2018, 09:23:33 PM

According to this page:

 https://help.sbo.schneider-electric.com/Topics/show.castle?id=10547&locale=en-US&productversion=1.8

there are 2 ethernet ports and the second port can be used for Modbus TCP communication, which could allow you to possibly use the AdvancedHMI ModbusTCP driver.

Title: Re: Modbus device
Post by: RajSHJ on December 04, 2018, 10:56:39 PM

Hi Godra,  Thank you very much for the reply