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ModBus

URL:      http:// www.modbus.org

MODBUS® Protocol is a messaging structure developed by Modicon® in 1979, used to establish master-slave/client-server communication between intelligent devices. It is a de facto standard and a widely used network protocol in the industrial manufacturing environment.. It is implemented by hundreds of vendors on thousands of different devices in order to transfer discrete/analog I/O and register data between control devices. In the power industry, it is used predominantly within substations.

Keywords:            Modbus, Modicon, Modbus RTU, RS-485, register based, serial communications, PLC, interface for distributed automation, master-slave

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