ICP DAS USA LinPAC-8000, User Manual

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Modbus RTU
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TCP Server User Manual for LinPAC / LinCon
Ver : 1.0 ( 2009.04) 4 L2
1-1. Install Modbus server on your LinPAC
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LinCon
Software Installation
If your LinPAC ／ LinCon is former released, you have to install the Modebus Server by
manual.
STEP 1 :
Download the latest Modbus Server for LinPAC ／ LinCon.
http://www.icpdas.com/download/download-list.htm
STEP 2 :
Copy the “mbserver10” file to your LinPAC ／ LinCon, and change the file permission
to “755” or above.
#chmod 755 ./mbserver10
STEP 3 :
Before executing LinPAC ／ LinCon Modbus Server, you have to check what’s the
index number of your TTY devices.
#dmesg | grep ‘ttyS’
In general, LinCon support 2 serial ports,
ttyS0 ： COM2 RS-232 ( Recommend! )
ttyS1 ： COM3 RS-485
and 3 serial ports are availabled on LinPAC.
ttyS0 ： COM1, RS232 (Reserved for console terminal)
ttyS1 ： COM3, RS232 ／ RS-485
ttyS34 ： COM4, RS232 ( Recommend! )
STEP 4 :
You can use following command to start Modbus Server.
#./mbserver10 [Device Net ID] [COM port Index number]
For example :
#./mbserver10 4 0 Start Modbus Server for ttyS0, and the Device ID = 4
#./mbserver10 9 34 Start Modbus Server for ttyS34, and the Device ID = 9
To check the command usage :
#./mbserver10