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Selection Of Modbus Slave Address
There are two ways to select Modbus Slave address.
1.
If Slave address is already known, it can be directly selected from drop box.
2.
If slave address is not known or multiple drives with multiple addresses are connected on serial bus, click search
button. This will search for all slave ids from 1 to 247. If any response is received from slave id it will give indication in
status bar and list the drive in 'Available Slaves' drop down box.
To search slave address click on "
Search
". Once all the connected devices are found click on "
Stop Search
". Select
any of detected slave address in Modbus Slave Address drop down box and drive will start communicating to
software.
Make sure no multiple drives with same slave address is connected on serial bus.
Once any drive is connected and slave id for the same is selected, software will read parameters of the drive. It can
also be done manually by clicking 'Read Parameters' button.
