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Here is the list of options, depending on the number of ports available on your Arduino model:

Serial Port – this tells the library which Serial port to use.

It’s important to ensure there are no duplicate addresses on the network. The address can be any number between 1 and 247 address 0 is reserved for the master. In other words, it’s how other devices in the network know who is talking.

Slave Address – this is the Modbus address that the master device will use to make specific queries.

The Modbus constructor takes three parameters: The first step is to include the ModbusRtu library in your sketch. You may choose to write your own C++ library implementation of Modbus, but I opted to use a prewritten library.Ī quick Google search yields several options. I’ll be using the Arduino IDE for software development.Īlthough Modbus was developed in 1979, it has stood the test of time and is proven to still a reliable industrial communication protocol. Great! Your Arduino is now networked to the PLC (or another master device) and other non-master devices. If you are unsure how many ports you have, the Arduino website provides a description of serial ports on all board models.ĭid you run out of Serial ports? Don’t forget about Software Serial!

Hardware Set-Up and Serial Portsīecause I’m using an Arduino Mega, 4 serial ports available. There are several devices on the market that do this, but I used this RS485 Transceiver Breakout Board. To allow an Arduino to speak over an RS485 network, an additional device must be used to convert TTL to RS485. This is far more useful in an industrial setting where signals can be influenced by electrical noise, and devices can be separated dozens or hundreds of meters.

However, TTL is single-ended, whereas RS485 relies on a differential signal ( what's the difference?). Serial communication means data is sent one bit at a time at a specified BAUD rate (bits per second). Both signaling types use serial communication. How an Arduino can Speak over an RS485įirst, let’s talk about Arduino and RS485.Īlthough Arduino supports serial communication through its built-in UART (Universally Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter), it uses TTL (Transistor-Transistor Logic), not RS485. In this post, I'll talk about adding an Arduino to an RS485 network and programming it to function as a Modbus slave device. So, how can you program an Arduino to act as a Modbus device? There is a twist, however. The devices with which the PLC is communicating are Arduinos. A situation arises where you have a system that includes a PLC, an HMI, and some peripheral devices. The HMI displays some information to a user and allows for some basic control and the PLC manages data collection and communication through an RS485 network using a Modbus RTU protocol.Įasy, right? Many PLCs already support RS485 and Modbus communication and only require a few functions blocks.