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Download and save the zip archive into a working directory.
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Extract (unzip) the content of the archive.
The archive will create the following directory structure in your project
directory:
My Projects
fieldtalk
doc
src
lib
samples
Launch Visual Studio 2005. Open an existing C++ project where you want
to add Modbus functionality or create a new C++ Modbus project.
FieldTalk can be integrated into Win32, MFC or ATL Visual Studio project
types.
Once the project has been opened, you have to add a the static library
libmbusmaster.lib as a linker dependency and add the library include files
to the compiler's list of include directories.
To do this, from the Property Pages dialog, expand the Configuration
Properties node, then the Linker node, and select Input. Click on
the … button to open the Additional Dependency dialog.
Type in the path to the location of the libmbusmaster.lib library file and
click OK.
To reference the header files of the static library, you must modify the
include directories path. To do this, from the Property Pages dialog,
expand the Configuration Properties node, then the C/C++ node, and select
General. Next to Additional Include Directories, type in the path to the
location of the fieldtalk/include directory.
Click OK to close the Property Pages dialog.
Add to the C++ module where you want to perform the Modbus communication
one of the following FieldTalk header files:
In your communication routine, add the following code to open the Modbus
protocol and perform Modbus requests:
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