Modpoll Modbus Master Simulator

modpoll is a command line based Modbus master simulator and test utility. It is free software. modpoll is using the FieldTalk^™ Modbus driver. Modpoll binaries are available for the following operating system platforms and architectures:

• Windows
• Linux (x86 32-bit)
• Solaris (SPARC)
• QNX Neutrino 6 (x86)

Usage

Usage: modpoll [options] serialport|host 
Arguments: 
serialport    Serial port when using Modbus ASCII or Modbus RTU protocol 
              COM1, COM2 ...                on Windows 
              /dev/ttyS0, /dev/ttyS1 ...    on Linux 
              /dev/ser1, /dev/ser2 ...      on QNX 
host          Host name or dotted ip address when using MODBUS/TCP protocol 
General options: 
-m ascii      Modbus ASCII protocol
-m rtu        Modbus RTU protocol (default)
-m tcp        MODBUS/TCP protocol
-m enc        Encapsulated Modbus RTU over TCP
-a #          Slave address (1-255 for RTU/ASCII, 0-255 for TCP, 1 is default)
-r #          Start reference (1-65536, 100 is default)
-c #          Number of values to poll (1-100, 1 is default)
-t 0          Discrete output (coil) data type
-t 1          Discrete input data type
-t 3          16-bit input register data type
-t 3:hex      16-bit input register data type with hex display
-t 3:int      32-bit integer data type in input register table
-t 3:mod      32-bit module 10000 data type in input register table
-t 3:float    32-bit float data type in input register table
-t 4          16-bit output (holding) register data type (default)
-t 4:hex      16-bit output (holding) register data type with hex display
-t 4:int      32-bit integer data type in output (holding) register table
-t 4:mod      32-bit module 10000 type in output (holding) register table
-t 4:float    32-bit float data type in output (holding) register table
-i            Slave operates on big-endian 32-bit integers
-f            Slave operates on big-endian 32-bit floats
-1            Poll only once, otherwise poll every second
Options for MODBUS/TCP:
-p #          TCP port number (502 is default)
Options for Modbus ASCII and Modbus RTU:
-b #          Baudrate (e.g. 9600, 19200, ...) (9600 is default)
-d #          Databits (7 or 8 for ASCII protocol, 8 for RTU)
-s #          Stopbits (1 or 2, 1 is default)
-p none       No parity
-p even       Even parity (default)
-p odd        Odd parity
-4 #          RS4-85 mode, RTS on while transmitting and another # ms after

Usage Examples

To get help on usage run the following command:

modpoll -h

To retrieve continuously 10 Modbus holding registers starting from reference 500 of slave ID number 5 with Modbus RTU at 19200 baud, no parity on COM1 run:

modpoll -b 19200 -p none -m rtu -a 3 -r 500 -c 10 COM1

To retrieve once 5 floating point values starting from reference 100 with Modbus/TCP from slave device with IP 10.0.0.100:

modpoll -m tcp -t4:float -r 100 -c 5 -1 10.0.0.100

Details

Download	modpoll.2.4.0.zip
System Requirements	modpoll runs on Windows XP, 2000, NT, 98, Linux kernel 2.6 or 2.4, QNX Neutrino 6.3 (x86) and Solaris (SPARC).
License	This program is freeware; you can use it and redistribute it under the terms of the accompanying License document LICENSE.