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FieldTalk Modbus Slave Library for .NET
MbusIpServerBasestartupServer Method (String) |
Puts the Modbus server into operation.
Namespace: FieldTalk.Modbus.Slave
Assembly: FieldTalk.Modbus.Slave (in FieldTalk.Modbus.Slave.dll) Version: 2.11.0-eval+eb1ecbe71c969eff5d7c05d58da16dade0474678
Parameters
- hostName
- Type: SystemString
String with IP address for a specific host interface or empty string if connections are accepted on any interface
Return Value
Type: Int32BusProtocolErrors.FTALK_SUCCESS on success or error code. See BusProtocolErrors for possible error codes.
This function opens a TCP/IP socket, binds the configured TCP port
to the Modbus/TCP protocol and initialises the server engine.
The server accepts connections only on the interfaces which match the supplied hostname or IP address parameter. This method allows to run different servers on multiple interfaces (so called multihomed servers).