Re: [collectd] Modbus support

2011-01-10 Thread Matt Baker
Hi Florian, If you have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modbus you can see the difference in frame format. Basically there are three variants: Modbus RTU - modbus over serial interface, includes using CRC calculations for error checking Modbus RTU over TCP - sends the RTU

Re: [collectd] Modbus support

2011-01-09 Thread Florian Forster
Hi Matt, On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 10:33:34PM +1030, Matt Baker wrote: Unfortunately though I discovered that the device I am using to do the Modbus conversion supports Modbus/TCP for interfaces connected directly, but provides a Modbus RTU over TCP for other external Modbus serial devices. I

Re: [collectd] Modbus support

2011-01-07 Thread Matt Baker
Hi Florian, I managed to build against modbus 2.0.3 using the code checked out using the Git repository and this appears to function just fine. Unfortunately though I discovered that the device I am using to do the Modbus conversion supports Modbus/TCP for interfaces connected directly, but

Re: [collectd] Modbus support

2011-01-05 Thread Matt Baker
Hi Octo, Thankyou for getting back to me so quickly and your help. I will give the updated code a try later today. The plan in regards to the modbus plugin was to use Collectd as part of a building management system. At the moment we have some airconditioning and power systems connected by