Engineer’s Guide to Modbus Testing, Simulation & Programming
This webinar is an engineer’s guide to Modbus testing, simulation, and programming, showing how to validate Modbus networks and speed up commissioning for Modbus RTU and Modbus TCP systems. It introduces Modbus data concentrators that continuously poll multiple Modbus RTU slave devices and make the data available to multiple Modbus TCP masters over Ethernet, reducing serial-bus bottlenecks and simplifying system architecture. The training then walks through practical software tools—including free configuration/utilities for discovering devices, setting communication parameters, reading/writing coils and registers, and troubleshooting communication errors—plus how to use Modbus testing tools to verify register maps before integrating with an HMI or PLC. Finally, the webinar highlights how to build operator interfaces and logging systems using HMIWorks Touch Screen PLCs, EZ Data Logger, and SCADA software (InduSoft/Aveva Edge) to create dashboards, trends, alarms, reports, schedules, and notifications for real-world Modbus monitoring and control applications.
