Commands

Modbus ports configuration commands

• modbus
  • modbus help
    Print command help.
    
    
  • modbus int_addr VALUE
    Set internal Modbus address.
    
    Example:
    modbus int_addr 5
    
    
  • modbus idlet VALUE
    Show or set the idle TIME (in seconds) of the TCP connection after which the TCP connection is terminated by the converter and the TCP socket is released.
    
    Example:
    modbus idlet 720
    
    If a subcommand that normally sets a value is not given an argument, it will print the current value.
    
    Example:
    modbus idlet
    Set idle time is 5000
    
    
• modbus_ports
  • modbus_ports help
    Print command help, does not require com_number.
    
    
  • modbus_ports PORT_NUMBER add_slaves [SLAVE_ADDR ;/- SLAVE_ADDR, *]
    Set all addresses of slaves connected to com_port. A star in value means fill rest free slaves. It means all slaves that are not set to other ports will be set to this one.
    
    Example:
    modbus_ports 1 addslaves 124
    
    Example:
    modbus_ports 1 addslaves 12-124
    
    Example:
    modbus_ports 1 addslaves 12;14;18
    
    Example:
    modbus_ports 1 addslaves 12;14-17;150-200
    
    Example:
    modbus_ports 1 addslaves 12;14-17;150-200, *
    
    
  • modbus_ports PORT_NUMBER show_slaves
    Show addresses of slaves connected to com_port.
    
    Example:
    modbus_ports 1 showslaves
    
    
  • modbus_ports PORT_NUMBER mode [ascii/rtu]
    Set Modbus port mode to ASCII or RTU.
    
    Example:
    modbus_ports 2 mode ascii
    
    
  • modbus_ports PORT_NUMBER baud [RATE]
    Set the baud rate to RATE. For a list of acceptable baud rates, please refer to the manual.
    
    Example:
    modbus_ports 1 baud 9600
    
    
  • modbus_ports PORT_NUMBER bits [CPS]
    Set bit count to C, parity to P, and stop bits to S. Valid values are:
    C: 7, 8 or 9
    P: N, E or O (N- none, E- even, O- odd)
    S: 1 or 2
    
    Example:
    modbus_ports 1 bits 8N1
    
    Example:
    modbus_ports 2 bits 7O1
    
    
  • modbus_ports PORT_NUMBER state [GATEWAY/ROUTER/DISABLE]
    Enable or disable uart functionality. 
    
    Example:
    modbus_ports 1 state GATEWAY
    
    Example:
    modbus_ports 2 state DISABLE
    
    
  • modbus_ports PORT_NUMBER termination [on/off]
    Enable or disable termination on RS485 port. 
    
    Example:
    modbus_ports 1 termination on
    
    
  • modbus_ports PORT_NUMBER slave_response_timeout TIMEOUT
    Set response timeout (serial slave) in ms. When this timeout expires, delayed frames are dropped.
    
    Example:
    modbus_ports 1 slave_response_timeout 2000
    
    If a subcommand that normally sets a value is not given an argument, it will print the current value.
    
    Example:
    modbus_ports 2 baud
    Set baud rate is 115200

PORT_NUMBER is a number of ports in modbus gateway and it is counted from 0.

• modbus_routing
  • modbus_routing help
    Print routing's help.
    
    
  • modbus_routing show
    Display all active routing table in system.
    [LP]: [SLAVES NUMBERS] [IP/HOSTNAME] [PORT] [TIMEOUT]
    
    
  • modbus_routing add SLAVE_ADDR HOSTNAME PORT TIMEOUT
    SLAVE_ADDR with HOSTNAME PORT is used by uarts working in Modbus router mode. TIMEOUT (in ms) is used to close the connection if a slave is not responding. The maximum records is 8. One record for one address/ip.
    
    Example:
    modbus_routing add 18 192.168.0.10 502 2000
    
    Example:
    modbus_routing add 18;25 192.168.0.10 502 2000
    
    Example:
    modbus_routing add 18-25 192.168.0.10 502 2000
    
    Example:
    modbus_routing add 18-25;* 192.168.0.10 502 2000
    
    Example:
    modbus_routing add 18-25 modbus.local 502 2000
    
    
  • modbus_routing remove [HOSTNAME_NUMBER/all]
    Remove Modbus Routing Table record. HOSTNAME_NUMBER is line number from /show/ command.
    
    Example:
    modbus_routing remove 2
    
    Example:
    modbus_routing remove all

Network settings

The following commands might be helpful to change network settings according to target LAN parameters, 

• ipconfig
  • ipconfig addr ADDRESS
    Set IP address to ADDRESS.
    
    Example:
    ipconfig addr 192.168.0.10
    
    
  • ipconfig mask NETMASK
    Set subnet mask to NETMASK (in dot-decimal format).
    
    Example:
    ipconfig mask 255.255.255.0
    
    
  • ipconfig mask BIT_COUNT
    Set subnet mask to BIT_COUNT bits.
    
    Example:
    ipconfig mask 24
    
    
  • ipconfig gateway GATEWAY_IP
    Set network gateway to GATEWAY_IP.
    
    Example:
    ipconfig gateway 192.168.0.1
    
    
  • ipconfig dhcp [enable/disable]
    Enable or disable DHCP client.
    
    Example:
    ipconfig dhcp enable
    
    
  • ipconfig dns1 ADDRESS
    Set primary DNS to ADDRESS, disable getting DNS from DHCP if enabled.
    
    Example:
    ipconfig dns1 192.168.100.1
    
    
  • ipconfig dns2 ADDRESS
    Set secondary DNS to ADDRESS, disable getting DNS from DHCP if enabled.
    
    Example:
    ipconfig dns2 1.1.1.1
    
    
• eth_mac
  • eth_mac help
    Print the help message.
    
    
  • eth_mac default
    Set device’s MAC address to factory-default one.
    
    
  • eth_mac set MAC_ADDR
    Set device’s MAC address to MAC_ADDR. Accepts both dash and colon-separated formats.
    
    Example:
    eth_mac set 01-02-03-04-05-06
    
    Example:
    eth_mac set 01:02:03:04:05:06
    
    
• http_port
  • http_port help
    Print the help message.
    
    
  • http_port PORT_NUMBER
    Set http port to PORT_NUMBER. A PORT_NUMBER value must be in range: 1-65535.
    
    Example:
    http_port 80
    
    
  • http_port status
    Print current http port.
    
    Example:
    http_port status
    A current http port is 80
    
    
• telnet_port
  • telnet_port help
    Print the help message.
    
    
  • telnet_port PORT_NUMBER
    Set Telnet port to PORT_NUMBER. A PORT_NUMBER value must be in range: 1-65535.
    
    Example:
    telnet_port 23
    
    
  • telnet_port status
    Print current Telnet port.
    
    Example:
    telnet_port status
    A current telnet port is 23
    
    
• modbus_tcp_port
  • modbus_tcp_port help
    Print the help message.
    
    
  • modbus_tcp_port PORT_NUMBER
    Set http port to PORT_NUMBER. A PORT_NUMBER value must be in range: 1-65535.
    
    Example:
    modbus_tcp_port 502
    
    
  • modbus_tcp_port status
    Print current Modbus port.
    
    Example:
    modbus_tcp_port status
    A current modbus port is 502

Changing username or password

To change username or password, use user command. Available commands:

• user help
  Print the help message.
  
  
• user mod_name USER_NAME NEW_NAME
  Change the user name to NEW_NAME. It fails if the name is used by another user.
  
  Example:
  user mod_name admin NEW_NAME
  
  
• user passwd USER_NAME
  Change USER_NAME's password.
  
  Example:
  user passwd admin
  ****** <- here is entered password, but '*' appears instead
  
  Note: Everyone can change the password for themselves.