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“TCP port number” parameter :
Set the port number the gateway has to use.
If the Raw TCP client gateway is assigned to both serial COM ports, the TCP port numbers must be
different on each port.
21.1.2 Modbus client gateway
This gateway allows to connect a serial modbus
master to the serial interface of the IPRS.
Select the modbus menu and then “modbus client” menu; enable the “modbus client” gateway and
set up the parameters as follows :
“Port selection” parameter :
Select the serial port COM 1 or COM2.
If the modbus server gateway is assigned to one serial COM port, it cannot be assigned to the other
one.
« ASCII / RTU protocol » parameter
:
Select the right option
“Inter-character gap” parameter
:
Set up the maximum delay the gateway will have to wait between a received character of a modbus
answer frame and the following character of the same frame.
“TCP inactivity Timeout” parameter
:
Set the time the gateway will wait before disconnecting the TCP link if no characters are detected.
“TCP port number” parameter
:
Set the TCP port number the gateway has to use.
“IP address” parameter
:
The modbus client gateway allows to transmit modbus requests from the serial modbus master device
to any modbus slave device, more precisely called “ modbus server”, located on the IP network.
To assign an IP address to each modbus slave device with which the serial master device needs to
communicate, click the “add a link” button; Assign an IP address in front of each modbus slave
address with which the serial master device will have to communicate.
UMTS GPRS EDGE router ref. RAS-3G User guide ref. 9020009-01
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