About Modbus TCP/IP Communications

The Modbus TCP/IP Communications option supports communication with Modbus Quantum programmable controllers using the TCP/IP protocol over an Ethernet network.

This enabler supports the following CIMPLICITY features:

  • Polled reads at user defined rates
  • Poll after setpoint
  • Triggered reads
  • Unsolicited data
  • Asynchronous IO connection
  • Analog deadband
  • Alarm on communications failure
  • Server Redundancy configurations

This enabler supports the following data types:

  • Signed 8, 16, and 32 bit integers
  • Unsigned 8, 16, and 32 bit integers
  • Floating point
  • Text
  • Arrays