Configuring The Modbus Connection - GE moisture.iq User Manual

Chapter 6. Setting Up Communications
6.2 Configuring the Serial Port (cont.)
4. Tap the Word Size button and select either 7 bits or 8 bits from the drop-down list.
5. Tap the Parity button and select either Even, Odd or None from the drop-down list.
6. Tap the Stop Bits button and select either 1 or 2 from the drop-down list.
7. After all of the settings have been configured, tap the Check button to save your settings and then tap
the Return button to return to the Configuration Menu.
Note: For RS-485 wiring, refer to Figure 83 on page 116.

6.3 Configuring the Modbus Connection

To configure the moisture.IQ Modbus connection, complete the following steps:
1. From the Configuration Menu screen (see Figure 52 on page 59), tap the Modbus button to open a
Modbus Setup screen similar to Figure 68 below.
2. If the Enabled/Disabled button indicates that the Modbus connection is currently Enabled, tap this
button to Disable the Modbus connection (changes to the settings can only be made when the
connection is Disabled).
3. Tap the second button to choose Modbus/RTU or Modbus/TCP .
4. For RTU, tap the Slave Address button and use the keypad to enter an address from 1 to 247 (the
default setting is 1). For TCP, tap the Port button and use the keypad to enter a port from 81 to 65535
(the default setting is 502).
5. Tap the Disabled button to Enable the Modbus connection.
6. After the Modbus connection has been configured, tap the Check button to save your settings. Then, tap
the Return button to return to the Configuration Menu.
Note: For a complete Modbus register map, see Table 13 on page 127.
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Figure 68: Modbus Setup Screen
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