GE Industrial Solutions POWER LEADER ModBus Monitor User Manual
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POWER LEADER Modbus Monitor
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CHAPTER 4 OPERATION.............................................................................................................................................. 29
Introduction..............................................................................................................................................................................29
Keypad/Menu Navigation .......................................................................................................................................................29
Main Menu ...............................................................................................................................................................................29
Look at a Device .................................................................................................................................................................30
Look at the Local Event Log...............................................................................................................................................32
PMCS Event Log ................................................................................................................................................................33
Notes on Password Protection.................................................................................................................................................30
Using the Modbus Monitor with PMCS ................................................................................................................................33
CHAPTER 5 ERRORS AND DIAGNOSTICS ................................................................................................................. 35
CHAPTER 6 TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE .................................................................................................................. 37
CHAPTER 7 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION................................................................................................................ 41
Step 1: Define a New Device Type ..........................................................................................................................................41
Step 2: Define the Device Type as Hybrid or Generic .........................................................................................................42
Step 3: Create the Device Type’s Register Map ...................................................................................................................42
Add Register .......................................................................................................................................................................43
Modify Register ..................................................................................................................................................................43
Delete Register....................................................................................................................................................................43
Utilized Register Block List (URBL) ......................................................................................................................................43
Step 4. Customize the Display .................................................................................................................................................44
Notes on Hybrid/Generic Device Types .................................................................................................................................45
Special Handling Registers .................................................................................................................................................45
Hybrid Device Types ..........................................................................................................................................................45
Generic Device Types.........................................................................................................................................................46
Defining Hybrid and Generic Device Types.......................................................................................................................46
Defining the Register Set ....................................................................................................................................................46
APPENDIX A: MODBUS PROTOCOL ........................................................................................................................... 49
Implementation Basics.............................................................................................................................................................49
Modbus RTU Message Format ...................................................................................................... .........................................49
CRC-16 Algorithm..............................................................................................................................................................50
Message Framing and Timing.................................................................................................................................................50
Register Groupings ............................................................................................................. .....................................................50
Data Conventions ............................................................................................................... ......................................................51
Format for Floating Point and Long Integer Data Types ....................................................................................................51
APPENDIX B: MODBUS MONITOR REGISTER MAP .................................................................................................. 53
APPENDIX C: REGISTER DATA FORMATS SUPPORTED BY THE MODBUS MONITOR ........................................ 55
APPENDIX D: SUPPORTED FIRMWARE REVISIONS FOR TID’S .............................................................................. 51
GLOSSARY .................................................................................................................................................................... 60