RS-485 (Modbus Rtu) half duplex communication/Arduino-uno

[Mohd Shanawaz]

I am a beginner. I am trying to communicate (read values) with a device and the modbus address is ranging from 40200 to 40380. I am using max 485 ic to convert rtu to ttl. But on the serial monitor it is showing some garbage value. Is something missing in the code. I have seen this logic as per this videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBw15SfmuwI&t=83s. Note. Half duplex communication.

Also please note that the format for these modbus address is U-long and long.

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#include <ModbusMaster.h>

/*!
We're using a MAX485-compatible RS485 Transceiver.
Rx/Tx is hooked up to the hardware serial port at 'Serial'.
The Data Enable and Receiver Enable pins are hooked up as follows:
*/
#define MAX485_DE 3
#define MAX485_RE_NEG 2

// instantiate ModbusMaster object
ModbusMaster node;

void preTransmission()
{
digitalWrite(MAX485_RE_NEG, 1);
digitalWrite(MAX485_DE, 1);
}

void postTransmission()
{
digitalWrite(MAX485_RE_NEG, 0);
digitalWrite(MAX485_DE, 0);
}

void setup()
{
pinMode(MAX485_RE_NEG, OUTPUT);
pinMode(MAX485_DE, OUTPUT);
// Init in receive mode
digitalWrite(MAX485_RE_NEG, 0);
digitalWrite(MAX485_DE, 0);

// Modbus communication runs at 9600 baud
Serial.begin(9600);

// Modbus slave ID 2
node.begin(1, Serial);
// Callbacks allow us to configure the RS485 transceiver correctly
node.preTransmission(preTransmission);
node.postTransmission(postTransmission);
}

void loop()
{
uint8_t resultMain;

resultMain = node.readInputRegisters(0X40200,56);
if (resultMain == node.ku8MBSuccess)
{
Serial.println ("-----------------------------------------------------------");
// Serial.print ("1. VR: ");
// Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x00)/100.0f);
// Serial.print ("2. VY: ");
// Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x02)/100.0f);
// Serial.print ("3. VB: ");
// Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x04)/100.0f);
// Serial.print ("4. IR: ");
// Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x16)/100.0f);
// Serial.print ("5. IY ");
// Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x18)/100.0f);
// Serial.print ("6. IB ");
// Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x20)/100.0f);
// Serial.print ("7. KWr ");
// Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x46)/100.0f);
// Serial.print ("8. KWy ");
// Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x48)/100.0f);
// Serial.print ("9. KWb ");
// Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x50)/100.0f);
// Serial.print ("10. KVAr ");
// Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x52)/100.0f);
// Serial.print ("11. KVAy: ");
// Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x54)/100.0f);
// Serial.print ("12. KVAb: ");
// Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x56)/100.0f);
// Serial.print ("13. SysKW: ");
// Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x40)/100.0f);
// Serial.print ("14. SysKVA: ");
// Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x42)/100.0f);
// Serial.print ("15. Freq.: ");
// Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x30)/100.0f);
}
delay (1000);
}

[JColvin]

Hello @Mohd Shanawaz,

Those of us here at Digilent don't have any experience with that particular RS485 chip or that library they are using. We have our own Pmod RS485 with an example code loopback code in its Resource Center, which will likely be a good thing to try to do with your particular chip.

Thank you,
JColvin