Modbus Simulator

Modbus Simulator with GUI based on modbus-tk

Requirements

• modbus-tk
• kivy 1.9.0 >

Checking Out the Source

$ git clone https://bitbucket.org/sanjaykv/modbus-simulator
$ cd modbus_simulator

Development Instructions

1. install kivy

   • OSx
   • Linux
   • Windows

2. install modbus-tk

   • On Mac kivy uses its own virtual env ,hence all required modules needs to be installed seperatly installing modules
     • kivy -m pip install modbus-tk

3. Setup development environment

Running/Testing application

$ cd modbus_simulator
$ kivy main.py

A GUi should show up if all the requirements are met !!

Usage instructions

1. Select the interface (only TCP supported as of now)
2. Enter the desired PORT
3. Start Simulation
4. Add Slave
   • to add a single slave just click on 'add'
   • one can play around with values in 'from'/'to'/'count' text fields to add multiple slaves
   • to delete a selected slave use "delete' button
   • 'enable all' button is not implemented yet
5. Add Data blocks
   • select a slave to enable Datablock tab pane
   • use button 'add' in Datablock pane to add data (0 based offset)
   • to delete a datablock ,select an item and use 'delete' button in Datablock pane
6. To simulate data , press 'Simulate' button
7. All the settings for various modbus related settings (block size/minimum/maximun values/logging) could be set and accessed from settings panel (use F1 or click on Settings icon at the bottom)

Packaging for different OS (Standalone applications)

A standalone application specific to target OS can be created with Kivy package manager

1. OSX
2. Linux
3. Windows

OSx Standalone application

Modbus-Simulator v0.0.2