Arduino Modbus Issues -

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Hi everyone,

I'm working on a project which involves getting data from a Tracer 4215BN MPPT solar charge controller. I've connected it up to a rs485 to TTL converter and to the Arduino.

I'm using the ModbusMaster Modbus library for Arduino. The documentation can be seen here: ModbusMaster: Main Page

You can see he MODBUS specs for this model here: https://www.developpez.net/forums/attachments/p196506d1451307310/systemes/autres-systemes/automation/probleme-com-modbus-pl7-pro/controllerprotocolv2.3.pdf/

I'm not familiar with MODBUS, however, I've managed to get it mostly working. The issues are that for some reason, not all of the code works!

Here is my code:

<code
#include <ModbusMaster.h>

#define MAX485_DE 3
#define MAX485_RE_NEG 2

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 115200 baud
Serial.begin(115200);

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

void loop()
{
uint8_t result;

result = node.readInputRegisters(0x3100, 15);
if (result == node.ku8MBSuccess)
{
Serial.println(" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ");
Serial.println("MAIN DETAILS:");
Serial.print("Input Voltage: ");
Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x00) / 100.0f);
Serial.print("Input Current: ");
Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x01) / 100.0f);
Serial.print("Input Power: ");
Serial.println((node.getResponseBuffer(0x02) +
node.getResponseBuffer(0x03) << 16) / 100.0f);
Serial.print("-: ");
Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x04) / 100.0f);
Serial.print("-: ");
Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x05) / 100.0f);
Serial.print("Charging Power: ");
Serial.println((node.getResponseBuffer(0x06) +
node.getResponseBuffer(0x07) << 16) / 100.0f);
Serial.print("-: ");
Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x08) / 100.0f);
Serial.print("-: ");
Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x09) / 100.0f);
Serial.print("-: ");
Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x0A) / 100.0f);
Serial.print("-: ");
Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x0B) / 100.0f);
Serial.print("Load Voltage: ");
Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x0C) / 100.0f);
Serial.print("Load Current: ");
Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x0D) / 100.0f);
Serial.print("Load Power: ");
Serial.println((node.getResponseBuffer(0x0E) +
node.getResponseBuffer(0x0F) << 16) / 100.0f);
}

node.clearResponseBuffer();

delay(1500);

result = node.readInputRegisters(0x3110, 4);
if (result == node.ku8MBSuccess)
{
Serial.println(" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ");
Serial.println("TEMPERATURES:");
Serial.print("Battery Temperature: ");
Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x00) / 100.0f);
Serial.print("Temperature Inside Case: ");
Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x01) / 100.0f);
Serial.print("Battery SOC: ");
Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x02) / 100.0f);
Serial.print("Remote Battery Temperature: ");
Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x03) / 100.0f);
Serial.print("Battery Real Rated Power: ");
Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x04) / 100.0f);
}

node.clearResponseBuffer();

delay(1500);

result = node.readInputRegisters(0x3200, 2);
if (result == node.ku8MBSuccess)
{
Serial.println(" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ");
Serial.println("STATUS:");
Serial.print("Battery Status: ");
Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x00));
Serial.print("Equipment Status: ");
Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x01));
Serial.print("Discharging Equipment Status: ");
Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x02));
}

node.clearResponseBuffer();

delay(1500);

result = node.readInputRegisters(0x3300, 24);
if (result == node.ku8MBSuccess)
{
Serial.println(" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ");
Serial.println("STATISTICS:");
Serial.print("Max. PV Today: ");
Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x00) / 100.0f);
Serial.print("Min. PV Today: ");
Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x01) / 100.0f);
Serial.print("Max. Battery Voltage Today: ");
Serial.println((node.getResponseBuffer(0x02) +
node.getResponseBuffer(0x03) << 16) / 100.0f);
Serial.print("Min. Battery Voltage Today: ");
Serial.println((node.getResponseBuffer(0x04) +
node.getResponseBuffer(0x05) << 16) / 100.0f);
Serial.print("Consumed Energy Today: ");
Serial.println((node.getResponseBuffer(0x06) +
node.getResponseBuffer(0x07) << 16) / 100.0f);
Serial.print("Consumed Energy This Month: ");
Serial.println((node.getResponseBuffer(0x08) +
node.getResponseBuffer(0x09) << 16) / 100.0f);
Serial.print("Consumed Energy This Year: ");
Serial.println((node.getResponseBuffer(0x0A) +
node.getResponseBuffer(0x0B) << 16) / 100.0f);
Serial.print("Consumed Total Energy: ");
Serial.println((node.getResponseBuffer(0x0C) +
node.getResponseBuffer(0x0D) << 16) / 100.0f);
Serial.print("Generated Energy Today: ");
Serial.println((node.getResponseBuffer(0x0E) +
node.getResponseBuffer(0x0F) << 16) / 100.0f);
Serial.print("Generated Energy This Month: ");
Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x10) / 100.0f);
Serial.print("Generated Energy This Year: ");
Serial.println((node.getResponseBuffer(0x11) +
node.getResponseBuffer(0x12) << 16) / 100.0f);
Serial.print("Generated Energy Total: ");
Serial.println((node.getResponseBuffer(0x13) +
node.getResponseBuffer(0x14) << 16) / 100.0f);
Serial.print("Battery Voltage: ");
Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x15) / 100.0f);
Serial.print("Battery Current: ");
Serial.println((node.getResponseBuffer(0x16) +
node.getResponseBuffer(0x17) << 16) / 100.0f);
}

node.clearResponseBuffer();

delay(1500);
}

The response I'm getting is in the attachment. I don't understand why the statistics section is completely ignored. I also don't knwo what the garbled text is before the '- - - - - -'. Does anyone who is more familiar with this know what is going on here?

Thanks in advance, Antony...

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For those who are interested, I've spent hours and hours on this and not really got anywhere. What I've done though now is simply eliminated a lot of the code and now I'm reading from only one register. It works if I only read from one register. I have no idea what was up with it, the other fields would have been handy, but these fields in this one register will have to suffice.

For those who see this thread in the future, this was the code which I managed to scrape by with:

#include

#define MAX485_DE 3
#define MAX485_RE_NEG 2

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 115200 baud
Serial.begin(115200);

// Modbus slave ID 1
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(0x3100, 6);
if (resultMain == node.ku8MBSuccess)
{
Serial.print("PV Voltage: ");
Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x00) / 100.0f);
Serial.print("PV Current: ");
Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x01) / 100.0f);
Serial.print("Battery Voltage: ");
Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x04) / 100.0f);
Serial.print("Battery Charge Current: ");
Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x05) / 100.0f);
}
}

Antony...
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void loop()
{
  uint8_t resultMain;

  resultMain = node.readInputRegisters(0x3100, 6);
  if (resultMain == node.ku8MBSuccess)
  {
    Serial.print("PV Voltage: ");
    Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x00) / 100.0f);
    Serial.print("PV Current: ");
    Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x01) / 100.0f);
    Serial.print("Battery Voltage: ");
    Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x04) / 100.0f);
    Serial.print("Battery Charge Current: ");
    Serial.println(node.getResponseBuffer(0x05) / 100.0f);
  }
}

I can tell you what your problem is: You're printing your debug statement to the same interface you connected your ModBus. This is usually not a good idea as your controller may not be able to handle that data correctly.