Modbus CRC-16 calculator - String to Byte function

Hi, I have read many post about how to calculate the CRC code of a modbus message, but no one solved the problem. To help other programmers i'll share the solution I made.

I work with an Leveltroll500 & Aquatroll200 probes and an Ultrasonic Flow Meter model: TUF-2000M (from china) that works with modbus protocols through rs485 communication standar.

I got alot of experience working with these equipments and the attached code works well to check the message.

void setup() {
  // put your setup code here, to run once:
  Serial.begin(19200);
}

void loop() {
  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
  String raw_msg = "01030000000AC5CD"; //like Modbus menssage: 01 03 00 00 00 0A C5 CD
  String raw_msg_data = raw_msg.substring(0, raw_msg.length()-4); //Modbus message without crc code
  String raw_msg_crc = raw_msg.substring(raw_msg.length() - 4, raw_msg.length()); //only Modbus message crc code
  String calculated_crc = "";

  Serial.println("Modbus message: " + raw_msg);
  Serial.println("Modbus data: " + raw_msg_data);
  Serial.println("Modbus CRC: " + raw_msg_crc);
  
  calculated_crc = ModRTU_CRC(raw_msg_data); //Modbus message without crc code. Reply the calculated crc code
  Serial.println("---------------------------------");
  Serial.println("Modbus CRC Calculated: " + calculated_crc);
  while(1);
}

// Compute the MODBUS RTU CRC
String ModRTU_CRC(String raw_msg_data) {
  //Calc raw_msg_data length
  byte raw_msg_data_byte[raw_msg_data.length()/2];
  //Convert the raw_msg_data to a byte array raw_msg_data
  for (int i = 0; i < raw_msg_data.length() / 2; i++) {
    raw_msg_data_byte[i] = StrtoByte(raw_msg_data.substring(2 * i, 2 * i + 2));
  }

  //Calc the raw_msg_data_byte CRC code
  uint16_t crc = 0xFFFF;
  String crc_string = "";
  for (int pos = 0; pos < raw_msg_data.length()/2; pos++) {
    crc ^= (uint16_t)raw_msg_data_byte[pos];          // XOR byte into least sig. byte of crc
    for (int i = 8; i != 0; i--) {    // Loop over each bit
      if ((crc & 0x0001) != 0) {      // If the LSB is set
        crc >>= 1;                    // Shift right and XOR 0xA001
        crc ^= 0xA001;
      }
      else                            // Else LSB is not set
        crc >>= 1;                    // Just shift right
    }
  }
  // Note, this number has low and high bytes swapped, so use it accordingly (or swap bytes)

  //Become crc byte to a capital letter String 
  crc_string = String(crc, HEX);
  crc_string.toUpperCase();
  
  //The crc should be like XXYY. Add zeros if need it
  if(crc_string.length() == 1){
    crc_string = "000" + crc_string;
  }else if(crc_string.length() == 2){
    crc_string = "00" + crc_string;
  }else if(crc_string.length() == 3){
    crc_string = "0" + crc_string;
  }else{
    //OK
  }

  //Invert the byte positions
  crc_string = crc_string.substring(2, 4) + crc_string.substring(0, 2);
  return crc_string;  
}

//String to byte --> Example: String = "C4" --> byte = {0xC4}
byte StrtoByte (String str_value){
  char char_buff[3];
  str_value.toCharArray(char_buff, 3);
  byte byte_value = strtoul(char_buff, NULL, 16);
  return byte_value;  
}
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Great job, I tried to insert in your code in my program that communicates with ModBus RTU measurement modules and I verified that it works perfectly, thanks!
Umberto

And for me to send a frame, as I calculate crc, what I'm going to send