5 modbus_new_rtu - create a libmodbus context for RTU
10 modbus_t *modbus_new_rtu(const char *device, int baud, char parity, int data_bit, int stop_bit);
15 The *modbus_new_rtu()* function shall allocate and initialize a `modbus_t`
16 structure to communicate in RTU mode on a serial line.
18 The `device` argument specifies the name of the serial port handled by the OS,
19 eg. "/dev/ttyS0" or "/dev/ttyUSB0". On Windows, it's necessary to prepend COM
20 name with "\\.\" for COM number greater than 9, eg. "\\\\.\\COM10". See
21 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247(v=vs.85).aspx for details
23 The `baud` argument specifies the baud rate of the communication, eg. 9600,
24 19200, 57600, 115200, etc.
26 The `parity` argument can have one of the following values:
32 The `data_bits` argument specifies the number of bits of data, the allowed
33 values are 5, 6, 7 and 8.
35 The `stop_bits` argument specifies the bits of stop, the allowed values are 1
38 Once the `modbus_t` structure is initialized, you can connect to the serial bus
39 with [modbus_connect](modbus_connect.md).
41 In RTU, your program can act as server or client:
43 - **server** is called *slave* in Modbus terminology, your program will expose
44 data to the network by processing and answering the requests of one of several
45 clients. It up to you to define the slave ID of your service with
46 [modbus_set_slave](modbus_set_slave.md), this ID should be used by the client
47 to communicate with your program.
49 - **client** is called *master* in Modbus terminology, your program will send
50 requests to servers to read or write data from them. Before issuing the
51 requests, you should define the slave ID of the remote device with
52 [modbus_set_slave](modbus_set_slave.md). The slave ID is not an argument of
53 the read/write functions because it's very frequent to talk with only one
54 server so you can set it once and for all. The slave ID it not used in TCP
55 communications so this way the API is common to both.
59 The function shall return a pointer to a `modbus_t` structure if
60 successful. Otherwise it shall return NULL and set errno to one of the values
65 - *EINVAL*, an invalid argument was given.
66 - *ENOMEM*, out of memory. Possibly, the application hits its memory limit
67 and/or whole system is running out of memory.
71 In this example, the program will open a serial communication on USB. All
72 subsequent calls such as read or write of registers will be sent on the wire and
73 the request will be visible to all connected devices. According to the Modbus
74 protocol, only the master associated to slave ID 10 will process and answer your
78 const int REMOTE_ID = 10;
82 ctx = modbus_new_rtu("/dev/ttyUSB0", 115200, 'N', 8, 1);
84 fprintf(stderr, "Unable to create the libmodbus context\n");
88 if (modbus_connect(ctx) == -1) {
89 fprintf(stderr, "Connection failed: %s\n", modbus_strerror(errno));
94 modbus_set_slave(ctx, REMOTE_ID);
96 // Read 2 registers from address 0 of server ID 10.
97 modbus_read_registers(ctx, 0, 2, tab_reg);
102 - [modbus_new_tcp](modbus_new_tcp.md)
103 - [modbus_free](modbus_free.md)