7 modbus_set_slave - set slave number in the context
12 *int modbus_set_slave(modbus_t *'ctx', int 'slave');*
17 The *modbus_set_slave()* function shall set the slave number in the libmodbus
20 The behavior depends of network and the role of the device:
23 Define the slave ID of the remote device to talk in master mode or set the
24 internal slave ID in slave mode. According to the protocol, a Modbus device must
25 only accept message holing its slave number or the special broadcast number.
28 The slave number is only required in TCP if the message must reach a device
29 on a serial network. The special value `MODBUS_TCP_SLAVE` (0xFF) can be used in TCP mode to restore
32 The broadcast address is `MODBUS_BROADCAST_ADDRESS`. This special value must be
33 use when you want all Modbus devices of the network receive the request.
38 The function shall return 0 if successful. Otherwise it shall return -1 and set
39 errno to one of the values defined below.
45 The slave number is invalid.
50 The libmodbus documentation was written by Stéphane Raimbault
51 <stephane.raimbault@gmail.com>