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--- blocks:app-note:siemens_logo_modbus [2024-03-20 12:26] – [Enable modbus on the device] mattias
+++ blocks:app-note:siemens_logo_modbus [2024-03-20 13:19] (current) – [Programming the PLC] mattias
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-====Limitations====
+====Temporary limitations====
-Currently (Blocks version 6.3) it is not possible to read holding registers with modern addressing. We added a feature request to add the ability to manually set the modbus function per channel. Currently it is done automatically based on the data type and direction.
+Currently (Blocks version 6.3) it is not possible to read holding registers with modern addressing. We added a feature request to add the ability to manually set the modbus function per channel. Currently this is decided automatically based on the data type and direction.
 To work around this, one can use the classic modicon addressing and translate the Siemens addresses documented in standard modbus address style (modern)  to modicon.
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 Addresses starting with 4XXXXX will use function 3 (holding registers)
-In this blocks configuration I added the same as in the example above, but I also added a holding register. I want to read that because I programmed a pulse counter in the PLC that outputs to the holding register. This way I can expose the value as a property in blocks and make use of it in any task logic or expose it in content.
+In this blocks configuration I added the same as in the example above, but I also added a holding register. I wanted to read that because I programmed a pulse counter in the PLC that outputs to the holding register. This way I can expose the value as a property in blocks and make use of it in any task logic or expose it in content.
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+====Programming the PLC====
+It is not that hard to program a PLC, please use online tutorials and Siemens documentation regarding how to create programs.