Re: [foxboro] FBM230/Modbus slave too fast problem

  • From: "Cleddon" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "cleddon@xxxxxxx" for DMARC)
  • To: "foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 12:15:59 -0400

I believe if you can produce the foxboro PO or sales order they will send you 
an updated driver at no cost. It will be a computer transfer.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 12, 2015, at 11:00 AM, Pablo Lioi <plioi@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Scott,
> As I stated before, my driver is version 1.1 and I am using B0700BG-C.
> Supported device counters are Good Messages Sent, Good Messages Received and 
> Timeouts.
> I suppose I should upgrade the driver...
> Regards
> Pablo Lioi
>> From: Scott.Landry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 08:51:55 -0400
>> Subject: Re: [foxboro] FBM230/Modbus slave too fast problem
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>    Pablo,
>> 
>> 
>>    Latest Modbus driver is V2.3.4   (B0700BG-J document)
>> 
>>    If you are using RS-422 or RS-485;
>> 
>> Set the RS-232 switches for the channel such that the C5 and C6 switches are 
>> in
>> the CLOSED position and the rest of the switches are in the OPEN position 
>> (see
>> Figure 4-15 on page 39).
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>    Something else I do when I set a FDSI interface up is configure all the 
>> port and device counters, possible.
>>    I also have a graphic I re-use so they are easy to see (depends on the 
>> driver)  some drivers
>>    have a script to build the blocks and graphic(s).  Although not Modbus 
>> driver.
>> 
>> 
>> Port Counters:
>> 1. Number of good messages sent
>> 2. Number of good messages received
>> 3. Number of parity errors
>> 4. Number of framing errors
>> 5. Number of checksum errors
>> 6. Number of transmit errors
>> 7. Port Scan Time
>> 8. Reset Counters
>> 
>> Device Counters:
>> 1. Number of good messages sent
>> 2. Number of good messages received
>> 3. Response timeout
>> 4. Number of Modbus Device Exception responses
>> 5. Number of Modbus gateway exception responses
>> 6. Last Error message received from the gateway
>> 7. Configured Options
>> 8. Number of Over Scans
>> 9. Over Scan time high
>> 10. Group Scan time
>> 
>> 
>>   Regards,
>> 
>> 
>>    Scott
>> 
>> ________________________________________
>> From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf 
>> Of Landry, Scott [Scott.Landry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 7:14 AM
>> To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [foxboro] FBM230/Modbus slave too fast problem
>> 
>>    Pablo,
>> 
>> 
>>    Try playing with the driver scan rate, slower and faster.  See what 
>> difference it makes, if any.
>> 
>>    Are you using an xml  device config file ?
>> 
>> 
>>    Regards,
>> 
>> 
>>    Scott
>> 
>> ________________________________________
>> From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf 
>> Of Pablo Lioi [plioi@xxxxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 5:10 AM
>> To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [foxboro] FBM230/Modbus slave too fast problem
>> 
>> I'm using RTU, but my communication is not a radio link. The FBM230 and the 
>> slave are inside the same cabinet.
>> 
>>> From: dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: Re: [foxboro] FBM230/Modbus slave too fast problem
>>> Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 15:18:10 -0400
>>> To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> 
>>> Are you using Modbus rtu or ASCII? On radio units I have had better luck 
>>> with Modbus ASCII.
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>> On Mar 11, 2015, at 1:28 PM, Pablo Lioi <plioi@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi everybody,
>>>> I'm sending this again because for some reason carriage returns seem to 
>>>> have been lost and the post was difficult to read.
>>>> In the past I had a serious problem with an FBM230 with Modbus protocol 
>>>> communicating with a slave using RS-232, in RTU mode.
>>>> When the slave response to any query from the master arrived too fast, the 
>>>> FBM would ignore the response and retry. I finally worked around the 
>>>> problem delaying the response from the slave a few milliseconds using a 
>>>> setting (at the slave device) that was meant for radio communication (RTS 
>>>> to TxD delay).
>>>> I am now facing the same problem again, with another slave device. The 
>>>> problem is that this time I have no way to delay the slave response. I 
>>>> tried using RTS/CTS handshake on the RS-232 line, but the problem remains. 
>>>> I know for sure that cable and switch settings at the TA are ok because 
>>>> I'm looking at the line with a protocol analyser and see correct query and 
>>>> response messages.I would like to know if somebody else has experienced 
>>>> this problem too.
>>>> Regards
>>>> Pablo Lioi
>>>> TOTAL AUSTRAL S.A.
>>>> Tierra del Fuego - Argentina
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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