I am trying to commicate with a motor controller via modbus with Qt/C++.
I connect to it using this code that I took mainly from Qt SerialBus adueditor example:
void Stepper::connect_device(){
if (ui.pb_connect->text() == "Connect"){
m_device = device;device->setParameters(0, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x000F, 0x0000);
m_device->setConnectionParameter(QModbusDevice::NetworkAddressParameter, ui.tcpAddressEdit->text());
m_device->setConnectionParameter(QModbusDevice::NetworkPortParameter, ui.tcpPortEdit->text());
m_device->setTimeout(1000);
m_device->setNumberOfRetries(3);connect(m_device, &QModbusDevice::errorOccurred, this, [this](QModbusDevice::Error) {
qDebug().noquote() << QStringLiteral("Error: %1").arg(m_device->errorString());
reset();
/*QMessageBox msgBox;
msgBox.setWindowTitle("Modbus TCP Client");
msgBox.setText("Connection error !");
msgBox.exec();
emit ui.pb_connect->clicked();*/
return;
}, Qt::QueuedConnection);
connect(m_device, &QModbusDevice::stateChanged, [this](QModbusDevice::State state) {
switch (state) {
case QModbusDevice::UnconnectedState:
qDebug().noquote() << QStringLiteral("State: Entered unconnected state.");
ui.pb_connect->setEnabled(true);
ui.pb_connect->setText("Connect");
break;
case QModbusDevice::ConnectingState:
qDebug().noquote() << QStringLiteral("State: Entered connecting state.");
ui.pb_connect->setEnabled(false);
ui.pb_connect->setText("Trying to connect..");
break;
case QModbusDevice::ConnectedState:
qDebug().noquote() << QStringLiteral("State: Entered connected state.");
ui.pb_connect->setText("Disconnect");
ui.pb_connect->setEnabled(true);
break;
case QModbusDevice::ClosingState:
qDebug().noquote() << QStringLiteral("State: Entered closing state.");
ui.pb_connect->setEnabled(true);
ui.pb_connect->setText("Connect");
break;
case QModbusDevice::TimeoutError:
qDebug().noquote() << QStringLiteral("State: Time out error.");
QMessageBox msgBox;
msgBox.setWindowTitle("Modbus TCP Client");
msgBox.setText("Time out !");
msgBox.exec();
}
});
m_device->connectDevice();
}
else
{
disconnectAndDelete();
}}
Once the connection is established, I commission the drive using this tcp pdu = "00000004084301000000000000", the device is commissionned and an error with code "E047" occurs because the communication was interrupted. The problem is when I try to make a reset (which is a rising edge on the reset bit) I send these two consecutive frames, but it doesn't work, the error still remains.
void Stepper::reset(){
QModbusReply *reply = nullptr;
Data = "00000004084301000000000000";
QByteArray pduData = QByteArray::fromHex(Data.toLatin1());
reply = m_device->sendRawRequest(QModbusRequest(QModbusRequest::FunctionCode(0x0010), pduData), 0x01);
connect(reply, &QModbusReply::finished, [reply, this]() {
qDebug() << "Receive: Asynchronous response PDU: " << reply->rawResult() << endl;
Data = "00000004084B01000000000000";
QByteArray pduData = QByteArray::fromHex(Data.toLatin1());
QModbusReply *reply = nullptr;
while (reply)
reply = m_device >sendRawRequest(QModbusRequest(QModbusRequest::FunctionCode(0x0010), pduData), 0x01);
});}
I took a look at this simulator "Modbus TCP Client V1.0.0.12" https://www.festo.com/net/cs_cz/SupportPortal/default.aspx?q=modbus&tab=4 that festo offers, when I click "Start" button, the frame is sent permanently, then I can click on the reset bit and the error is eliminated. The communication is interrupted and the error occurs only when I click "Stop". When the communication is running I can do other things like clicking stop button or changing function code, is it using multithreading? In this case, how can I provide a continuous communication with the controller like this simulator interface?
click here to see modbus tcp simulator images