thermokon RS485 Modbus Logger Software User Manual
- June 3, 2024
- thermokon
Table of Contents
thermokon RS485 Modbus Logger Software
APPLICATION
Software for data collection on the RS-485 RTU Modbus and storage in CSV files for error analysis.
COMMISSIONING
Connect the Thermokon USB transceiver RS485 to a free USB interface of your
computer. The device is automatically installed with a driver from the
Windows-internal driver library. You will be informed about the completion of
the driver installation in the system tray.
If the installation does not start automatically or no driver is found, the
driver installation must be carried out manually. You can download the current
driver here: http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm
When starting, the Modbus Logger software searches for the Thermokon USB
transceiver RS485 with a valid licence.
SOFTWARE OVERVIEW
Interface| COM-Port:| Select the COM-port of the USB-Interface.*1|
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Refresh| Refresh the COM-port connection
Baud-rate / Parity / Stopbits|
with RS485 Modbus USB-interface
Connect| Establish a RS485 Modbus connection and start a short-recording.*2
- 1 If no USB transceiver or device with a valid license is found in the network, the software will not start. Check driver installation, download and install drivers for your system if necessary. ( http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm )
- 2 After the maximum number of telegrams (50,000) during a short recording, the recording is automatically saved in a CSV file. (%USER%\AppData\Roaming\Thermokon\ModbusLogger\TrafficBackups) and the content of the table is deleted. For longer recordings, use the
“Start Log” function!
Filter| The filtering is already done during the recording process.
It is not possible to show data that has not been recorded. (selected = recorded)
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Slave Address| Filtering by rs485 modbus slave addresses.
Function Codes|
Filtering by function-codes
Counter| Telegram| Total number of telegrams recorded|
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Telegram Errors| Number of faulty telegrams
Bytes| Total number of recorded bytes
Bytes Errors| Number of faulty bytes
Bytes to read| Number of bytes in the receive buffer that are still being
processed.
Autoscroll| By activating the AutoScroll function, the software
automatically scrolls to the last table entry.|
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Telegramm Data| | 
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Clear Traffic| Deletes the table of recordet data.
Attention. Data not previously saved as a CSV file will be irreversibly deleted!
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Start Log| Opens a prompt for saving a CSV file.
Select the file path and enter the file name. The recorded data is updated hourly in a CSV file. This file contains all data. (Optionally, after starting the recording, hourly storage in individual files (filename+number) can be selected).
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Save Traffic| Saves the table of recorded data in a CSV file.
(Select the file path and enter the file name.)
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