ModTest - Modbus slave tester

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ModTest is an automated test program that enables you to develop and run test suites for Modbus devices.

Using ModTest, you can define a sequence of commands to be sent to a Modbus slave. The slave's responses to the Modbus commands are automatically recorded.

Subsequently, you can re-run the sequence of commands. ModTest will then compare the results with those previously obtained and flag any differences as errors.

ModTest's other main features are:

  • Cross-platform: runs on any system that supports Java 1.5 or later - including Windows, Linux, Solaris and AIX.
  • Manual and troubleshooting guide.
  • Informative interpreted trace of all Modbus messages sent and received.
  • All configuration settings may be saved to and restored from files, in XML format.
  • Full support for coils, discrete inputs, input registers and holding registers, using the following commands:
    • 1 Read Coils
    • 2 Read Discrete Inputs
    • 3 Read Holding Registers
    • 4 Read Input Registers
    • 5 Write Single Coil
    • 6 Write Single Holding Register
    • 7 Read Exception Status
    • 8 Diagnostics
    • 11 Get Comm Event Counter
    • 15 Write Multiple Coils
    • 16 Write Multiple Holding Registers
    • 17 Report Slave ID
    • 22 Mask Write Holding Register
    • 23 Read/Write Multiple Holding Registers
    • 43/14 Read Device Identification
    • Custom commands
    • Invalid commands - for testing the slave's error handling
  • Supports network and serial (RS232/RS422/RS485) interfaces using the following protocol variants:
    • Modbus TCP (also known as Modbus TCP/IP)
    • Modbus RTU
    • Modbus ASCII
    • Modbus RTU encapsulated in TCP
    • Modbus ASCII encapsulated in TCP
    • Modbus UDP (also known as Modbus TCP encapsulated in UDP)
    • Modbus RTU encapsulated in UDP
    • Modbus ASCII encapsulated in UDP
  • All known extensions of the Modbus protocol for handling 32-bit and 64-bit integers and floating-point numbers are supported (including Enron/Daniel Modbus).
  • Registers are configurable for type (integer or float), size (1/8/16/32/64-bit) and radix (binary, octal, signed decimal, unsigned decimal, hex, or char).
  • Full support for exception responses 10/0x0A ("Gateway Path Unavailable") and 11/0x0B ("Target Device Failed To Respond").

You can download the complete version of ModTest for a free 3-day evaluation period.

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