Name

modbus_new_tcp - create a libmodbus context for TCP/IPv4

Synopsis

modbus_t *modbus_new_tcp(const char *ip, int port);

Description

The modbus_new_tcp() function shall allocate and initialize a modbus_t structure to communicate with a Modbus TCP IPv4 server.

The ip argument specifies the IP address of the server to which the client wants to establish a connection. A NULL value can be used to listen any addresses in server mode.

The port argument is the TCP port to use. Set the port to MODBUS_TCP_DEFAULT_PORT to use the default one (502). It’s convenient to use a port number greater than or equal to 1024 because it’s not necessary to have administrator privileges.

Return value

The function shall return a pointer to a modbus_t structure if successful. Otherwise it shall return NULL and set errno to one of the values defined below.

Errors

Example

modbus_t *ctx;
ctx = modbus_new_tcp("127.0.0.1", 1502);
if (ctx == NULL) {


    fprintf(stderr, "Unable to allocate libmodbus context\n");


    return -1;
}
if (modbus_connect(ctx) == -1) {


    fprintf(stderr, "Connection failed: %s\n", modbus_strerror(errno));


    modbus_free(ctx);


    return -1;
}

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