Quick Start

Quick Start

Run the standalone JAR

Download the latest ModbusProcessSimulator-v1.9.0-standalone.jar from the Releases section of the main repository (or use a path from releases/ in the repo).

java -jar ModbusProcessSimulator-v1.9.0-standalone.jar

Load a project file

Use absolute paths for -loadFile:

java -jar ModbusPal.jar -loadFile=/absolute/path/to/project.xmpp

Or set environment variable:

export MODBUSPAL_PROJECT=/absolute/path/to/project.xmpp
java -jar ModbusPal.jar

Basic TCP lab

1. Start the GUI (unless using Headless-Mode).
2. Confirm TCP port 502 (or your chosen port).
3. Add a slave module, configure holding registers, set values.
4. Press Run and connect with a Modbus master (Python pymodbus, etc.).

Examples

See Examples/ in the repository (e.g. ModbusRead.py with PyModbusTCP).