Documentation

Busscope documentation

Guides for testing Modbus devices with Busscope, and reference pages for the things that go wrong.

Reference

Modbus exception codes

Every exception code from 01 to 0B, what causes it and what to try, and how to tell an exception from a timeout.

Changelog

What changed in each version of Busscope.

Guides

Modbus TCP tester

Connect to a device, poll coils and registers, write with confirmation and read the frames on the wire.

Modbus RTU tester

Serial settings, RS-485 echo removal and RTS toggle for Modbus RTU and ASCII devices.

Modbus register poller

Several poll windows on one connection, with formats, names, colors, live charts and logging.

Modbus/TCP Security (TLS)

Connect to secured devices with TLS 1.2 or newer, client certificates and a CA file.

Need something that is not here?

Write to support@busscope.com. Questions that come up more than once become pages on this site.