.NET MODBUS component
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Hey all, I am looking for a managed .NET MODBUS component. Anyone know of one. Everything I have found is ActiveX or C++ dlls. I can go with one of these, but would like to avoid it if possible. Thanks in advance. ***************** "We need to apply 21st-century information technology to the health care field. We need to have our medical records put on the I.T." —GW
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Hey all, I am looking for a managed .NET MODBUS component. Anyone know of one. Everything I have found is ActiveX or C++ dlls. I can go with one of these, but would like to avoid it if possible. Thanks in advance. ***************** "We need to apply 21st-century information technology to the health care field. We need to have our medical records put on the I.T." —GW
Hi Dwayner79, I work with modbus quite a bit myself. Unfortunately, I've yet to find a good .NET modbus control/library. Most of them are just wrappers around ActiveX controls. If you don't mind using an ActiveX then I highly recommend the one in the below link. It's fast. It's relatively cheap. It supports modbus ASCII, RTU, and TCPIP. The biggest plus is that it communicates on its own thread so that it won't hang up your app. http://www.modbustools.com/modbus_activex.asp[^] I've also tried WinTech's modbus ActiveX. I'd say stay away from this one. It's slow and it seems to be unstable on XP systems. I hope this helps.
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Hi Dwayner79, I work with modbus quite a bit myself. Unfortunately, I've yet to find a good .NET modbus control/library. Most of them are just wrappers around ActiveX controls. If you don't mind using an ActiveX then I highly recommend the one in the below link. It's fast. It's relatively cheap. It supports modbus ASCII, RTU, and TCPIP. The biggest plus is that it communicates on its own thread so that it won't hang up your app. http://www.modbustools.com/modbus_activex.asp[^] I've also tried WinTech's modbus ActiveX. I'd say stay away from this one. It's slow and it seems to be unstable on XP systems. I hope this helps.
Awesome. I hate going to ActiveX, but looks like I will have to. Thanks fo rthe recommendation. -Cheers ***************** "We need to apply 21st-century information technology to the health care field. We need to have our medical records put on the I.T." —GW