https://github.com/pymodbus-dev/modbus-simulator

Modbus simulator based on modbus-tk and kivy
https://github.com/pymodbus-dev/modbus-simulator

kivy modbus modbus-simulator modbus-tk pymodbus

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Modbus simulator based on modbus-tk and kivy

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/pymodbus-dev/modbus-simulator
• Owner: pymodbus-dev
• License: apache-2.0
• Created: 2015-11-05T06:55:52.000Z (about 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2021-12-24T02:06:56.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-09T13:49:38.557Z (13 days ago)
• Topics: kivy, modbus, modbus-simulator, modbus-tk, pymodbus
• Language: Python
• Size: 28.9 MB
• Stars: 166
• Watchers: 10
• Forks: 55
• Open Issues: 7
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Modbus Simulator

Modbus Simulator with GUI based on modbus-tk and Pymodbus

## Checking Out the Source

    $ git clone https://github.com/riptideio/modbus-simulator.git

    $ cd modbus-simulator

## Development Instructions

1. create virtualenv and install requirements

   

    ```

    $ # Kivy depends on Cython, Install Cython before running the requirements

    $ pip install Cython==0.29.2

    $ pip install -r requirements

    $ # Choose Modbus Backend modbus_tk or pymodbus (default)

    $ # To install pymodbus

    $ pip install pymodbus==1.5.2

    $ # To install modbus tk

    $ Pip install modbus-tk

    ```

3. [Setup development environment](https://github.com/kivy/kivy/wiki/Setting-Up-Kivy-with-various-popular-IDE's)

## Running/Testing application

1. To run simulation with pymodbus backend, run `./tools/launcher`

2. To run sumulation with modbus-tk as backend run `./tools/launcher mtk`

A GUi should show up if all the requirements are met !!

![main_screen.png](/img/main_screen.png)

All the settings for various modbus related settings (block size/minimum/maximun values/logging) could be set and accessed from settings panel (use F1 or click on Settings icon at the bottom)

![settings_screen.png](img/settings_screen.png)

## Usage instructions

[![Demo Modbus Simulator](/img/simu.gif)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5-OridSlt8)

## Packaging for different OS (Standalone applications)

A standalone application specific to target OS can be created with Kivy package manager

1. [OSX](https://kivy.org/docs/guide/packaging-osx.html)

2. [Linux](http://bitstream.io/packaging-and-distributing-a-kivy-application-on-linux.html)

3. [Windows](http://kivy.org/docs/guide/packaging-windows.html)

# NOTE:

A cli version supporting both Modbus_RTU and Modbus_TCP is available here [modbus_simu_cli](https://github.com/dhoomakethu/modbus_sim_cli)