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Support analog values in ModbusTCP resource for multi-output devices

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Description

Moxa is a Modbus controller used to manage I/O. I use it with a 0–4095 range to set a voltage between 0 V and 10 V.

I can use the Moxa resource, declared as follows in my exporter:

Moxa:
  cls: 'NetworkService'
  address: '10.106.78.190'
  username: ''
  port: 502

However, this way the resource can only be used by one place at a time, even though the device has 4 outputs.

That is why I looked into ModbusTCPCoil: it adds a coil property, which would allow me to declare the Moxa as 4 separate resources with coil set to 0, 1, 2, and 3 respectively.
The problem is that ModbusTCPCoil appears to handle boolean values only.

I cannot find a way to use ModbusTCPCoil while managing values in the 0–4095 range.

  • Am I missing something?
  • Is this something you plan to add soon?
  • If not, what would you recommend as the cleanest way to use the Moxa as 4 separate resources ?

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Research direction

Start by locating the ModbusTCPCoil and Moxa/ModbusTCP resource implementations, then inspect how values and the coil property are handled. Verify whether analog values can be represented independently for the four outputs; done means separate resources accept values in the 0–4095 range for coils 0 through 3.

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Tech stack
python
Domain
embedded-iot
Issue type
Feature
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