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Note: If you try to edit a default template, a confirmation message is displayed to copy
the template to the SD card. Click Yes to continue. Else, click No.
3. In the Modbus Template Editor, you can edit the following:
• Basic Info
• Identification rules
• States
• Events
• Parameters
4. After required modification in each section, click Apply and then Save to save the
changes.
Basic Info
Basic info includes the basic information of the templates. These are informal
metadata attributes. The Basic info tab has the following components:
• Template name - Defines the name of the template.
• Version - Defines the version of the template.
Identification rules
Identification rules are used for automatically scanned Modbus/RTU devices. It is not
used for node IDs that are added manually such as Modbus/TCP devices connected
through fixed IP address.
The Identification rules tab include the raw Modbus register and fixed value details. To
apply the template automatically during the background scan of the Modbus/RTU
devices, the register and fixed values should match.
The Identification rules tab has the following components:
• Register - Unsigned integer. Modbus register can be 16 bit (values 1...20000) or
32 bit (over 20000). For drives automatic identification, if parameter internal type is
int16 or uint16 then register is calculated as:
register 100 group index+×=