QModbusRequest Class

QModbusRequest is a container class containing the function code and payload that is stored inside a Modbus ADU. More...

Header: #include <QModbusRequest>
qmake: QT += serialbus
Since: Qt 5.8
Inherits: QModbusPdu

This class was introduced in Qt 5.8.

Public Types

(alias) CalcFuncPtr

Detailed Description

A Modbus request usually consists of a single byte describing the FunctionCode and N bytes of payload

A typical Modbus request can looks like this:

 QModbusRequest request(QModbusRequest::WriteMultipleCoils,
     QByteArray::fromHex("0013000a02cd01"));

Note: When using the constructor taking the QByteArray, please make sure to convert the containing data to big-endian byte order before creating the request.

The same request can be created like this, if the values are known at compile time:

 quint16 startAddress = 19, numberOfCoils = 10;
 quint8 payloadInBytes = 2, outputHigh = 0xcd, outputLow = 0x01;
 QModbusRequest request(QModbusRequest::WriteMultipleCoils, startAddress, numberOfCoils,
     payloadInBytes, outputHigh, outputLow);

Member Type Documentation

[alias] QModbusRequest::CalcFuncPtr

This is a type alias for decltype(&calculateDataSize).

Typedef for a pointer to a custom calculator function with the same signature as QModbusRequest::calculateDataSize.