RS 485 To Modbus TCP Converter - Modbus RTU to Modbus TCP Converter

RS 485 To Modbus TCP Converter

The RS-485 bus used by WattNode® Modbus energy meters (and most other slave devices) is referred to as a “two wire” half-duplex bus (vs. “four wire” full-duplex). A half-duplex, two-wire bus requires fewer signal conductors, but only allows one device to transmit at any given time.
 

The most basic difference between MODBUS RTU and MODBUS TCP/IP is that MODBUS TCP/IP runs on an Ethernet physical layer, and Modbus RTU is a serial level protocol. Modbus TCP/IP also uses a 6-byte header to allow routing. You can have a lot of issues trying to get the RS485 network to work correctly.