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Modbus Address Converter

40001 or offset 0? The off-by-one that has cost more field hours than any other single convention in this protocol.

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Works offline. Every calculation runs on your device, no signal needed. Install the BAS Field Reference app to keep it on your phone.

How to use it

  1. Enter the address exactly as your device's register map lists it.
  2. The tool identifies the table, the zero-based offset, and which function codes apply.
  3. Use the offset when your master asks for a “register address” and the conventional number when it asks for a “data model” address.
  4. When a read returns the wrong point by exactly one, this is almost always why.

Background reading: Chapter 4 — Modbus →

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