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Modbus 32-bit Register Decoder

Paste two registers, see the value every byte order produces. The fastest way to settle a garbled float.

Free tool · BAS Communication — A Field Reference

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. Read the two consecutive registers from the device with any Modbus master.
  2. Enter them below in hex (4248) or decimal (16968). The first register is the lower address.
  3. Read across the four results. The one that looks like a plausible engineering value is your device's byte order.
  4. Set that byte order in your master or gateway and re-read to confirm.

Background reading: Chapter 4 — the byte-order gotcha →

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