Adding Modbus devices to Security Center - Industrial IoT 5.2.0.0 | BACnet | Modbus | OPC Client | SNMP Manager

For the Genetec™ Industrial IoT plugin role to monitor and control Modbus devices, you must add them to Security Center.

1. From the Config Tool homepage, open the Plugins task.
2. Select the Industrial IoT plugin role from the entity browser.
3. In the Devices tab, you can add devices manually or by using the discovery tool. Skip this step if you want to add devices manually.
   1. To use the discovery tool, click on Discover devices(). Only devices communicating with the Modbus protocol can be discovered.
      The Discover devices dialog box opens.

      
   2. Select Modbus as the Protocol.
   3. Enter the following information:

      IP address

      IP address of the discoverable Modbus device. Slide the toggle towards a Single IP address or a Range of addresses.

      Port

      Port number of the Modbus device.

      List

      Add a maximum of five port numbers to search for devices, each separated by a comma.

      Range

      Enable it to search devices on a range of 300 port numbers.

      Data point

      Discrete input

      Type of data point used for responding to a Modbus query by the connected devices. Choose one of the following:

      • Coil
      • Discrete input
      • Holding register
      • Input register

      Address

      Address of the data point on the device. Decimal value(Dec.) has a range of 0 - 65535 or FFFF if you are using the Hexadecimal value(Hex.).

      Number of registers

      It is the number of registers the data point responds to. This field appears if the Holding register or Input Register type of data point is selected.

      Unit ID

      Modbus Unit ID between 0 - 255 can be searched to discover devices.

      Discover multiple unit IDs per endpoint

      Select the checkbox to configure the Modbus gateway to search for more than one device per combination of IP addresses and ports.

   4. Click Discover devices()
   5. Select the devices and data points from the generated list and click Add.
4. To add devices manually:
   1. Click the Devices tab and click Add a device ().
      The Add a device dialog box opens.

      
   2. Enter the following information:

      Name

      A unique name used to identify this device in your system.

      Type

      (Optional) The device type to apply as a model for this device. Device types define the common properties, such as protocol, states, data points, and actions, shared by a group of devices. Using a device type simplifies your configuration work. Device types are defined in the Device types page of the Industrial IoT plugin role.

      NOTE: If you select None, you must manually configure all properties for the device in Security Center. If this is your first device, you can complete its configuration and create the device type from it.

      Protocol

      Select Modbus Client.

      The dialog box expands to show the rest of the information you must enter.

      
   3. Enter the rest of the information:

      IP address

      IP address of the device.

      Port

      Port used by the device.

      Unit ID

      Modbus Unit ID given to the device.

   4. Click Add.
5. Click Apply.