modbus_reply(3)
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NAME
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modbus_reply - send a reponse to the received request
SYNOPSIS
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*int modbus_reply(modbus_t *'ctx', const uint8_t *'req', int 'req_length', modbus_mapping_t *'mb_mapping');
DESCRIPTION
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The *modbus_reply()* function shall send a response to received request. The
request _req_ given in argument is analyzed, a response is then built and sent
by using the information of the modbus context _ctx_.
If the request indicates to read or write a value the operation will done in the
modbus mapping _mb_mapping_ according to the type of the manipulated data.
If an error occurs, an exception response will be sent.
This function is designed for Modbus server.
RETURN VALUE
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The function shall return the length of the response sent if
successful. Otherwise it shall return -1 and set errno.
ERRORS
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*EMBMDATA*::
Sending has failed
See also the errors returned by the syscall used to send the response (eg. send
or write).
SEE ALSO
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linkmb:modbus_reply_exception[3]
linkmb:libmodbus[7]
AUTHORS
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The libmodbus documentation was written by Stéphane Raimbault
<stephane.raimbault@gmail.com>