Modbus Poll Changelog

What's new in Modbus Poll 10.9.0 Build 2194

Apr 13, 2024
  • NEW: Real Time Charting: Automatic panning of the chart to the left.

New in Modbus Poll 10.8.3 Build 2189 (Apr 2, 2024)

  • BUG: Fixed an issue where "Delay between polls" could fail in rare cases.

New in Modbus Poll 10.8.2 Build 2182 (Mar 5, 2024)

  • NEW: Test Center comments after C++ style //
  • NEW: Message if the TCP/IP connection is closed caused by the server's closed connection

New in Modbus Poll 10.8.1 Build 2148 (Jan 27, 2024)

  • NEW: Security: Code signed un-installer.

New in Modbus Poll 10.8.0 Build 2141 (Jan 24, 2024)

  • NEW: Improved communication traffic with colored response error.
  • NEW: TCP/IP response error messages extended.
  • BUG: Reports slave ID function did not return "Illegal function".

New in Modbus Poll 10.7.2 Build 2120 (Jan 3, 2024)

  • BUG: Fixed an issue when open a workspace (*.mbw) file from the command line. The file name was not stored in the most recent used file names in the file menu if not full path was given.

New in Modbus Poll 10.7.1 Build 2107 (Dec 19, 2023)

  • CHG: TCP/IP: In the event of a graceful shutdown of the server, Modbus Poll will close the connection instead of trying to reconnect.

New in Modbus Poll 10.7.0 Build 2083 (Nov 29, 2023)

  • NEW: Select visibility for chart series.

New in Modbus Poll 10.6.0 Build 2059 (Nov 20, 2023)

  • NEW: Extended error messages.
  • BUG: Fixed an issue with "Export to Modbus Slave".

New in Modbus Poll 10.5.3 Build 2012 (Oct 1, 2023)

  • BUG: Fixed an issue with correct custom Baud rate displayed in the Status line.
  • BUG: Fixed an issue with write multiple unsigned.

New in Modbus Poll 10.5.2 Build 2003 (Aug 16, 2023)

  • BUG: Fixed an issue where Binary Names dialog size was not always correct.

New in Modbus Poll 10.5.1 Build 1968 (Aug 1, 2023)

  • CHG: Improved charting scale resolution.
  • BUG: Fixed a scaling issue for certain values.
  • BUG: Fixed an object id check issue in the Read Device Identification function 43/14.
  • NEW: OLE/Automation Save function.

New in Modbus Poll 10.5.0 Build 1946 (Apr 24, 2023)

  • NEW: White background option for Charting.
  • CHG: Vulnerability issue fixed.

New in Modbus Poll 10.4.2 Build 1930 (Mar 9, 2023)

  • BUG: Function: 43/14, RTU Mode: Fixed receive issue. From in version 10.2.0.

New in Modbus Poll 10.4.1 Build 1926 (Mar 7, 2023)

  • BUG: Scaling issue if unsigned scales to negative numbers.

New in Modbus Poll 10.4.0 Build 1920 (Feb 25, 2023)

  • NEW: Modbus function 11 (0x0B) Get Comm Event Counter (Serial Line only).
  • NEW: Show Modbus functions in the Functions menu if no windows are displayed.

New in Modbus Poll 10.3.0 Build 1908 (Feb 22, 2023)

  • NEW: Modbus function 08 (0x08) Diagnostics.
  • CHG: 32 bit floating point numbers increased to 7 significant digits.

New in Modbus Poll 10.2.0 Build 1891 (Feb 6, 2023)

  • NEW: Custom BaudRate.
  • CHG: Do not wait for the scan speed if it is disconnected and then reconnect immediately after.

New in Modbus Poll 10.1.0 Build 1860 (Jan 19, 2023)

  • NEW: Charting:
  • A. Name copied as title to chart series.
  • B. Legend position right/bottom/left.
  • C. Start time on X-Axis.
  • D. File names and series titles are expanded.
  • E. X-Axis time now with minutes setting.
  • F. Custom chart title.
  • G. Maximum points increased from 100.000 to 1.000.000
  • NEW: Show request as ASCII/RTU hex values in write floating point value dialog.
  • NEW: Show request as ASCII/RTU hex values in write 32/64 - bit value dialog.
  • NEW: Multiple "Binary Names" dialogs.

New in Modbus Poll 10.0.0 Build 1825 (Jan 2, 2023)

  • NEW: Address scan function.
  • NEW: Change Slave ID for all windows at once.
  • CHG: Performance improvements.

New in Modbus Poll 9.10.0 Build 1777 (Nov 20, 2022)

  • CHG: Cell formatting is preserved if only the address has been changed.
  • NEW: Show request as ASCII/RTU hex values in Mask Write Registers dialog.

New in Modbus Poll 9.9.5 Build 1766 (Oct 31, 2022)

  • NEW: Show request as ASCII/RTU hex values in Write binary register dialog
  • NEW: Set all, Clear all buttons in the input binary dialog
  • NEW: Set all, Clear all buttons in the write multiple coils dialog
  • BUG: Function 17: Report Server ID issue fixed

New in Modbus Poll 9.9.4 Build 1746 (Sep 27, 2022)

  • BUG: Copy/Paste issue fixed. Introduced in 9.9.3
  • BUG: Fixed an issue in conditional colors where it was not possible to enter a floating point value as threshold when scaled 32Bit format was used.

New in Modbus Poll 9.9.3 Build 1730 (Sep 21, 2022)

  • NEW: Display Hex values without ASCII. 0x6162 or (ab) 0x6162

New in Modbus Poll 9.9.2 Build 1690 (Apr 25, 2022)

  • NEW: Menu check-mark for enabled scaling.
  • NEW: Menu check-mark for enabled conditional color.
  • BUG: Fixed an address issue in the binary names dialog.

New in Modbus Poll 9.9.1 Build 1678 (Mar 21, 2022)

  • BUG: Fixed an address input issue when switching from hex to decimal address mode.
  • BUG: Function: 43/14, RTU Mode: Fixed a CRC issue.

New in Modbus Poll 9.8.0 Build 1664 (Jan 30, 2022)

  • NEW: Improved log.

New in Modbus Poll 9.7.2 Build 1657 (Jan 5, 2022)

  • BUG: Fixed an 32-bit scaling issue where max value for X2 was 2147483647. Should be 4294967295.

New in Modbus Poll 9.7.0 Build 1637 (Nov 22, 2021)

  • NEW: Modbus function: 43/14 (0x2B / 0x0E) Read Device Identification.
  • NEW: Real time charting: Export (former copy) button active all the time.
  • CHG: Real time charting setting: Increased width of file name text box.
  • NEW: Write binary dialog: Send on bit change.

New in Modbus Poll 9.6.0 Build 1607 (Aug 10, 2021)

  • NEW: Save chart to a PNG file.
  • NEW: Many new OLE/Automation functions.
  • NEW: Main Window scroll bars.
  • BUG: Fixed an issue where it was not possible to unlink series in some cases.

New in Modbus Poll 9.5.1 Build 1530 (Mar 5, 2021)

  • BUG: Fixed a slow user interface issue when setting "Delay between polls" to high value e.g. 1000ms.

New in Modbus Poll 9.5.0 Build 1507 (Jan 27, 2021)

  • NEW: Export names and values to a Comma, Semicolon or Tab Separated Values File.
  • BUG: Fixed an issue in Enron mode. Introduced in version 9.4.2.

New in Modbus Poll 9.4.6 Build 1496 (Jan 11, 2021)

  • BUG: Fixed a windows placement problem. If a new window was opened on an extended display with some different scale,layout or display resolution than the main display.

New in Modbus Poll 9.4.5 Build 1491 (Jan 3, 2021)

  • BUG: Fixed an issue when reading 32/64 Bits integers using Read/Write multiple registers Modbus function 23.
  • BUG: OLE/Automation with VBA. If reading 2 values in a row with changed settings in between, the 2nd read will read the old value. From V. 9.4.2

New in Modbus Poll 9.4.4 Build 1457 (Nov 8, 2020)

  • CHG: Charting performance improvements.

New in Modbus Poll 9.4.3 Build 1446 (Oct 26, 2020)

  • BUG: Timing error introduced in version 9.4.2. Results in stop of poll with some hardware.

New in Modbus Poll 9.4.2 Build 1430 (Oct 6, 2020)

  • CHG: Performance improvements especially for +1000 Modbus TCP/IP transactions per second.
  • CHG: Improved timing resolution using charting at very high speed Modbus TCP/IP transactions.

New in Modbus Poll 9.4.1 Build 1421 (Sep 7, 2020)

  • BUG: Fixed an issue when setting multiple 64 Bits data type across multiple columns.

New in Modbus Poll 9.4.0 Build 1407 (May 24, 2020)

  • NEW: Show request as ASCII/RTU hex values in Write register and coil dialog box.

New in Modbus Poll 9.3.1 Build 1393 (Apr 20, 2020)

  • NEW: If the user has switched from a dual monitor to a single monitor since we saved the workspace, then ensure that main window is still visible on the single monitor.
  • BUG: If a workspace file (*.mbw) was dragged and dropped on the grid area, Modbus Poll terminated.
  • NEW: The bit number in the binary names dialog starts from bit 15 at the top.

New in Modbus Poll 9.3.0 Build 1384 (Apr 16, 2020)

  • NEW: Hex mode address input.
  • NEW: Naming of single bits in binary display mode.
  • NEW: Resize modbus window to fit grid size.

New in Modbus Poll 9.2.2 Build 1343 (Apr 16, 2020)

  • BUG - Fixed an issue where the wrong value was scaled if "Use as default" when "Fit to quantity" is set and then open a file with multiple columns.

New in Modbus Poll 5.6.0 Build 686 (Mar 17, 2013)

  • CHG: Log time stamp format changed. Use "." instead of ":" as ms separator.
  • CHG: Status text "CRC Error" changed to "Checksum Error".
  • CHG: Help files improved.
  • CHG: Improved performance for Ethernet connections.
  • NEW: No need to close test center window when do changes on main window e.g. open/close connection.
  • NEW: Clear button added to test center.
  • BUG: Modbus function Report slave ID was not disabled in TCP/IP mode. Instead of disable it, it is fixed to work in TCP/IP mode even though it is specified as a function for serial mode only in the Modbus specification.

New in Modbus Poll 5.5.0 Build 657 (Nov 5, 2012)

  • NEW: New features in log:
  • 1- Auto start of log when file is opened.
  • 2- Append to log file
  • CHG: Max number of Excel logs changed to 1,048,570 as this is the max number of rows in Excel 2007.
  • Was 65,530 as this was max limit in Excel 2003.

New in Modbus Poll 5.4.1 (Nov 5, 2012)

  • BUG: Modbus TCP/IP Mode: Stopped responding if the slave device closed the connection just after a request was received.

New in Modbus Poll 5.4.0 (Nov 5, 2012)

  • NEW: Added Modbus function 17. Report Slave ID.
  • CHG: All files *.* filter added to log file dialog.
  • BUG: Testcenter did not work correct with Modbus UDP/IP connection.

New in Modbus Poll 5.3.0 (Nov 5, 2012)

  • NEW: Added display options: Byte swap for long, float and double.
  • CHG: Default log filename logfile.txt changed to current time and slave ID.
  • CHG: Communication traffic window now shows all received bytes instead of just the expected number
  • of bytes. This could happen if a bug in the slave device caused the response to be longer than normal.
  • BUG: A file saved with "Rows" set to "Fit to quantity" did not open correct.

New in Modbus Poll 5.2.1 (Nov 5, 2012)

  • BUG: The change "Only available serial ports are listed" in version 5.2.0 do not work with virtual ports.

New in Modbus Poll 5.2.0 (Nov 5, 2012)

  • NEW: New error message "Insufficient bytes received" instead of "Timeout error" in case some bytes are received
  • but not the whole response.
  • NEW: In definition dialog (F8). Besides number per row, you can now also specify: Fit to quantity. This is
  • convenient if one reads very few values. If e.g. read one value from address 8 then the cells from 0 to 7
  • is not empty as the row now counts from 8,
  • BUG: With the Communication traffic window open, nothing displayed, and check on "Stop on error".
  • Then you get an error message "The parameter is incorrect".
  • CHG: Disconnect do no more wait for timeout. This was inconvenient in case of no response from slave device
  • if very high timeout setting.
  • CHG: Slave ID range for read functions changed to 0-255 was 1-255. This is convenient with TCP/IP connections
  • in some cases.
  • CHG: Only available serial ports are listed.
  • NEW: Serial port number 1 - 255. Was 1 - 64.

New in Modbus Poll 4.1.3 build 170 (Aug 9, 2006)

  • Error counter dialog box did not work correct after "Transaction ID error" was added in version 4.1.2