WinModbus Changelog

What's new in WinModbus 1.1r12

Oct 16, 2017
  • Fixes:
  • Traffic window not autoscrolling at some window heights fixed.

New in WinModbus 1.1r11 (Oct 16, 2017)

  • New features:
  • Listening message in status bar shows port.
  • Time/Date added to log file.

New in WinModbus 1.1r10 (Jul 30, 2016)

  • Fixes:
  • Serial port reporting Open Fail fixed

New in WinModbus 1.1r9 (May 29, 2016)

  • New features:
  • Will open a file if it is associated and double clicked on.
  • Serial port discovery in comms dialog improved.
  • Window title shows current save file name.

New in WinModbus 1.1r8 (Apr 22, 2016)

  • Fixes:
  • Response to write single coil (f5) corrected
  • Crash when asking for too much multi-reg data fixed

New in WinModbus 1.1r5 (May 20, 2015)

  • New features: Central splitter added

New in WinModbus 1.1r04 (May 20, 2015)

  • New features:
  • Description improved a little.
  • Register address shows offset mapping in breakdown, if relevant.
  • Fixes:
  • Closing a dialog with the close box doesn't lock the app.
  • Function code 5 should report register count correctly in the breakdown.
  • Function code 5 sends back the correct byte sequence ff 00 or 00 00 depending on the value in the address map.
  • Incorrect register naming if offset present in function range fixed

New in WinModbus 1.1r02 (May 20, 2015)

  • New features:
  • Name from address map shown against reg address in breakdown.
  • Description column added to Traffic Window showing an explanation of each message. Time and TX/RX columns narrowed slightly. Errors added here instead of on a separate line.
  • Fixes:
  • Modbus ASCII LRC computation fixed

New in WinModbus 1.1r01 (May 20, 2015)

  • New features:
  • Addresses can be annotated with a name to make it easier to find them.
  • Popup menu on address map rearranged slightly. "Edit Addresses" renamed to "Set Value(s)"
  • Edit/Setup menu renamed to Setup/Comms Parameters.
  • Fixes:
  • Cancelling the edit address value box doesn't flag as needing to save

New in WinModbus 1.1r00 (May 20, 2015)

  • New features:
  • Traffic Log Size added to options, default 1000, to stop ever increasing memory usage over time.
  • Popup menu added to traffic window. "Clear Log" implemented.
  • "Copy" added to traffic window popup menu. CTRL+C also works.
  • All main menus have an ALT shortcut.
  • Autocreate data from message added. Right click on a message, select it and the data polled for will be added to the address map.
  • The modbus address can be blank meaning "reply to any" or it can be a comma separated list of addresses, e.g. 1,2,3 (Don't leave spaces!)
  • Handshaking added to serial driver.
  • Log to File option added. Appends to winmodbus.log in [My Documents].
  • Parse engine made more flexible. Daniel functions 65-68 supported.
  • Fixes:
  • Unselecting all messages clears the breakdown window.
  • Adding a function range dialog initial state made more sensible