node-red-contrib-modbus-modpackqt 3.3.3 → 3.3.4

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  1. package/CHANGELOG.md +12 -0
  2. package/nodes/lib/probe-runtime.js +1 -1
  3. package/nodes/modpackqt-slave-read.html +26 -19
  4. package/nodes/modpackqt-slave-read.js +10 -17
  5. package/nodes/modpackqt-slave-server.html +41 -48
  6. package/nodes/modpackqt-slave-server.js +11 -12
  7. package/nodes/modpackqt-slave-write.html +25 -16
  8. package/nodes/modpackqt-slave-write.js +9 -17
  9. package/package.json +1 -2
package/CHANGELOG.md CHANGED
@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@ All notable changes to **node-red-contrib-modbus-modpackqt** are documented
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  here. This project follows [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/) — pin a
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  major version (`^2.0.0`) in production.
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+ ## [3.3.4] — 2026-05-10
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+
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+ ### Changed
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+
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+ - **`modpackqt-slave-server` is now a visible palette node** (was a hidden
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+ config node). Drop it on the canvas like any other node — it shows up in
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+ the ModPackQT section of the palette as **modbus slave server**.
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+ - **`slave-read` and `slave-write`** now have a **Slave Server** dropdown
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+ that lists all `modbus slave server` nodes on the canvas. Select one to
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+ point at its register store.
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+ - **`modpackqt-slave-probe` removed** from the palette (old node type gone).
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+
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  ## [3.3.3] — 2026-05-10
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  ### Added
package/nodes/lib/probe-runtime.js CHANGED
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
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  const http = require('http');
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  const { URL } = require('url');
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- const PALETTE_VERSION = '3.3.3';
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+ const PALETTE_VERSION = '3.3.4';
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  const DEFAULT_PORT = parseInt(process.env.MODPACKQT_PROBE_PORT, 10) || 8502;
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  const BIND_HOST = process.env.MODPACKQT_PROBE_HOST || '127.0.0.1';
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  const PORT_RETRY = 5;
package/nodes/modpackqt-slave-read.html CHANGED
@@ -3,13 +3,12 @@
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  category: 'ModPackQT',
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  color: '#15803d',
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  defaults: {
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- name: { value: '' },
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- slaveServer: { value: '', type: 'modpackqt-slave-server' },
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- server: { value: '' }, // legacy — modpackqt-config with embedded slave
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- registerType: { value: 'holding', required: true },
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- address: { value: 0, required: true, validate: RED.validators.number() },
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- quantity: { value: 1, required: true, validate: RED.validators.number() },
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- pollInterval: { value: 0, validate: RED.validators.number() }
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+ name: { value: '' },
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+ slaveServerId: { value: '' }, // ID of a modpackqt-slave-server node on the canvas
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+ registerType: { value: 'holding', required: true },
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+ address: { value: 0, required: true, validate: RED.validators.number() },
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+ quantity: { value: 1, required: true, validate: RED.validators.number() },
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+ pollInterval: { value: 0, validate: RED.validators.number() }
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  },
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  inputs: 1,
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  outputs: 1,
@@ -17,7 +16,17 @@
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  label: function () {
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  return this.name || ('Slave Read ' + (this.registerType || 'holding') + ' @' + this.address);
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  },
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- paletteLabel: 'modbus slave read'
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+ paletteLabel: 'modbus slave read',
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+ oneditprepare: function () {
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+ const $sel = $('#node-input-slaveServerId');
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+ $sel.empty().append('<option value="">— select a slave server node —</option>');
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+ RED.nodes.eachNode(function (n) {
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+ if (n.type === 'modpackqt-slave-server') {
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+ const label = (n.name || (':' + n.bindPort + ' #' + n.unitId));
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+ $('<option>').val(n.id).text(label).appendTo($sel);
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+ }
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+ });
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+ }
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  });
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  </script>
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@@ -27,8 +36,11 @@
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  <input type="text" id="node-input-name" placeholder="Name">
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  </div>
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  <div class="form-row">
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- <label for="node-input-slaveServer"><i class="fa fa-server"></i> Slave Server</label>
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- <input type="text" id="node-input-slaveServer">
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+ <label for="node-input-slaveServerId"><i class="fa fa-server"></i> Slave Server</label>
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+ <select id="node-input-slaveServerId" style="width:70%"></select>
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+ </div>
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+ <div class="form-tips" style="font-size:11px;color:#6b7280;margin:-8px 0 12px 105px">
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+ Pick a <b>modbus slave server</b> node from the canvas. Deploy the flow first if the list is empty.
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  </div>
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  <div class="form-row">
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  <label for="node-input-registerType"><i class="fa fa-list"></i> Register Type</label>
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  <input type="number" id="node-input-pollInterval" min="0" placeholder="0 = trigger only">
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  </div>
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  <div class="form-tips">
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- <b>Reads from a slave server's register store.</b> Point at a
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- <b>modpackqt-slave-server</b> node. Override at runtime via
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+ Reads from the slave server's register store. Override at runtime via
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  <code>msg.address</code>, <code>msg.quantity</code>, or <code>msg.registerType</code>.
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  </div>
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  <div class="form-row" style="margin-top:18px;padding-top:14px;border-top:1px solid #e5e7eb;text-align:center;">
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  </script>
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  <script type="text/html" data-help-name="modpackqt-slave-read">
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- <p>
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- Reads registers from a <b>modpackqt-slave-server</b> node's local store.
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- Useful for seeing exactly what an external Modbus master connecting to that
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- slave port will read.
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- </p>
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+ <p>Reads registers from a <b>modbus slave server</b> node's local store.</p>
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  <h3>Setup</h3>
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- <p>Set up a <b>Slave Server</b> config node first (pencil icon), then point this node at it.</p>
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+ <p>Drop a <b>modbus slave server</b> node on the canvas first, then select it here.</p>
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  <h3>Outputs</h3>
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  <dl class="message-properties">
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  <dt>payload <span class="property-type">array</span></dt>
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- <dd>Raw register values (integers for holding/input, booleans for coils/discrete).</dd>
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+ <dd>Register values (integers for holding/input, booleans for coils/discrete).</dd>
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  </dl>
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  </script>
package/nodes/modpackqt-slave-read.js CHANGED
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
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  /**
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- * ModPackQT Slave Read — read from a slave server's local register store.
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- *
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- * Points at a modpackqt-slave-server config node (preferred) or falls back
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- * to the legacy modpackqt-config with an embedded slave (backward compat).
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+ * ModPackQT Slave Read — reads from a modpackqt-slave-server node's register store.
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  */
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  module.exports = function (RED) {
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  function ModPackQTSlaveReadNode(config) {
@@ -14,29 +11,25 @@ module.exports = function (RED) {
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  node.quantity = parseInt(config.quantity, 10) || 1;
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  node.pollInterval = parseInt(config.pollInterval, 10) || 0;
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- // Prefer new slave-server config node; fall back to legacy modpackqt-config.
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- const slave = RED.nodes.getNode(config.slaveServer) || RED.nodes.getNode(config.server);
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+ function getSlave() {
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+ return RED.nodes.getNode(config.slaveServerId);
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+ }
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  let timer = null;
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  function doRead(msg) {
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- if (!slave) {
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- node.status({ fill: 'red', shape: 'ring', text: 'no slave server configured' });
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- node.error('No Slave Server configured — add a modpackqt-slave-server node.', msg);
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- return;
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- }
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- if (!slave.slaveEnabled) {
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- node.status({ fill: 'red', shape: 'ring', text: 'slave server not running' });
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- node.error('Slave server is not running — check the slave-server config node.', msg);
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+ const slave = getSlave();
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+ if (!slave || !slave.slaveEnabled) {
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+ node.status({ fill: 'red', shape: 'ring', text: 'no slave server' });
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+ node.error('No slave server selected or it is not running.', msg);
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  return;
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  }
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  try {
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  const registerType = (msg && msg.registerType) || node.registerType;
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  const address = (msg && msg.address !== undefined) ? parseInt(msg.address, 10) : node.address;
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  const quantity = (msg && msg.quantity !== undefined) ? parseInt(msg.quantity, 10) : node.quantity;
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-
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- const values = slave.slaveGet(registerType, address, quantity);
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- const now = new Date().toLocaleTimeString();
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+ const values = slave.slaveGet(registerType, address, quantity);
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+ const now = new Date().toLocaleTimeString();
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  node.status({ fill: 'green', shape: 'dot', text: `${registerType} @${address} [${values.length}] · ${now}` });
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  node.send({
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  payload: values,
package/nodes/modpackqt-slave-server.html CHANGED
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  <script type="text/javascript">
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  RED.nodes.registerType('modpackqt-slave-server', {
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- category: 'config',
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+ category: 'ModPackQT',
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+ color: '#7c3aed',
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  defaults: {
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  name: { value: '' },
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  bindHost: { value: '0.0.0.0' },
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  credentials: {
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  apiKey: { type: 'password' }
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  },
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+ inputs: 0,
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+ outputs: 0,
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+ icon: 'font-awesome/fa-server',
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  label: function () {
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  return this.name || `:${this.bindPort} #${this.unitId}`;
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  },
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+ paletteLabel: 'modbus slave server',
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  oneditprepare: function () {
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  const node = this;
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- // ── My Slaves picker — loads saved slave configs from modpackqt.com.
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- // Pre-fills port and unit ID. Register layout / limits are managed
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- // from the web console, not here.
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- const $sel = $('#node-config-modpackqt-slave-picker');
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+ // ── My Slaves picker
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+ const $sel = $('#node-input-modpackqt-slave-picker');
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  const reload = function () {
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  $sel.empty().append('<option value="">— Loading… —</option>');
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  if (!node.id) {
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  $sel.empty().append($('<option>').val('').text('— ' + msg + ' —'));
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  });
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  };
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- $('#modpackqt-slave-server-picker-refresh').on('click', function (e) {
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- e.preventDefault(); reload();
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- });
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+ $('#modpackqt-slave-server-picker-refresh').on('click', function (e) { e.preventDefault(); reload(); });
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  $sel.on('change', function () {
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  const row = $(this).find('option:selected').data('row');
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  if (!row) return;
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- if (!node.name || node.name === '') $('#node-config-input-name').val(row.name || '');
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- $('#node-config-input-bindPort').val(row.port || 1502);
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- $('#node-config-input-unitId').val(row.unitId || 1);
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+ if (!node.name) $('#node-input-name').val(row.name || '');
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+ $('#node-input-bindPort').val(row.port || 1502);
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+ $('#node-input-unitId').val(row.unitId || 1);
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  buildLink();
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  });
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  reload();
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  const buildLink = function () {
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  $.getJSON('modpackqt-probe/info')
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- .done(function (info) { renderLink(info); })
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- .fail(function () { renderLink({}); });
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+ .done(renderLink).fail(function () { renderLink({}); });
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  };
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  const renderLink = function (info) {
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  const probeHost = (info && info.host) || '127.0.0.1';
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  const probePort = (info && info.port) || 8502;
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- const bindPort = $('#node-config-input-bindPort').val() || node.bindPort || 1502;
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- const unitId = $('#node-config-input-unitId').val() || node.unitId || 1;
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- const name = $('#node-config-input-name').val() || node.name || '';
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+ const bindPort = $('#node-input-bindPort').val() || node.bindPort || 1502;
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+ const unitId = $('#node-input-unitId').val() || node.unitId || 1;
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+ const name = $('#node-input-name').val() || node.name || '';
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  const url = 'https://modpackqt.com/slave'
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- $('#node-config-input-bindPort, #node-config-input-unitId').on('change input', buildLink);
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+ $('#node-input-bindPort, #node-input-unitId').on('change input', buildLink);
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- <input type="text" id="node-config-input-name" placeholder="e.g. Fake Inverter">
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+ <label for="node-input-name"><i class="fa fa-tag"></i> Name</label>
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+ <input type="text" id="node-input-name" placeholder="e.g. Fake Inverter">
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- <label for="node-config-input-apiKey"><i class="fa fa-key"></i> Account Key</label>
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- <input type="password" id="node-config-input-apiKey" placeholder="Paste your ModPackQT tunnel key">
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+ <label for="node-input-apiKey"><i class="fa fa-key"></i> Account Key</label>
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+ <input type="password" id="node-input-apiKey" placeholder="Paste your ModPackQT tunnel key">
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  <div class="form-tips" style="font-size:11px;color:#6b7280;margin:-8px 0 12px 105px">
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  </div>
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- <select id="node-config-modpackqt-slave-picker" style="width:65%"></select>
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- <button type="button" id="modpackqt-slave-server-picker-refresh" class="red-ui-button" title="Reload from modpackqt.com" style="margin-left:4px"><i class="fa fa-refresh"></i></button>
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+ <label for="node-input-modpackqt-slave-picker"><i class="fa fa-cloud-download"></i> My Slaves</label>
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+ <select id="node-input-modpackqt-slave-picker" style="width:65%"></select>
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+ <button type="button" id="modpackqt-slave-server-picker-refresh" class="red-ui-button" title="Reload" style="margin-left:4px"><i class="fa fa-refresh"></i></button>
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+ Picks a saved slave from modpackqt.com — auto-fills port and unit.
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- <input type="number" id="node-config-input-bindPort" min="1024" max="65535" placeholder="1502">
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+ <label for="node-input-bindPort"><i class="fa fa-hashtag"></i> Port</label>
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+ <input type="number" id="node-input-bindPort" min="1024" max="65535" placeholder="1502">
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+ <label for="node-input-unitId"><i class="fa fa-id-card"></i> Unit ID</label>
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+ <input type="number" id="node-input-unitId" min="1" max="247" placeholder="1">
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+ <li>Drop this node, set Port and Unit ID (or pick from <b>My Slaves</b>).</li>
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+ <li>On your slave-read / slave-write nodes, select this node in the <b>Slave Server</b> dropdown.</li>
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  node.slaveGet = function (type, address, quantity) {
@@ -73,11 +70,13 @@ module.exports = function (RED) {
73
70
  server.on('socketError', (err) => node.warn(`[slave-server] socket: ${err.message}`));
74
71
  server.on('serverError', (err) => node.error(`[slave-server] server: ${err.message}`));
75
72
  node.log(`[modpackqt] slave server listening on ${node.bindHost}:${node.bindPort} #${node.unitId}`);
73
+ node.status({ fill: 'green', shape: 'dot', text: `listening :${node.bindPort} #${node.unitId}` });
76
74
  } catch (err) {
77
75
  node.error(`Failed to start slave server: ${err.message}`);
76
+ node.status({ fill: 'red', shape: 'ring', text: 'failed to start' });
78
77
  }
79
78
 
80
- // ── Probe runtime registration — lets the web console find this slave.
79
+ // ── Probe runtime — lets the web console find and control this server
81
80
  const probe = {
82
81
  id: node.id,
83
82
  kind: 'slave',
package/nodes/modpackqt-slave-write.html CHANGED
@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@
3
3
  category: 'ModPackQT',
4
4
  color: '#15803d',
5
5
  defaults: {
6
- name: { value: '' },
7
- slaveServer: { value: '', type: 'modpackqt-slave-server' },
8
- server: { value: '' }, // legacy — modpackqt-config with embedded slave
9
- registerType: { value: 'holding', required: true },
10
- address: { value: 0, required: true, validate: RED.validators.number() }
6
+ name: { value: '' },
7
+ slaveServerId: { value: '' }, // ID of a modpackqt-slave-server node on the canvas
8
+ registerType: { value: 'holding', required: true },
9
+ address: { value: 0, required: true, validate: RED.validators.number() }
11
10
  },
12
11
  inputs: 1,
13
12
  outputs: 1,
@@ -15,7 +14,17 @@
15
14
  label: function () {
16
15
  return this.name || ('Slave Write ' + (this.registerType || 'holding') + ' @' + this.address);
17
16
  },
18
- paletteLabel: 'modbus slave write'
17
+ paletteLabel: 'modbus slave write',
18
+ oneditprepare: function () {
19
+ const $sel = $('#node-input-slaveServerId');
20
+ $sel.empty().append('<option value="">— select a slave server node —</option>');
21
+ RED.nodes.eachNode(function (n) {
22
+ if (n.type === 'modpackqt-slave-server') {
23
+ const label = (n.name || (':' + n.bindPort + ' #' + n.unitId));
24
+ $('<option>').val(n.id).text(label).appendTo($sel);
25
+ }
26
+ });
27
+ }
19
28
  });
20
29
  </script>
21
30
 
@@ -25,8 +34,11 @@
25
34
  <input type="text" id="node-input-name" placeholder="Name">
26
35
  </div>
27
36
  <div class="form-row">
28
- <label for="node-input-slaveServer"><i class="fa fa-server"></i> Slave Server</label>
29
- <input type="text" id="node-input-slaveServer">
37
+ <label for="node-input-slaveServerId"><i class="fa fa-server"></i> Slave Server</label>
38
+ <select id="node-input-slaveServerId" style="width:70%"></select>
39
+ </div>
40
+ <div class="form-tips" style="font-size:11px;color:#6b7280;margin:-8px 0 12px 105px">
41
+ Pick a <b>modbus slave server</b> node from the canvas. Deploy the flow first if the list is empty.
30
42
  </div>
31
43
  <div class="form-row">
32
44
  <label for="node-input-registerType"><i class="fa fa-list"></i> Register Type</label>
@@ -42,8 +54,8 @@
42
54
  <input type="number" id="node-input-address" min="0" max="65535" placeholder="0">
43
55
  </div>
44
56
  <div class="form-tips">
45
- <b>Pushes values into a slave server's register store.</b> Any external Modbus master
46
- connecting to that slave port will read whatever you last wrote.
57
+ Pushes values into the slave server's register store. External Modbus masters
58
+ connecting to that port will read whatever you last wrote.
47
59
  Send <code>msg.payload</code> as a number, array, or JSON string.
48
60
  </div>
49
61
  <div class="form-row" style="margin-top:18px;padding-top:14px;border-top:1px solid #e5e7eb;text-align:center;">
@@ -58,13 +70,10 @@
58
70
  </script>
59
71
 
60
72
  <script type="text/html" data-help-name="modpackqt-slave-write">
61
- <p>
62
- Writes values into a <b>modpackqt-slave-server</b> node's register store.
63
- External Modbus masters connecting to that slave's port will read whatever
64
- was last written here.
65
- </p>
73
+ <p>Writes values into a <b>modbus slave server</b> node's register store.
74
+ External Modbus masters connecting to that slave's port will read whatever was last written.</p>
66
75
  <h3>Setup</h3>
67
- <p>Set up a <b>Slave Server</b> config node first (pencil icon), then point this node at it.</p>
76
+ <p>Drop a <b>modbus slave server</b> node on the canvas first, then select it here.</p>
68
77
  <h3>Input</h3>
69
78
  <dl class="message-properties">
70
79
  <dt>payload <span class="property-type">number | array | string</span></dt>
package/nodes/modpackqt-slave-write.js CHANGED
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
1
1
  /**
2
- * ModPackQT Slave Write — write into a slave server's local register store.
3
- *
4
- * Points at a modpackqt-slave-server config node (preferred) or falls back
5
- * to the legacy modpackqt-config with an embedded slave (backward compat).
6
- * External Modbus masters connecting to the slave port will read whatever
7
- * was last written here.
2
+ * ModPackQT Slave Write — writes into a modpackqt-slave-server node's register store.
3
+ * External Modbus masters connecting to the slave port will read whatever was last written.
8
4
  */
9
5
  module.exports = function (RED) {
10
6
  function ModPackQTSlaveWriteNode(config) {
@@ -14,18 +10,15 @@ module.exports = function (RED) {
14
10
  node.registerType = config.registerType || 'holding';
15
11
  node.address = parseInt(config.address, 10) || 0;
16
12
 
17
- // Prefer new slave-server config node; fall back to legacy modpackqt-config.
18
- const slave = RED.nodes.getNode(config.slaveServer) || RED.nodes.getNode(config.server);
13
+ function getSlave() {
14
+ return RED.nodes.getNode(config.slaveServerId);
15
+ }
19
16
 
20
17
  node.on('input', function (msg) {
21
- if (!slave) {
22
- node.status({ fill: 'red', shape: 'ring', text: 'no slave server configured' });
23
- node.error('No Slave Server configured — add a modpackqt-slave-server node.', msg);
24
- return;
25
- }
26
- if (!slave.slaveEnabled) {
27
- node.status({ fill: 'red', shape: 'ring', text: 'slave server not running' });
28
- node.error('Slave server is not running — check the slave-server config node.', msg);
18
+ const slave = getSlave();
19
+ if (!slave || !slave.slaveEnabled) {
20
+ node.status({ fill: 'red', shape: 'ring', text: 'no slave server' });
21
+ node.error('No slave server selected or it is not running.', msg);
29
22
  return;
30
23
  }
31
24
  try {
@@ -42,7 +35,6 @@ module.exports = function (RED) {
42
35
  throw new Error(`Invalid payload — expected number or array, got: ${JSON.stringify(msg.payload)}`);
43
36
  }
44
37
  const address = msg.address !== undefined ? parseInt(msg.address, 10) : node.address;
45
-
46
38
  slave.slaveSet(registerType, address, values);
47
39
  const now = new Date().toLocaleTimeString();
48
40
  node.status({ fill: 'green', shape: 'dot', text: `wrote ${values.length} → ${registerType} @${address} · ${now}` });
package/package.json CHANGED
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
1
1
  {
2
2
  "name": "node-red-contrib-modbus-modpackqt",
3
- "version": "3.3.3",
3
+ "version": "3.3.4",
4
4
  "description": "Modbus commissioning, testing & analysis tools for Node-RED. Embedded Modbus TCP/RTU master + slave server, FC1/FC2/FC3/FC4 reads, FC5/FC6/FC15/FC16 writes, built-in slave register store, and a passive traffic monitor for debugging. 100% free, MIT, no usage limits. By ModPackQT — open the matching web console at modpackqt.com for register decoding, simulation and AI assistance.",
5
5
  "keywords": [
6
6
  "node-red",
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
51
51
  "modpackqt-slave-write": "nodes/modpackqt-slave-write.js",
52
52
  "modpackqt-traffic": "nodes/modpackqt-traffic.js",
53
53
  "modpackqt-master-probe": "nodes/modpackqt-master-probe.js",
54
- "modpackqt-slave-probe": "nodes/modpackqt-slave-probe.js",
55
54
  "modpackqt-slave-server": "nodes/modpackqt-slave-server.js"
56
55
  }
57
56
  },