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 Post submitted by  Paul Puttick 
  of  Tethco Technologies
 www.tethco.com
 

 
This post explains how to configure a Micrologix 1000 serial port to a Modbus serial slave, to a Modbus TCP/IP.
 

Materials
Micrologix 1100
Moxa MGate MB-3180
 
Cable
Male 8 pin mini-din to Micrologix.  Female DB9 to Moxa Mgate serial Connection.  Using RS-232.
Pinout:
Male 8 pin Mini-Din                    Female DB9
                2—————GND—————5
                4<<<<RxD<<<<<<TxD<<<<<<3
                7>>>>TxD>>>>>>RxD>>>>>>2
                6—————CTS—————- 8
                [...]

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