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  1. =========================
  2. A groovy modbus library
  3. =========================
  4. Overview
  5. --------
  6. libmodbus is a free software library to send/receive data with a
  7. device which respects the Modbus protocol. This library can use a
  8. serial port or an Ethernet connection.
  9. The functions included in the library have been derived from the
  10. Modicon Modbus Protocol Reference Guide which can be obtained from
  11. Schneider at www.schneiderautomation.com.
  12. The license of libmodbus is LGPL v3 and the licence of programs in tests
  13. directory is GPL v3.
  14. The official website is http://www.libmodbus.org.
  15. The library is written in C and designed to run on Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD and
  16. QNX and Windows.
  17. Installation
  18. ------------
  19. The shell commands are ``./autogen.sh; ./configure; make; make install``.
  20. If you want to compile with Microsoft Visual Studio, you need to install
  21. http://code.google.com/p/msinttypes/ to fill the absence of stdint.h.
  22. Testing
  23. -------
  24. Some tests are provided in the ``tests`` directory, you can
  25. freely edit the source code to fit your needs (it's Free Sofware :).
  26. See ``tests/README`` for a description of each program.
  27. Report a Bug
  28. ------------
  29. To report a bug, you can:
  30. * fill a bug report on the issue tracker
  31. http://github.com/stephane/libmodbus/issues
  32. * or send an email to stephane.raimbault@gmail.com