Modbus-MQTT IOx App

The main purpose is to send serial Modbus RTU data via MQTT to the Kinetic cloud on a Cisco IR829 gateway. On this gateway you can deploy a dockerized application where this python script can run.

Getting Started

1. Clone the repo

2. Build the image

docker build -t modbusmqtt:latest .

3. Create the IOx tar with ioxclient (CLI tool)

ioxclient docker package modbusmqtt:latest .

4. Install and run on the IR8x9. You troubleshoot with:

ioxclient application console <appid>

Built With

• Cisco Kinetic Gateway Management Module
• MinimalModbus: https://pypi.org/project/minimalmodbus/
• Paho-MQTT: https://pypi.org/project/paho-mqtt/

License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0 - see the LICENSE.md file for details

Further Links

Cisco DevNet Website: https://developer.cisco.com

IR829: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/routers/829-industrial-router/datasheet-c78-734981.html

IOx Documentation: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/iox/

Download ioxclient: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/iox/#!iox-resource-downloads