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Usman AR @usmanar.eng ✓
October 15, 2026 (3 weeks ago) • 1 min read
Embedded & Firmware

Reverse Engineering Protokol Sensor Industri RS485 / Modbus RTU

Dapat sensor soil moisture & NPK industri dari pabrikan tanpa lembar datasheet registers yang jelas. Bagaimana cara membacanya?

Langkah-langkah sniffing komunikasi:

  1. Hubungkan USB-to-RS485 dongle secara parallel ke bus differential A-B sensor.
  2. Gunakan software Logic Analyzer atau terminal serial (CuteCom / PuTTY) untuk mengidentifikasi baudrate default (biasanya 9600 bps atau 115200 bps, 8-N-1).
  3. Kirimkan broadcast query Modbus function code 0x03 (Read Holding Registers) mulai dari address 0x0000.
  4. Hitung checksum CRC16 untuk memvalidasi frame balasan dari slave address sensor.

Dalam 30 menit, seluruh peta register NPK (Nitrogen, Phosphor, Kalium) berhasil dipetakan ke struct C++ firmware kami!

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