Importing and exporting

Saving and opening configuration

The configuration of registers, as described in previous sections, can be saved and loaded in a project file. These settings can be saved in a .mbs file by going to File > Save Project As… and loaded by going to File > Open Project… or by dragging a .mbs file into the application.

Deprecation notice

Starting from ModbusScope v4, the format of the .mbs project file has changed in an incompatible manner. This was required to support the full 16-bit address range of all object types. Project files saved with ModbusScope v3.x.x will be automatically converted on opening.

Support for older project files (pre v3.x.x) has been dropped. It is no longer possible to use these project files in the latest version of ModbusScope. A workaround would be to open the project file in ModbusScope v3.x.x and save the project file. The resulting project file will be updated and is compatible with the v4.x.x version.

Exporting data/image

Current log results can be exported as an image or as data (.csv) file. You can select either File > Save Data File As… or File > Export Image As… to do so. It is important to note that saving a project/data file or exporting an image can only be done when logging is not active.

Import register definitions from mbc file

ModbusControl is a proprietary application that isn’t available for the general public. It can be used to read and write data from Modbus slaves. It is possible to import the register definitions from a ModbusControl project file (.mbc) into ModbusScope by clicking on Import from .mbc file in the register dialog or by dragging and dropping the .mbc file into the main screen of ModbusScope. This makes it easy to add register definitions to ModbusScope from a ModbusControl project file.