Fri, 28 Sep 2018 17:15:53 +0300convert some etherlab source files to unix format
Andrey Skvortsov <andrej.skvortzov@gmail.com> [Fri, 28 Sep 2018 17:15:53 +0300] rev 2354
convert some etherlab source files to unix format

Fri, 28 Sep 2018 17:14:42 +0300cleanup etherlab: pep8, E722 do not use bare except
Andrey Skvortsov <andrej.skvortzov@gmail.com> [Fri, 28 Sep 2018 17:14:42 +0300] rev 2353
cleanup etherlab: pep8, E722 do not use bare except

Fri, 28 Sep 2018 13:21:06 +0300Ignore cache files and generated test reports
Andrey Skvortsov <andrej.skvortzov@gmail.com> [Fri, 28 Sep 2018 13:21:06 +0300] rev 2352
Ignore cache files and generated test reports

Fri, 28 Sep 2018 13:17:30 +0300Update Beremiz translations and list of translators
Andrey Skvortsov <andrej.skvortzov@gmail.com> [Fri, 28 Sep 2018 13:17:30 +0300] rev 2351
Update Beremiz translations and list of translators

Added Turkish, Romania, Portuguese, Polish, Dutch, Hungarian.
Most existed translation are updated.

Fri, 28 Sep 2018 13:07:46 +0300Use the list of supported by app translations instead of supported translations by wx
Andrey Skvortsov <andrej.skvortzov@gmail.com> [Fri, 28 Sep 2018 13:07:46 +0300] rev 2350
Use the list of supported by app translations instead of supported translations by wx

This will make possible to translate application into locales, that
are not explicitly supported by wx: for example, 'pl' or 'bn_BD', 'bn_IN'.

Fri, 28 Sep 2018 12:54:14 +0300Suppress message box in case current locale is unsupported or missing in wx
Andrey Skvortsov <andrej.skvortzov@gmail.com> [Fri, 28 Sep 2018 12:54:14 +0300] rev 2349
Suppress message box in case current locale is unsupported or missing in wx

Beremiz can still be translated into it using own locales
available in './locale'.

Thu, 27 Sep 2018 19:07:57 +0300Add commands to pull translation from transifex
Andrey Skvortsov <andrej.skvortzov@gmail.com> [Thu, 27 Sep 2018 19:07:57 +0300] rev 2348
Add commands to pull translation from transifex

tx - transifex cli client should be installed in the system.
It's free software and is available in Debian archive.

Run following commands:
1. Init your authorization token
$ make transifex_init

2. Pull translations
$ make transifex_pull

Wed, 26 Sep 2018 18:08:57 +0300Add custom dialog to add/edit comment block in graphical editors
Andrey Skvortsov <andrej.skvortzov@gmail.com> [Wed, 26 Sep 2018 18:08:57 +0300] rev 2347
Add custom dialog to add/edit comment block in graphical editors

That allows to edit comment and immediately see how it'll be shown on wiresheet.

Wed, 26 Sep 2018 14:20:51 +0300Cleanup examples so they look clean, nice and almost the same on Windows and GNU/Linux
Andrey Skvortsov <andrej.skvortzov@gmail.com> [Wed, 26 Sep 2018 14:20:51 +0300] rev 2346
Cleanup examples so they look clean, nice and almost the same on Windows and GNU/Linux

Wed, 26 Sep 2018 14:15:22 +0300use the same font size on Windows and GNU/Linux
Andrey Skvortsov <andrej.skvortzov@gmail.com> [Wed, 26 Sep 2018 14:15:22 +0300] rev 2345
use the same font size on Windows and GNU/Linux

Wed, 26 Sep 2018 12:13:23 +0300use nice and pretty mono font in graphical languages (SFC, FBD, LD) as well
Andrey Skvortsov <andrej.skvortzov@gmail.com> [Wed, 26 Sep 2018 12:13:23 +0300] rev 2344
use nice and pretty mono font in graphical languages (SFC, FBD, LD) as well

it looks like that was original idea, but some bug squashed in and
default font was used for POU.

at the same time fix use of mono font in the header of Variable panel
for SFC/FBD/LD POUs.

Tue, 25 Sep 2018 19:00:03 +0300Don't need to call extra _init_
Andrey Skvortsov <andrej.skvortzov@gmail.com> [Tue, 25 Sep 2018 19:00:03 +0300] rev 2343
Don't need to call extra _init_

_init_ is already called for value in infos["elmt_type"]["initial"]().
Additional _init_() creates second set of child element and that
creates unusable xml project.
This regression cause by not well tested commit "Proper fix for error
'object has no attribute 'getSlave' in EtherCAT extension" (96ca6b056c55595f71bfaca9f54b9e8646460c23)

Tue, 25 Sep 2018 18:31:17 +0300Fix black background in preview window
Andrey Skvortsov <andrej.skvortzov@gmail.com> [Tue, 25 Sep 2018 18:31:17 +0300] rev 2342
Fix black background in preview window

Problem found and fixed on GNU/Linux
wxWidgets 3.0 built with GTK3+ support and running on Xorg.

Tue, 25 Sep 2018 18:29:10 +0300Avoid division by zero in case width or height for page are not specified
Andrey Skvortsov <andrej.skvortzov@gmail.com> [Tue, 25 Sep 2018 18:29:10 +0300] rev 2341
Avoid division by zero in case width or height for page are not specified

traceback:
File "/home/developer/WorkData/PLC/beremiz/beremiz/editors/Viewer.py", line 3755, in OnPaint
self.DoDrawing(dc)
File "/home/developer/WorkData/PLC/beremiz/beremiz/editors/Viewer.py", line 3723, in DoDrawing
for y in xrange(self.PageSize[1] - (ystart * SCROLLBAR_UNIT) % self.PageSize[1], int(window_size[1] / self.ViewScale[1]), self.PageSize[1]):
<type 'exceptions.ZeroDivisionError'>: integer division or modulo by zero

Wed, 21 Nov 2018 14:10:51 +0100IDManager: added import/export plus little cosmetic enhancements.
Edouard Tisserant [Wed, 21 Nov 2018 14:10:51 +0100] rev 2340
IDManager: added import/export plus little cosmetic enhancements.

Tue, 20 Nov 2018 11:32:42 +0100IDManager : refactored a bit, moved some code into PSKManagement.py. Now captures URI and PSK on new PYRO(S) and propose them when editing URI. Import/export still to be implemented.
Edouard Tisserant [Tue, 20 Nov 2018 11:32:42 +0100] rev 2339
IDManager : refactored a bit, moved some code into PSKManagement.py. Now captures URI and PSK on new PYRO(S) and propose them when editing URI. Import/export still to be implemented.

Mon, 19 Nov 2018 10:39:50 +0100Renaming servicetype into scheme.
Edouard Tisserant [Mon, 19 Nov 2018 10:39:50 +0100] rev 2338
Renaming servicetype into scheme.

Fri, 16 Nov 2018 14:04:51 +0100Added toolbar button to launch ID Manager dialog.
Edouard Tisserant [Fri, 16 Nov 2018 14:04:51 +0100] rev 2337
Added toolbar button to launch ID Manager dialog.

Fri, 16 Nov 2018 10:00:06 +0100Renamed IDManager control into IDBrowser, because dialog will be named IDManager
Edouard Tisserant [Fri, 16 Nov 2018 10:00:06 +0100] rev 2336
Renamed IDManager control into IDBrowser, because dialog will be named IDManager

Wed, 14 Nov 2018 14:09:18 +0100IDManager.py : finished selector mode.
Edouard Tisserant [Wed, 14 Nov 2018 14:09:18 +0100] rev 2335
IDManager.py : finished selector mode.

Wed, 14 Nov 2018 11:32:08 +0100Added early implementation of IDManager.py. For now only used to select ID in URIEditor
Edouard Tisserant [Wed, 14 Nov 2018 11:32:08 +0100] rev 2334
Added early implementation of IDManager.py. For now only used to select ID in URIEditor

Fri, 09 Nov 2018 13:26:06 +0100Path may contain spaces... sequel of d1359cb
Edouard Tisserant [Fri, 09 Nov 2018 13:26:06 +0100] rev 2333
Path may contain spaces... sequel of d1359cb

Thu, 08 Nov 2018 14:33:35 +0100'Merged' URI editor dialog and Discovery dialog, also clean up related code
Edouard Tisserant [Thu, 08 Nov 2018 14:33:35 +0100] rev 2332
'Merged' URI editor dialog and Discovery dialog, also clean up related code

Thu, 08 Nov 2018 11:20:35 +0100Cut more useless code from URI Editor
Edouard Tisserant [Thu, 08 Nov 2018 11:20:35 +0100] rev 2331
Cut more useless code from URI Editor

Thu, 08 Nov 2018 11:14:06 +0100URI Editor Dialog : moved it to /dialog, and fixed naming.
Edouard Tisserant [Thu, 08 Nov 2018 11:14:06 +0100] rev 2330
URI Editor Dialog : moved it to /dialog, and fixed naming.

Thu, 08 Nov 2018 09:39:06 +0100URI editor : Rewrote most of it, cleaner.
Edouard Tisserant [Thu, 08 Nov 2018 09:39:06 +0100] rev 2329
URI editor : Rewrote most of it, cleaner.

Tue, 30 Oct 2018 14:08:28 +0100PSK : Stunnel and/or OpenSSL (undocumented) handles PSK better without special chars, apparently
Edouard Tisserant [Tue, 30 Oct 2018 14:08:28 +0100] rev 2328
PSK : Stunnel and/or OpenSSL (undocumented) handles PSK better without special chars, apparently

Tue, 30 Oct 2018 13:47:24 +0100Prevent PLCObject to be imported from IDE as a side effect of importing runtime package
Edouard Tisserant [Tue, 30 Oct 2018 13:47:24 +0100] rev 2327
Prevent PLCObject to be imported from IDE as a side effect of importing runtime package

Tue, 30 Oct 2018 09:46:46 +0100WAMP : ensure that unicode string is passed for published events IDs
Edouard Tisserant [Tue, 30 Oct 2018 09:46:46 +0100] rev 2326
WAMP : ensure that unicode string is passed for published events IDs

Tue, 30 Oct 2018 09:45:47 +0100PYRO PSK: adjusted cipher and key length to be usable with openSSL 1.0.2k.
Edouard Tisserant [Tue, 30 Oct 2018 09:45:47 +0100] rev 2325
PYRO PSK: adjusted cipher and key length to be usable with openSSL 1.0.2k.

Mon, 29 Oct 2018 11:33:36 +0100Automatically get PSK and ID when connecting to PYRO[S], so that future connection through PYROS can use that same key. Also fixed case to UPPER for *PSK.
Edouard Tisserant [Mon, 29 Oct 2018 11:33:36 +0100] rev 2324
Automatically get PSK and ID when connecting to PYRO[S], so that future connection through PYROS can use that same key. Also fixed case to UPPER for *PSK.

Tue, 23 Oct 2018 16:19:20 +0200Runtime : Ensure that a random PSK secret compatible with stunnel is generated if -s commandline switch is used. Stunnel service is restarted after generation, using spawn_subprocess. TODO : give stunnel restart command as a commandline parameter.
Edouard Tisserant [Tue, 23 Oct 2018 16:19:20 +0200] rev 2323
Runtime : Ensure that a random PSK secret compatible with stunnel is generated if -s commandline switch is used. Stunnel service is restarted after generation, using spawn_subprocess. TODO : give stunnel restart command as a commandline parameter.

Tue, 23 Oct 2018 16:13:34 +0200Added runtime/spawn_subprocess.py. Force use posix spawn instead of fork, with API similar to subprocess. Using fork in runtime is incompatible with Xenomai, because memory is locked and this can lead to out of memory error.
Edouard Tisserant [Tue, 23 Oct 2018 16:13:34 +0200] rev 2322
Added runtime/spawn_subprocess.py. Force use posix spawn instead of fork, with API similar to subprocess. Using fork in runtime is incompatible with Xenomai, because memory is locked and this can lead to out of memory error.

Tue, 23 Oct 2018 13:36:07 +0200Small cosmetic change to enhance readability and avoid confusion.
Edouard Tisserant [Tue, 23 Oct 2018 13:36:07 +0200] rev 2321
Small cosmetic change to enhance readability and avoid confusion.

Tue, 23 Oct 2018 13:34:15 +0200Force Zeroconf to listen and answer only on interface specified with '-i' command line argument.
Edouard Tisserant [Tue, 23 Oct 2018 13:34:15 +0200] rev 2320
Force Zeroconf to listen and answer only on interface specified with '-i' command line argument.

Tue, 23 Oct 2018 13:31:26 +0200Useless __name__ == '__main__' tests.
Edouard Tisserant [Tue, 23 Oct 2018 13:31:26 +0200] rev 2319
Useless __name__ == '__main__' tests.

Mon, 22 Oct 2018 12:58:10 +0200Fixed PYRO's PSK_Adapter : monkey patching was breaking non-PSK protocol, and import ssl was missing.
Edouard Tisserant [Mon, 22 Oct 2018 12:58:10 +0200] rev 2318
Fixed PYRO's PSK_Adapter : monkey patching was breaking non-PSK protocol, and import ssl was missing.

Fri, 19 Oct 2018 13:34:52 +0200merge
Edouard Tisserant [Fri, 19 Oct 2018 13:34:52 +0200] rev 2317
merge

Fri, 19 Oct 2018 13:29:52 +0200Fix PYROPSK protocol configuration. After a few iteration of trial and error it appears that TSLv1 and PSK ciphers needs to be specified
Edouard Tisserant [Fri, 19 Oct 2018 13:29:52 +0200] rev 2316
Fix PYROPSK protocol configuration. After a few iteration of trial and error it appears that TSLv1 and PSK ciphers needs to be specified

Thu, 18 Oct 2018 18:37:01 +0200merge
Edouard Tisserant <edouard.tisserant@gmail.com> [Thu, 18 Oct 2018 18:37:01 +0200] rev 2315
merge

Thu, 18 Oct 2018 13:17:48 +0200PYRO/TLSPSK : must use PYROLOC* protocol scheme in pyro URI, otherwise object ID is missing. Had to use more persuasive pyro3 monkey patching to have PYROLOCPSK resolved properly
Edouard Tisserant [Thu, 18 Oct 2018 13:17:48 +0200] rev 2314
PYRO/TLSPSK : must use PYROLOC* protocol scheme in pyro URI, otherwise object ID is missing. Had to use more persuasive pyro3 monkey patching to have PYROLOCPSK resolved properly

Thu, 18 Oct 2018 11:01:14 +0200PYRO/TLSPSK : fixed typos, used appropriate ciphers (https://github.com/drbild/sslpsk/issues/3), use PYROPSK instead of unresolvable PYROLOCPSK.
Edouard Tisserant [Thu, 18 Oct 2018 11:01:14 +0200] rev 2313
PYRO/TLSPSK : fixed typos, used appropriate ciphers (https://github.com/drbild/sslpsk/issues/3), use PYROPSK instead of unresolvable PYROLOCPSK.

Mon, 15 Oct 2018 16:26:59 +0200Replaced PYROSSL with PYROPSK.
Edouard Tisserant [Mon, 15 Oct 2018 16:26:59 +0200] rev 2312
Replaced PYROSSL with PYROPSK.
Secrets are files named $ID.secret in project's /psk directory.
Connect with URI formated PYROPSK://host[:port]#ID

Mon, 15 Oct 2018 15:27:47 +0200Beremiz_service now binds both pyro and nevow ports to interface given with '-i' argument.
Edouard Tisserant [Mon, 15 Oct 2018 15:27:47 +0200] rev 2311
Beremiz_service now binds both pyro and nevow ports to interface given with '-i' argument.

Mon, 15 Oct 2018 15:24:52 +0200Fixed typo in Wampclient.py
Edouard Tisserant [Mon, 15 Oct 2018 15:24:52 +0200] rev 2310
Fixed typo in Wampclient.py

Wed, 03 Oct 2018 00:05:32 +0200Please pylint and pep8
Edouard Tisserant <edouard.tisserant@gmail.com> [Wed, 03 Oct 2018 00:05:32 +0200] rev 2309
Please pylint and pep8

Tue, 02 Oct 2018 15:57:26 +0200Merged
Edouard Tisserant [Tue, 02 Oct 2018 15:57:26 +0200] rev 2308
Merged

Tue, 02 Oct 2018 15:56:09 +0200Show more exceptions on stdout, particularly those that are raised by AutoLoad (first item in Main Thread worker)
Edouard Tisserant [Tue, 02 Oct 2018 15:56:09 +0200] rev 2307
Show more exceptions on stdout, particularly those that are raised by AutoLoad (first item in Main Thread worker)

Tue, 02 Oct 2018 15:52:11 +0200Some cleanup in WampClient and added functions that are usefull for extensions that need to use pub/sub.
Edouard Tisserant [Tue, 02 Oct 2018 15:52:11 +0200] rev 2306
Some cleanup in WampClient and added functions that are usefull for extensions that need to use pub/sub.

Wed, 12 Sep 2018 22:59:30 +0200Merged in Andrey's branch
Edouard Tisserant <edouard.tisserant@gmail.com> [Wed, 12 Sep 2018 22:59:30 +0200] rev 2305
Merged in Andrey's branch

Fri, 07 Sep 2018 20:58:13 +0000Merged in yegorich/beremiz/py3-fix (pull request #36)
Andrey Skvortsov <andrej.skvortzov@gmail.com> [Fri, 07 Sep 2018 20:58:13 +0000] rev 2304
Merged in yegorich/beremiz/py3-fix (pull request #36)

Use Python 3 compatible syntax for exceptions

Fri, 07 Sep 2018 09:24:52 +0200Use Python 3 compatible syntax for exceptions py3-fix
Yegor Yefremov <yegorslists@googlemail.com> [Fri, 07 Sep 2018 09:24:52 +0200] rev 2303
Use Python 3 compatible syntax for exceptions

Wed, 29 Aug 2018 18:58:51 +0300Fix non-usable toolbar on wxPython with GTK3+ in PLCOpenEditor
Andrey Skvortsov <andrej.skvortzov@gmail.com> [Wed, 29 Aug 2018 18:58:51 +0300] rev 2302
Fix non-usable toolbar on wxPython with GTK3+ in PLCOpenEditor

this problem is related to 'Fix non-usable toolbar on wxPython with
GTK3+' (5927710b). This problem does not happen in Beremiz because
additional necessary self.AUIManager.Update() is called
BeremizIDE. Therefore minimal change in the mentioned commit was
enough for Beremiz, but is not enough for PLCOpenEditor.

Wed, 29 Aug 2018 18:53:02 +0300Avoid usage of localized strings before initialization during import in many modules
Andrey Skvortsov <andrej.skvortzov@gmail.com> [Wed, 29 Aug 2018 18:53:02 +0300] rev 2301
Avoid usage of localized strings before initialization during import in many modules

This happens if import is done before i18n setup
(InstallLocalRessources()).
This affects PLCOpenEditor mostly. Beremiz IDE is free from this issue, but moving
initialization from import should make modules more robust.
Otherwise execution result depends on where and when import was done
and this is not a good thing.

Some modules (ConfigTreeNode, features, CodeFileEditor related
classes) still have this, but they are used only in Beremiz.
Most problems result in non-working internatialization.
In some cases (VariablePanel) there is backtrace, because localized
key is not found in non-localized dictionary.

Tue, 28 Aug 2018 18:06:30 +0300Remove executable bit from source files where it's not needed.
Andrey Skvortsov <andrej.skvortzov@gmail.com> [Tue, 28 Aug 2018 18:06:30 +0300] rev 2300
Remove executable bit from source files where it's not needed.

Tue, 28 Aug 2018 17:19:13 +0300Avoid dictionary initialization during import in PouDialog
Andrey Skvortsov <andrej.skvortzov@gmail.com> [Tue, 28 Aug 2018 17:19:13 +0300] rev 2299
Avoid dictionary initialization during import in PouDialog

Because initialization happened before i18n setup, then it causes later
problems during creating new POU on non-English locales (Russian for example).

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/developer/WorkData/PLC/beremiz/beremiz/IDEFrame.py", line 2332, in OnAddPouMenu
dialog = PouDialog(self, pou_type, type_readonly)
File "/home/developer/WorkData/PLC/beremiz/beremiz/dialogs/PouDialog.py", line 101, in __init__
self.RefreshLanguage()
File "/home/developer/WorkData/PLC/beremiz/beremiz/dialogs/PouDialog.py", line 154, in RefreshLanguage
if language != "SFC" or PouDialog.POU_TYPES_DICT[self.PouType.GetStringSelection()] != "function":
KeyError: u'\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0433\u0440\u0430\u043c\u043c\u0430'

Mon, 27 Aug 2018 12:06:24 +0300Increase size of comment block in WAMP example, so all information is visible
Andrey Skvortsov <andrej.skvortzov@gmail.com> [Mon, 27 Aug 2018 12:06:24 +0300] rev 2298
Increase size of comment block in WAMP example, so all information is visible

Fri, 24 Aug 2018 13:41:43 +0300Proper fix for error 'object has no attribute 'getSlave' in EtherCAT extension
Andrey Skvortsov <andrej.skvortzov@gmail.com> [Fri, 24 Aug 2018 13:41:43 +0300] rev 2297
Proper fix for error 'object has no attribute 'getSlave' in EtherCAT extension

traceback:
File "/home/developer/WorkData/PLC/beremiz/beremiz/IDEFrame.py", line 1433, in OnPouSelectedChanged
window.RefreshView()
File "/home/developer/WorkData/PLC/beremiz/beremiz/etherlab/ConfigEditor.py", line 837, in RefreshView
self.RefreshProcessVariables()
File "/home/developer/WorkData/PLC/beremiz/beremiz/etherlab/ConfigEditor.py", line 886, in RefreshProcessVariables
slaves = self.Controler.GetSlaves(**self.CurrentNodesFilter)
File "/home/developer/WorkData/PLC/beremiz/beremiz/etherlab/EthercatMaster.py", line 341, in GetSlaves
for slave in self.Config.getConfig().getSlave():
<type 'exceptions.AttributeError'>:_'lxml.etree._Element'_object_has_no_attribute_'getSlave'

Steps to reproduce problem:

- Add new EtherCAT master
- Add new EthercatNode to the master
- double click on


Revert commit "Dirty fix for error '_object_has_no_attribute_'getSlave' in EtherCAT extension"
[a3ac46366b86a0b237dac93be6b2281ac70b98a8].

The problem was that XML elements (proxy object) in some cases were created using custom XML
classes constructors and lxml.etree.Element() call and live python
patching. This causes that lxml backend doesn't know that custom python class
should be used for these XML elements.
Proxy object can be move/deleted and recreated by lxml
backend at any point in time or this can be done in python by copy/deepcopy operations.
If this happens, then newly created
proxy elements are using default class lxml.etree._Element. And all
custom functionality is lost.

All created XML elements should be always created through corresponding
parser and class lookup callback done by lxml backend.
It's described in more details in lxml documentation:
https://lxml.de/element_classes.html

Fri, 24 Aug 2018 13:25:05 +0300Make comment blocks in examples slightly bigger so text inside is always visible
Andrey Skvortsov <andrej.skvortzov@gmail.com> [Fri, 24 Aug 2018 13:25:05 +0300] rev 2296
Make comment blocks in examples slightly bigger so text inside is always visible

Tue, 21 Aug 2018 13:05:23 +0300Separate application tests and code-style checking in different steps in bitbucket-pipelines
Andrey Skvortsov <andrej.skvortzov@gmail.com> [Tue, 21 Aug 2018 13:05:23 +0300] rev 2295
Separate application tests and code-style checking in different steps in bitbucket-pipelines

Mon, 20 Aug 2018 17:11:20 +0300Make Beremiz_service print version information
Andrey Skvortsov <andrej.skvortzov@gmail.com> [Mon, 20 Aug 2018 17:11:20 +0300] rev 2294
Make Beremiz_service print version information

Add support for long options '--help' and '--version' as
is recommended by GNU Coding Standards.

Mon, 20 Aug 2018 16:46:50 +0300leave execute permissions only on Beremiz.py, Beremiz_serivce.py and PLCOpenEditor.py
Andrey Skvortsov <andrej.skvortzov@gmail.com> [Mon, 20 Aug 2018 16:46:50 +0300] rev 2293
leave execute permissions only on Beremiz.py, Beremiz_serivce.py and PLCOpenEditor.py

Mon, 20 Aug 2018 15:48:06 +0300Update requirements to include WAMP support
Andrey Skvortsov <andrej.skvortzov@gmail.com> [Mon, 20 Aug 2018 15:48:06 +0300] rev 2292
Update requirements to include WAMP support

Mon, 20 Aug 2018 15:17:24 +0300Use static library for Modbus
Andrey Skvortsov <andrej.skvortzov@gmail.com> [Mon, 20 Aug 2018 15:17:24 +0300] rev 2291
Use static library for Modbus

It makes easier deployment of projects with Modbus (similar to BACnet implementation)