# Modbus Protocol

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/scada/modbus/  
**Provider:** SCADA — https://apis.io/providers/scada/  
**Documentation:** https://modbus.org/

Modbus Protocol is one of 5 APIs that [SCADA](https://apis.io/providers/scada/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Field Protocol, Industrial Automation, Modbus, and PLC. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Modbus is a serial communication protocol widely used in industrial automation and SCADA systems for connecting electronic devices. Modbus TCP/IP enables integration over standard Ethernet networks, making it one of the most common field device protocols in SCADA deployments.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://modbus.org/
- **Specification** — https://modbus.org/docs/Modbus_Application_Protocol_V1_1b3.pdf

## Other SCADA APIs (4)

- [OPC Unified Architecture (OPC-UA)](https://apis.io/apis/scada/opc-ua/)
- [MQTT Protocol](https://apis.io/apis/scada/mqtt/)
- [Ignition SCADA REST API](https://apis.io/apis/scada/ignition-api/)
- [Historian and Alarm Data APIs](https://apis.io/apis/scada/had-api/)

## Tags

Field Protocol, Industrial Automation, Modbus, PLC

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