# How to change poll rates to Modbus devices?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-change-poll-rates-to-modbus-devices/67959>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [December 23, 2022, 12:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-change-poll-rates-to-modbus-devices/67959 "2022-12-23T12:55:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pedro\_Guardone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@Pedro\_Guardone](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Pedro_Guardone)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2022, 12:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-change-poll-rates-to-modbus-devices/67959/1 "2022-12-23T12:55:07Z")

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Poll rate to modbus device appears to be 1 second, I need it to be slower, how can this be done?

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**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2022, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-change-poll-rates-to-modbus-devices/67959/2 "2022-12-23T12:57:09Z")

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**Author:** ![Pedro\_Guardone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@Pedro\_Guardone](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Pedro_Guardone)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2022, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-change-poll-rates-to-modbus-devices/67959/3 "2022-12-23T13:45:24Z")

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Thanks!

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2022, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-change-poll-rates-to-modbus-devices/67959/4 "2022-12-23T13:46:48Z")

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Be aware that many Modbus TCP devices will disconnect after ten seconds of no requests. If that happens to you, create at least one tag at a 9-second pace.