# Modbus Addressing Documentation - 6 digits

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-addressing-documentation-6-digits/68958>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [January 24, 2023, 11:39am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-addressing-documentation-6-digits/68958 "2023-01-24T11:39:06Z")\
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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:** [January 24, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-addressing-documentation-6-digits/68958/4 "2023-01-24T15:16:55Z")

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If you don't like Ignition's Modbus driver, you can use mine instead:

> [@Automation Professionals' Advanced Modbus Driver](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/automation-professionals-advanced-modbus-driver/41312):
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> Automation Professionals is pleased to announce the first beta for its Advanced Modbus Driver, for Ignition version 7.9. Key features: Server mode, emulating one or more slave [devices](https://www.automation-pros.com/modbus/UserManual.pdf), using any of the three typical connection types, including simultaneous connections of multiple types. Client mode, incorporating all three connection modes in one driver. Support for Modbus Function Codes 20 and 21, File Records. Configure protocol tweaks for troublesome devices per slave unit, enabling suppor…

I wanted some features IA didn't implement, and it ballooned from there....

{/shameless plug}

Recommendations for updating my module's manual are welcome, too.

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