When a Modbus TCP-to-RTU gateway bridges an RTU segment with several slaves, the Modbus TCP client uses the Unit ID in the MBAP header to target the specific RTU slave behind the gateway.
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A very common pattern is to place a single Modbus TCP gateway at the front of 10-30 RTU slaves on an RS-485 trunk. The TCP client connects to the gateway IP and sets Unit ID = N to address the RTU slave with address N; the gateway translates and forwards the request on the RS-485 side. By convention, Unit ID = 0xFF (255) or 0x00 points to the gateway itself (for internal statistics). This simplifies BMS integration: a single IP address on the TCP side, yet N addressable RTU slaves below.
Document the Unit ID -> RTU slave mapping in the project file: it is the first thing a successor will need to debug a missing point through the gateway.
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