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+This project has been discontinued and is no longer maintained</b><br><br>
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 Modbus TCP, Modbus UDP and Modbus RTU client/server library and Simulators for JAVA
 
 Suitable for data exchange between JAVA-Applications and PLCs like Schneider-electric; Siemens S7; Wago; Bosch-Rexroth; CoDeSys Devices and many more.