Modbus is the most common protocol in oil and gas field devices - flow computers, RTUs, PLCs, and sensors nearly all speak it. This guide explains how to bring Modbus data into a cloud SCADA platform, including over cellular from remote sites, so you can monitor wellheads, tanks, and meters without an on-premise server.
Short version: Merobix reads Modbus TCP and Modbus RTU devices natively. At remote sites, a cellular edge gateway polls the local Modbus device and connects outbound to the cloud, so registers map to tags in a web dashboard with no fixed IP, VPN, or on-premise server.
Modbus is a simple request-response protocol that reads and writes device registers. It comes in serial (Modbus RTU) and Ethernet (Modbus TCP) forms, and its ubiquity means almost any field device - a flow computer, an RTU, a PLC, a smart sensor - can be read over it. See how Modbus works for the basics, and Modbus vs DNP3 for when a telemetry protocol fits better.
The challenge in the field is not Modbus itself - it is getting the data out of a remote site with no fixed IP and a marginal cellular signal. A cellular edge gateway solves this: it polls the local Modbus device, buffers through outages, and connects outbound to the cloud. Merobix reads Modbus TCP and RTU this way, so a wellsite's pressures and a flow computer's volumes land in the same cloud dashboard, wherever the site is.
Yes. A cellular edge gateway polls the local Modbus device and connects outbound to the cloud, so no fixed IP, inbound firewall rule, or VPN is needed. Merobix supports Modbus TCP and RTU this way.
Yes, both. Modbus TCP over Ethernet/cellular and Modbus RTU over serial are among Merobix's broad protocol-driver coverage, included on every plan.
Any device that exposes Modbus registers - flow computers, RTUs, PLCs, level and pressure transmitters, tank gauges, VFDs. You map the registers you care about to named tags during onboarding.
This page references the protocol specifications published by the organizations below. Editions, product capabilities, and documentation change over time - confirm current requirements and specifications directly with the source.
Last reviewed: July 27, 2026. Merobix is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by these organizations; their names are used only to identify the standards and products discussed.
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