@tannewt that I what my search so far has revealed. If someone has written a modbus library for CP they are keeping it very well hidden :)
I have started to write one which will basically merge together minimalmodbus for python desktop and busio, cutting it down to be just a Client with bit and holding register read/write functions.
Basically what I want it for is to be able to control this inexpensive VFD:
https://cdn.automationdirect.com/static ... 2drive.pdfI think once I have something working I would post back to this forum at first to see if anyone is interested to test.