We’ve got one of ADAM 5000 TCP from Advantech some days ago. It looks like this:
Our aim was to enable comunication with it throught Modbus protocol over Ethernet. Thanks to many libraries inside of our system for industrial registering we managed to get it working in some hours. Currently, we already have a library ADAM 5000 TCP that handles everything around reading and writting to the hardware.
One of the results you can see in the following video:
During all those tests we agreed that we are very happy with the results of this hardware and the price is not that high like other hardware of the same category and quality. In adition we have to say that its internal CPU allows to upload programs to handle its behavior, the language for programing is kind of C.
No animals were injured during those tests. 
Now our software has a name “Likindoy”. Check other posts to know more about this project or visit “http://www.centrologic.com/en/what-we-have-done/likindoy”.
Hi, I got a Power meter andI’m about to read its registers through Modbus RS485 of you 5000 series PLCs but I don’t know How!! Could you show me a way to do so? or send me a link which show me the procedure??
Thanx
Hello Sam, our library doesn’t work with RS485 or RS232, instead we use ehernet. The Modbus library has been developed to work with Modbus over Ethernet. There is an upgrade of that library that we are testing right now and has been developed by Michael Griffin, it will be on Likindoy’s website in few days (it is still for Modbus over TCP). Sincerely.
Check the website of the project, all the project is evolving pretty fast. Likindoy Open Scada Control System