From 5e712a9887a3c8a5e0a9c97a9a51cb3b069d52ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Florian Forster <octo@noris.net>
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:07:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] collectd.conf(5): Improve the synopsis for the "modbus"
 plugin.

---
 src/collectd.conf.pod | 28 ++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index 2fe82879..e85856ca 100644
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
@@ -1697,21 +1697,29 @@ values (two registers interpreted as IEEE floats in big endian notation).
 
 Synopsis:
 
- <Data "data_name">
-   RegisterBase 1234
+ <Data "voltage-input-1">
+   RegisterBase 0
    RegisterType float
-   Type gauge
-   Instance "..."
+   Type voltage
+   Instance "input-1"
  </Data>
  
- <Host "name">
-   Address "addr"
-   Port "1234"
+ <Data "voltage-input-2">
+   RegisterBase 2
+   RegisterType float
+   Type voltage
+   Instance "input-2"
+ </Data>
+ 
+ <Host "modbus.example.com">
+   Address "192.168.0.42"
+   Port    "502"
    Interval 60
-
+   
    <Slave 1>
-     Instance "foobar" # optional
-     Collect "data_name"
+     Instance "power-supply"
+     Collect  "voltage-input-1"
+     Collect  "voltage-input-2"
    </Slave>
  </Host>
 
-- 
2.11.0