modbus_reply_exception - send an exception response
int modbus_reply_exception(modbus_t *ctx, const uint8_t *req, unsigned int exception_code);
The modbus_reply_exception() function shall send an exception response based on the 'exception_code' in argument.
The libmodbus provides the following exception codes:
The initial request req
is required to build a valid response.
The function shall return the length of the response sent if successful. Otherwise it shall return -1 and set errno.