There's a CD available (over here anyway) called 'Component Building Blocks' (or something similar). It has sample applications for a Micrologix 1100/1400 communicating to a Powerflex 4M over Modbus (PLC the master, drive the slave) and gives a Panelview+ Component example over ethernet...
Here's one (i think) i downloaded off the KB (rename the extension to .rss)
In principle, you use the MSG block to initiate communication with your Modbus slave device and create a data area to READ from or WRITE to.
Hope this helps.
Rob