I had the same idea, but I get the following error message.
and only the ID is different
CONFIGURATION_ERROR
Endpoint ‘ModbusIPSlaveEndpoint [address=192.168.178.161, port=502]’ has conflicting parameters: parameters of this thing (modbus:tcp:d30bcefd3a ‘Modbus TCP Slave’) are different from some other thing’s parameter. Ensure that all endpoints pointing to tcp slave ‘192.168.178.161:502’ have same parameters.