HYDRO-CENTER 2 Software In General
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1. H DROMETER HYDRO CENTER 2 Center Jo AU Program started PJ Eu W SSE COM 3 ell 9600Baud ele Seria e Memory C Modem C Serial Number Username E Password k S e gll GE Devices total A M Bus Voltages SA ABE M Bus Current Modem IDA Baud Date Time Location Address Reading Interval aus to read GSM Modem PIM User Manual Version 2 43 English 2001 2007 HYDROMETER GmbH Ansbach Germany Table Of Contents Introduction What is the HYDRO CENTER 2 Software anyway System Requirements Software Installation Customer Support HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General Main Window o bb E A Button Bar Program Settings Connection Parameters Communication Parameters Establishing a Telephone Connection List of Phone Numbers Device List Device List Tree View Serial Number Device Types Media Customer Read Not Read Devices Device List List View Serial Number Device Types Media Customer Read Not Read Devices Parameter Read internal state parameters Read internal state parameters and device list Reset data logger memory Set new password Set date time Set new location address Set new reading interval Set GSM modem PIN number Device List Editing Device parameter Read device list Write device list Add a new device to the list Editing the device parameters of an existing device Delete device Compare device list Export device list to2. HYDRO CENTER 2 HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General Device Types y m j le Devices total 7 FJ 22222222 Cust Elect Electricity w dd4dddddd Custl Gasl Gas 11111113 Cust3 Heat Heat outlet All different device types in the device list are sorted alphanumerically ascending Media Y e H ER Devices total 7 BR 22222222 Cust Elect DZG Electricity G02 i 444444440 Cust Gael Elster Gas 11111111 Custt Heart Sharky Heat Outlet All different device media are sorted alphanumerically ascending Customer v e jm a G Devices total 7 333939335 Water Scampy Water G Elect 11000086 Water HYDRO PORT Pulse Water i Gas 44444444 Gas Elster Gas The M Bus repeater device list has got a description field which may contain 18 characters max The M Bus repeater device list has not got another field for a customer description however if the user enters a description like cust1 desc1 the first part before the colon is used as customer and the second part after the colon as description Therefore it is also possible to sort the devices according to customers Read Not Read Devices g e Ip ZS OS Devices total 7 11111111 Custi Hest Heat outlet Sharky Heat Outlet 11111113 Cust3 Heatl Heat outlet Energy Int 5 Heat Outlet 1111112F Cust Heatl Heat outlet HYORO PORT Pulse Heat Outlet The last sort option is accordi
3. e M Bus Standard C Old Adressing FLYPPER I Usually all modern M Bus meters are using the M Bus Standard addressing mode Therefore do not change this setting However for older fixed mode devices select Old Addressing There are several M Bus addressing modes available e Priman Address Addr Customer C Secondan Address Addr Radio Data Logger C Addr Fabrication C Addr ST Bus Primary Address 1 lf you want to use the so called Primary Address you must enter the devices primary address in the range from 0 to 250 HYDRO CENTER 2 r HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General 29 O Primary Address C Addr Customer e Secondan Address C Addr Radio Data Logger f Addr Fabrication C Addr STM Bus Secondary Address 1 2345670 HYD HYDRO PORT Pulse Heat Outlet HYD 35 04 Heat outlet The standard mode is Secondary Address where the 8 digit serial number of the device and its device type parameters manufacturer code generation code medium code are used to address it Fill in the serial number as secondary address and select a device type from the list of known devices O Primary Address C Addr Customer C Seconda Address Addr Radio Data Logger ze Addr Fabrication Addr ST Bus Secondary Address 12 Fabrication Number B76543231 HD 95 04 neie xl The secondary addressing mode with the 8 digit fabrication number is similar to the standard secondary addressing except that the fab
4. Only the M Bus repeater with the given serial number will answer If there is more than one M Bus repeater memory data logger connected to the M Bus only this setting will work otherwise more than one M Bus repeater will answer causing a bus collision In this case the user has to fill in the serial number of the M Bus repeater number on top of the housing Username Password For accessing the M Bus repeater data logger memory values the correct password must be entered By default Username 0 Password 0 The password is only protecting the M Bus repeater memory values device list logged data The standard M Bus repeater functions reading an M Bus device are always available 14 HYDRO CENTER 2 HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General Communication Parameters On the right hand side of this part of the window there are the communication settings One distinguishes between a direct serial connection Serial and a connection using a dial up modem connection Modem COM S600 Baud e Serial Serial C Modem For the direct serial connection the user must connect the M Bus repeater connector marked PC with the accompanying serial cable to a free serial port of the PC usually COM1 or COM2 Select the correct COM port and the correct transmission speed from the list The given transmission speed is the speed used to talk with the M Bus repeater itself therefore you may always use the fastest speed 9600 baud D
5. Start the installation file HYDROCENTER2_Installation exe Example D is the CD ROM drive Start gt Execute D HYDROCENTER2_Installation exe The automatic installation proceeds During the installation you are able to select the installation directory The default setting of c program files nydrometer is recommended Start the HYDRO CENTER 2 software Start gt Programs gt HYDRO CENTER 2 Alternatively you may also double click the program icon on your Windows desktop 4 HYDRO CENTER 2 Introduction Customer Support HYDROMETER GmbH Phone 49 981 1806 0 Systems Fax 49 981 1806 605 Industriestra e 13 EMail support hydrometer de 91522 Ansbach Internet www hydrometer de Germany http www hydrometer com systeme http www hydrometer com systems HYDROMETER GmbH Ansbach Germany 2001 2007 The name HYDRO CENTER the HYDRO CENTER software and this manual are protected by copyright laws Copying translating transferring to other media like microfiches and other electromagnetic or optical storage media without the written permission of HYDROMETER is prohibited Trademarks or registered trademarks may be used throughout this manual Even if it is not shown explicitly they are protected by copyright laws and belong to their respective owners The HYDRO CENTER software and this manual were developed with great precision and tested extensively for being free of errors However it might be possibl
6. 5 If you want to add another device press the button again start at point 1 or as described at point 4 click into the description field of the device and press the Enter key After every change made to the device list it must be saved to the M Bus repeater otherwise the changes will not be activated Remember to first press after that you may start to enter the device parameters If you start entering device parameters without having pressed the new device button the parameters are lost or worse an existing device parameter set is overwritten Editing the device parameters of an existing device For editing the device parameters of a device already existing in the device list you must click on the device in the device list select the device and start editing the parameters shown As soon as you leave the appropriate entry field the new device parameter is taken After every change made to the device list it must be saved to the M Bus repeater otherwise the changes will not be activated HYDRO CENTER 2 r HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General 33 Delete device Deletes a device If you want to remove a device from the device list select its entry and press this button If you want to delete more than one device at once you may click the topic of the devices in the device list e g all devices of certain meter type If you want to arbitrarily delete several devices from the list you have to change the device list view
7. List Tree View z e jm Devices total 11111111 Custt Heatl Heat_ outlet Sharky Heat Outlet 11111113 Cust3 Heatl Heat_foutlet Energy Int 5 Heat Outlet 1111172F Gusti Heat Heat_ outlet HYDRO PORT Pulse Heat Ou D feeeeee Lustl Eech Electricity HYORO PORT Pulse Electricity D feeereee Cush Elect Electricty DG Electricity G02 33333333 Water Scampy Water i 444444440 Cust Gasl Gas Elster Gas The device list may be sorted using 5 different sort criteria Depending on the sort criteria the device list entries are containing different information Serial Number kv e jm Devices total 11111111 Custl Heatl Heat outlet Sharky Heat Outlet 11111113 Cust3 Heatl Heat outlet Energy lnt 5 Heat Outlet 1111112F Cust sHeatl Heat outlet HYORO PORT Pulse Heat Ou All the meters in the device list are sorted alphanumerically ascending according to their serial number M Bus secondary address The entry line contains the serial number the user defined description the medium and the device type HYDRO CENTER 2 HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General 19 Device Types y m Devices total FJ DZG DZG Electricity G02 1 ER 22222222 Cust2 Electl Electricity A ELS Elster Gas 1 i ddddddad Custl Gasl Gas All different device types in the device list are sorted alphanumerically ascending Below the device typ
8. Time 02 1 2003 20 03 Location Address Test Location Reading Interval Days to read P BSM Modem PIN a eleil BO Memon 10000434 Version 1 1 The connected M Bus repeater supports 60 devices has got the serial number 10000434 and its firmware version is 1 1 Reads the internal parameters of the M Bus repeater After the reading is completed the parameter fields are filled with the current values Een LU Reads the internal parameters of the M Bus repeater and additionally its device list If the device list is not too long that is if the loading of the device list from the M Bus repeater does not take too long this should be the standard button to use for making the first contact to an M Bus repeater Reset data logger memory Resets the data logger memory of the M Bus repeater All the data yet collected are definitely lost The M Bus repeater needs approx 10 seconds for resetting itself During this time it is not responding A current phone connection will be terminated if the user selects this command Set new password Programs the access code to the data logger memory of the M Bus repeater The default user name password combination is both times 0 However to protect the internal memory it is advisable to use an access code different from the default values By clicking this button the dialog beneath appears The user has to enter two times a new username and a new password r
9. device status may be disabled Default Not Checked Extended communication timeouts If the standard communication timeouts are too short that is the user often encounters communications problems this options may be enabled For long distance modem connections and serial connections which are transmitted using a serial to LAN converter it could be better to enable this options This option has got three possible settings going from normal timeout behavior to extreme long timeout waiting time Default Not Checked e Decimal point according to language C Decimal point always as comma 1 23 f Decimal point always as point 1 23 While saving read M Bus telegrams to a XLS text file the decimal point is by default set according to the selected program language e g a dot in English a comma in German However if the calculation program which is importing these files is not using the same decimal point setting the meter values are not imported correctly With this option the user may force the export of meter values to use a defined decimal point dot or comma regardless of the language setting of the program Default Decimal point according to language CC No PRIOS Support C Default PRIOS Kep PRIOS Key eS Supports PRIOS radio meters If the PRIOS support is enabled the software will automatically add functions to search for PRIOS radio meters and for automatic interpretation of them All the radio communication is d
10. from tree view to list view i J Then it is possible to use the multiple selection ability of the list ALT or CTRL key and clicking the devices to delete After every change made to the device list it must be saved to the M Bus repeater otherwise the changes will not be activated Compare device list Compares the currently loaded device list in the program with a device list saved to a file After pressing this button the dialog for selecting a file appears If the user has selected a file and confirmed the selection dialog a comparison of the two device lists is made The result window may look like the window beneath Comparison Of Two Device Lists Devices only present in the curent device list Devices only present in the loaded device list E Eigene Dateien lest Hl le jo X e m Devices total 0 Devices total A 12345678 asdf Heat Cooling Infocal Heat Co 23432424 asdi Heat outlet ABB FSO Heat C 34 HYDRO CENTER 2 HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General Export device list to a resource management software Exports the device list to the data base of a resource management software This button is only enabled if a data base of a resource management software was found at program start and if the appropriate option Database connection allowed at the settings dialog is enabled For exporting a device list follow the sequence beneath 1 Press 2 Enter username and passwor
11. is only useful for finding errors and debugging tasks for developers W Enable Special Meter Interpretation Some meters need special commands to be read correctly You may enable or disable the sending of special commands Default Checked Read all following M Bus telegrams HYDRO CENTER 2 r HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General 11 Some meters want to return more than one M Bus telegram if requested In this case a special flag in the answer from an M Bus is set meaning that the software should send another request to get the following telegram s Some M Bus meters have got up to 40 following telegrams therefore the reading of the complete answer of these devices may take a long time If this option is checked the request for following telegrams is always obeyed and all following telegrams of a meter are read If this option is not checked only the first two following telegrams making a total of three telegrams are read to save time Default Not Checked i Do Not Display Manufacturer Specific Data Some meters return manufacturer specific data not interpretable by M Bus in their standard M Bus response This data is displayed as a series of HEX numbers and usually not useful for the user Therefore the display of manufacturer specific data may be disabled Default Checked Display integrated meters lf an M Bus meter has got integrated meters that is additional counter inputs for additional meter values e g heat m
12. number serves as indicator for the signal strength of the GSM connection This value is only available for certain M Bus repeater Furthermore this value is only read once after a restart of the M Bus repeater Therefore to get a current value the user should connect to the remote M Bus repeater hang up after establishing a connection and connect again Due to the fact that the M Bus repeater resets itself after a remote connection the indicated signal strength is up to date at the second connection By pressing this button the currently shown GSM PIN GSM PIN setting is programmed into the M Bus repeater 28 HYDRO CENTER 2 HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General Device List Editing Iesel Jee SS By selecting the device list view button from the button bar the main window shows the device list editing functions The device list can be stored into an M Bus repeater with memory for automatic data logging M Bus repeaters without memory may not store a device list In this case the device list may be stored into a file e M Bus Standard C Old Addressing FLYPPER I C Primary Address O Addr Customer e Secondan Address Addr Radio Data Logger f Addr Fabrication C Addr ST Bus Secondary Address FFFFFFFF Unknown Device Typer M o Other ll Baud Hate 2400 Baud bd Selection Telegram D Descriptions Device parameter To automatically read a device it must be described by its parameters
13. repeater with memory This is automatically done if you have pressed Ee the U button at the parameter page Write device list Saves the displayed device list to an M Bus repeater only with memory After every change made to the device list it must be saved to the M Bus repeater otherwise the changes will not be activated 32 HYDRO CENTER 2 HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General Add a new device to the list SH Inserts a new device into the device list If the user wants to manually add a new device to the device list he has to follow the following sequence 1 Press 2 A new device is added to the device list and you notice that the button line is cleared leaving only two new buttons which are used to confirm the adding of a new device to the device list or to cancel the process Devices total 0 New Device gt FFFFFFFF Other lt Unknown Device Typer 3 Enter all the device parameter 4 To confirm the adding of a new device to the device list click either this button or if you are at the entry field for the device description last entry line press the Enter key If you press the Enter key at the device description line everything is prepared to directly enter another device To cancel all entries press X in this case the device is not added to the device list and all entries are discarded S e m Devices total 1 12345679 Test Water HYDRO PORT Pulse water
14. the devices you may use this button to call the filter options bd The dialog beneath will appear Filter Options Displayed Values lt All Values Iw Wednesday December 17 2003 00 00 Kn Date Time to wi Thursday December 18 2003 00 00 Reset OE Cancel From the list Displayed Values the user may select the device values he would like to see Possible options are lt All Values gt Default setting no filter is used lt Principal Values gt Only the principal values of a device are shown Principal values are e g the energy count temperatures and volume of a heat meter the energy count of an electricity meter the volume count of a water meter lt Principal Values with Integrated Meters gt Same as above but the integrated meters of a device are also displayed 40 HYDRO CENTER 2 HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General lt Billing Values gt Only values for meter billing are shown Billing values are e g the energy count and volume of a heat meter the energy count of an electricity meter the volume count of a water meter lt Billing Values with Integrated Meters gt Same as above but the integrated meters of a device are also displayed lt Billing Values Energy Only gt Only values for energy meter billing are shown Energy billing values are e g the energy count of a heat meter the energy count of an electricity meter lt Billing Values with Integra
15. use of this product or the inability to use this product including but not limited to damages for loss of business profits business interruption loss of business information or any other pecuniary loss HYDROMETER s entire liability is limited to the price paid for this product HYDRO CENTER 2 Introduction 3 Introduction What is the HYDRO CENTER 2 Software anyway The HYDRO CENTER range of M Bus repeater data logger is used to build up M Bus networks for reading resource meters like electricity meters heat meters water meters and more With the accompanying HYDRO CENTER 2 software the user is able to set the parameters of a HYDRO CENTER create a device list for automatic data logging perform an M Bus device search and many other things The HYDRO CENTER 2 software may be used free of charge but only in conjunction with a HYDRO CENTER M Bus repeater or data logger The HYDRO CENTER 2 software runs with Windows 2000 XP System Requirements The HYDRO CENTER 2 software runs on a Pentium class PC computer with at least 256 MByte of free memory Windows 2000 XP and approx 50 MByte free hard disk space Additionally a free serial interface port must be available For establishing a remote connection a standard AT command modem with serial interface must be available for your PC Software Installation Insert the storage media containing the installation file of HYDRO CENTER 2 into your PC disk or CD ROM
16. Bus radio receiver 300001 UO 2400 Baud M Bus 868 MHz Recenvver 30000100 Yersion 2 1 Time since last Reset 113089 Ser w Radio Communication Indicators red green Lifetime of radio telegrams 2h 0 Seconda Primam Medium Haudate Device Apart from the serial number and the baudrate the firmware version and the time in seconds from the last restart of the M Bus radio receiver are shown The radio communication indicators green and red LED blinking for a successfully or an erroneously received radio telegram may be switched on or off The lifetime of radio telegrams is the maximum allowed time for a radio device to stay in the M Bus receiver device list if there is not a more recent radio telegram received With this option all radio devices no longer emitting for one reason or another having been switched off or replaced are discarded from the device list therefore the device list is not containing obsolete radio modules 50 HYDRO CENTER 2 HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General lll Using this button the device list of the M Bus radio receiver is retrieved and shown in the device list this may take up to 30 seconds with 2400 baud Seconda Frima Mediurn Baudrate Device Vd 0000 12345678 253 Other S600 Unknown Device Type gt oon 40800782 253 Heat Cost Alloc S600 lt Unknown Device Type gt R 0003 45111534 253 Heat Cost Alloc S600 Unknown Device Typer BR ooo 45111536 253 Heat Co
17. C Addr Customer e Secondary Address C Addr Radio Data Logger C Addr Fabrication You may select the addressing for the M Bus search By default you should always use Secondary Address 42 HYDRO CENTER 2 HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General Baud Hate 400 Baud De Fast Search f Intense Search Enter the search baud rate by default 2400 baud Additionally the user may opt for a fast or an intense search Fast Search If there was no answer for a particular address during device search the software will immediately proceed with the next address 1 attempt in total Intense Search lf there was no answer for a particular address during device search the software will try this address another two times 3 attempts in total The intense search is recommended always However if that takes too long and less reliable results are OK for you you may also use the fast search Only PRIOS Devices M Only this device HYD HYDRO PORT Pulse Water ch If you are only looking for one particular device type you may use this option to limit the search to the device type selected start Address wt OFFFFFFF End Address we 20p0pp00 If a search for the complete address range takes too long or you have encountered M Bus collision trouble during the full search you may use this option to narrow in the address range to search You may enter an address or a so called wildcard address by using the character F as pla
18. a resource management software Load a device list from a file Save device list to a file Device Reading Read M Bus device s Read data logger memory Filter options M Bus device search 2 HYDRO CENTER 2 Introduction Add found devices to device list 44 Export device values read 44 Save device values read to a file 44 Copy device values read to clipboard 45 Value display formats 46 Standard view 46 Tabular format 1 46 Tabular format 2 46 Data base export format 46 General Device Reading 47 M Bus Radio Receiver 49 Trouble Shooting 53 No communication with the M Bus repeater 53 Other Communication Problems 54 HYDROMETER GmbH Ansbach Germany 2001 2007 The name HYDRO CENTER the HYDRO CENTER 2 software and this manual are protected by copyright laws Copying translating transferring to other media like microfiches and other electromagnetic or optical storage media without the written permission of HYDROMETER is prohibited Trademarks or registered trademarks may be used throughout this manual Even if it is not shown explicitly they are protected by copyright laws and belong to their respective owners The HYDRO CENTER 2 software and this manual were developed with great precision and tested extensively for being free of errors However it might be possible that undetected errors appear HYDROMETER is not liable for any incidental indirect or consequential damages whatsoever regarding this product the
19. age is that the tree view form shows the sort criteria better The advantage is that the user can multiple select devices using the ALT or the CTRL keys This is especially useful if the user wants to read out arbitrarily some of the devices in the device list This is not possible in tree view z a m to Devices total 7 Gb 11000086 Custl Electl Water HYDAO PORT Pulse Water 11111111 Cust Heat Heat outlet Sharky Heat Outlet 11111113 Cust3 Heatl Heat_foutlet Energy Int 5 Heat Outlet 1111112F Cust Heat Heat outlet HYDRO PORT Pulse Heat Outlet LE 22222222 Cust Elect Electricity Dia Electricity G02 35333333 Water Scampy Water i dd4dddddd Custl Gasl Gas Elster Gas As with the tree view the device list may be sorted using 5 different sort criteria Depending on the sort criteria the device list entries are containing different information however these are exactly the same as for the tree view Serial Number kv e o te Devices total 7 G 11000086 Custl Electi Water HYDARO PORT Pulse Water 11111111 Duett Heft Heat_foutlet Sharky Heat Outlet 11111113 Cust3 Heatl Heat_ outlet Eneray Int 5 Heat Outlet All the meters in the device list are sorted alohanumerically ascending according to their serial number M Bus secondary address The entry line contains the serial number the user defined description the medium and the device type 22
20. ay exclude values from the list Data base export format Ins 4 E port a 52531120031 031191 50010301 0108017211 0000877 D 95E C01 000007w aterlOO0D0000000000000000000000000000060000 5900 00000000000000000C DAD 22071 031192000030101 UE D r21 00004 34H yD SO000000000E Bus d uslerrdt UU UIOUOUOUOUGUIOE 0 0E UU DC0C0tO0 DD 3120031 0311930001030101 0801 7211 0000 D 95E DOC Zw ater OO000000000000000000000000000000060000 230000 00000000000000C geSaliz0031 031 1930000301010801 d 211 00008 FAY GE EU NHOO07W KOR NOR NOK KKK KKK NOR ECKORKNOK NOR ORK The M Bus telegrams of all devices are shown in raw binary format This format is only useful for exporting the data to a file The file is then later used to import the data to the data base of a resource management software 46 HYDRO CENTER 2 HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General General Device Reading By selecting the general device reading view button from the button bar the main window shows the following functions e Programming of a new M Bus primary address only standard M Bus command e Programming of a new M Bus baudrate standard M Bus command e M Bus device reading by entering a primary address e M Bus device reading by entering a secondary address 2 VEl Opto Transceiver 2400 Baud ch In the topmost line the baudrate to use is set additionally the option for using an opto transceiver is available The opto transceiver may only be used with the programming of a
21. ce holder for any digit of the address Please remember that the start address is included in the search but the end address is excluded from the search Therefore in the example given above all addresses up to 1999999 are searched The address 2000000 is excluded The same goes if you use 2FFFFFF as end address all addresses beginning with 2 will not be searched HYDRO CENTER 2 r HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General 43 Add found devices to device list After a successful device search all the devices found are not automatically added to the main device list of the program Instead the found devices are listed separately To add them to the main device list you have to press this button The option dialog beneath appears Add Found Devices To Device List e All found devices C Only selected devices C Use only address as filter C All devices without filter e Address manufacturer medium generation as filter recommended C All parameters as filter as above selection model Default Cancel First of all you may add all found devices or only the devices selected to the main device list After that you may also opt for comparing the found devices and the devices already in the main list Depending on the filter option all devices only devices with different serial number address only devices with different serial number address and different device type manufacturer medium generation or only devices wh
22. d general functions of the program e Connection parameters All the parameters necessary to establish a connection to the M Bus repeater device Standard LUM 2 ll 9600 E aud Serial f Memory Modem C Serial Number Uzemame i Password E e Device list parameters On the left hand side there is the device list The right hand side contains depending on the currently selected view the M Bus repeater parameters M Bus device list parameters or the M Bus device values Y e jm deb Devices total 0 M Bus Voltages M Bus Current Modem IDA Baud Date Time Location Address Reading Interval Days to read GSM Modem PIN HYDRO CENTER 2 HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General 7 Button Bar The button line contains several buttons to control general function of the program From left to right Selects the parameter view on the main screen Selects the device list view on the main screen Selects the device reading view on the main screen Selects the immediate reading of M Bus devices also programming of a new M Bus primary address and baudrate Selects the M Bus radio receiver 868 MHz or 434 MHz reading E Reading started Interrupts a currently ongoing process e g reading of the M Bus repeater reading of an M Bus device establishing a connection This button is only active if a process is running Ca Shows the dialo
23. d to access the resource management software this username and password is usually different from the username and password for accessing the M Bus repeater memory 3 Select the appropriate options from the upcoming option dialog Select the devices to be exported C Export all devices in the device list e Exoort all devices which are not yet present in the database recommended Export only selected devices Export only selected devices which are not yet present in the database Please state if you wish to check all devices before doing the export NOTE Without a device check itis not guaranteed that the export will be correct o Check devices before doing the export recommended Do not check devices Would you like to enter the TAG IDs and descriptions manually or automatically e Enter TAG ID and description manually recommended C Automatic entry TAG ID serial number description measured medium Please select the reading interval of the devices default setting recommended C Even Minute e Even 5 minutes or even 15 minutes C Ever hour or less frequently HYDRO CENTER 2 r HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General 35 Select the devices to be exported C Export all devices in the device list e Export all devices which are not yet present in the database recommended f Export only selected devices f Export only selected devices which are not pet present in the database You may opt for expor
24. e entry there are all the meters belonging to the respective type The device type entry contains the manufacturer the device type and the number of devices of that type in the device list e g HYD ENERGY HEAT Outlet 1 Manufacturer HYD Hydrometer Device Type ENERGY HEAT Number 1 device of this type in the device list Media Y e m 3 D Devices total 7 ER Electricity 23 ER 22222271 Custt Elect HYDRO PORT Pulse Electricity FJ effeeeee Cust Elect OG Electricty G02 i Gas 1l i 4444dddad Custl Gasl Elster Das All different device media are sorted alphanumerically ascending Below the media entry there are all the meters measuring the respective media The media entry contains the media and the number of devices measuring this media in the device list e g Electricity 2 Media Electricity Number 2 devices measuring this media are present 20 HYDRO CENTER 2 HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General Customer Y e m Devices total G Unknown Customer 1 33333333 Water Scampy Water Duett 3 FJ Elect 22222241 Electricity HYDARO PORT Pulse Electricity i Das 44444444 Gas Elster Gas Heal 11111111 Heat outlet Sharky Heat Outlet The M Bus repeater device list has got a description field which may contain 18 characters max The M Bus repeater device list has not got another field for a customer description however if the user ente
25. e that undetected errors appear HYDROMETER is not liable for any incidental indirect or consequential damages whatsoever regarding this product the use of this product or the inability to use this product including but not limited to damages for loss of business profits business interruption loss of business information or any other pecuniary loss HYDROMETER s entire liability is limited to the price paid for this product HYDRO CENTER 2 Introduction 5 HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General Main Window Center Standard d S600 B aud zi fe Serial Ce Memory C Modem C Serial Number Username Password M Bus Voltages M Bus Current Modem IOA Baud Date Time Location Address Reading Interval Days to read GSM Modem PIN The software follows the Windows standards for PC software For all the buttons on the windows there are short descriptions which will appear if you move the mouse pointer over the respective button and wait approx one second without moving the mouse pointer or pressing a button Center Skate ALT 1 6 HYDRO CENTER 2 HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General Entry fields with a white background may be altered entry fields with a yellow background are fixed and are used for displaying values only After the start of the program you see the window shown above which is roughly divided in three parts e Button bar Here you fin
26. eceiver is set A radio device will be discarded from the device list if the M Bus receiver has not received a radio telegram within the given interval of time The default setting is 2 hours intervals from 1 hour to 18 hours may be set Additionally the lifetime checking of radio modules in the device list may be switched off al A device list retrieved from the M Bus radio receiver can be added exported to the main device list of the program This process is the same as for adding found devices to the device list after an M Bus device search Once added to the main device list the meter values of the radio modules can be read the same way as for any other standard M Bus device The radio modules can also be written the internal device list of the M Bus repeater allowing the automatic time controlled logger reading of radio modules Using this button the complete content of the M Bus radio receiver memory is retrieved and written to a local file This function is only used for testing and debugging purposes and should not be used during standard operation HYDRO CENTER 2 r HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General 51 The internal firmware of the M Bus radio receiver may be updated using this button Usually the M Bus radio receiver is delivered with the most recent firmware version however if there will be improvements in the firmware it is possible to update older M Bus radio receiver to the latest firmware version Before using this b
27. ecrypted therefore to encrypt it the software needs a encryption key Depending on whether you are using the default PRIOS key or a user defined key you must select the appropriate option and enter an encryption key if necessary Default No PRIOS Support NOTE If this option is set to No PRIOS Support then the button for accessing the M Bus radio receiver functions is not displayed on the main page DES Key e Supports the reading of radio meters which are sending DES encrypted data telegrams For automatic decryption of these meters enter the DES key in hexadecimal form e g 45A13F Default No DES key HYDRO CENTER 2 HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General 13 Connection Parameters An M Bus repeater may be addressed in three different ways depending on the selection on the left hand side of this part of the window C Standard C Memory f Serial Humber 2345678 Username i Password i Standard Default All M Bus repeater repeater and data logger connected to the M Bus will answer This is the default setting since usually only one M Bus repeater is present Memory Only M Bus repeater memory devices data logger connected to the M Bus will answer This setting is useful if there is a large M Bus network with one or more M Bus repeater used as bus amplifier In this case the Standard setting will cause M Bus collisions since the data logger and the repeater will answer simultaneously Serial Number
28. ed HYDRO CENTER 2 r HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General 47 Primary Address A direct reading of an M Bus device using the given primary address is started An eventual answer from the M Bus device is displayed in the meter value list beneath same display formats as for the device reading using the device list The communication speed is given by the selection above Optionally an opto transceiver may be used see above If only one device is connected to the M Bus repeater or if the communication is going over an opto transceiver then the M Bus broadcast address 254 may also be used Secondary Address A direct reading of an M Bus device using the given secondary address is started An eventual answer from the M Bus device is displayed in the meter value list beneath same display formats as for the device reading using the device list The communication speed is given by the selection above Optionally an opto transceiver may be used see above For any arbitrary digit of the secondary address the character F may be used For example the address 9FFFFFFF tries to read all devices with a secondary address starting with 9 en An M Bus device read by direct reading will be added to the main device list The export to the main device list is not equal to the fact that the device in question is also exported to the device list of the M Bus repeater To do so the respective function for writing the device list of the M Bus
29. er perform an M Bus search for connected M Bus devices and export the read values to a file All read values may be displayed and exported in different formats gt m leo Time point Value Unit IGE U ES Read M Bus device s Select one or more devices from the device list by clicking them and press this button to read In tree view you may only select one device or you may select a complete group of devices to read by clicking on the respective topic Multiple selection is not possible however you may use the list view of the device list to multiple select devices for reading Read data logger memory The data logger memory of the M Bus repeater is read Only the number of Days to read set by the user will be read from the data logger memory HYDRO CENTER 2 r HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General 39 Filter options After reading one or more devices or after reading the data logger memory the display will show all the values of all the devices read without filter Device filtering However if you want to view only selected devices click on the respective device entry in the device list Then only the values of these devices are shown To remind you that a filter is active the warning beneath is displayed Filter Activated gt For removing the filter you have to click the entry Devices total in the device list gz e Ip Value filtering For only showing certain values of
30. espectively Username and password may only consist of numerical digits If HYDRO CENTER 2 r HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General 25 you want to use the M Bus repeater in conjunction with an additional resource management software the length of username and password together may not exceed 9 digits New Password Username Ez ES Password Please enter the new username and the new password twice respectively Use only numerical digits 0 9 and confirm with UK Cancel M Bus Voltages Passive 36 95 Yo Actwe 48 69 The current M Bus voltages are displayed Some M Bus repeater 25 devices are not supporting the display of the M Bus voltages In that case this field will be empty MM Bus Current D m appros U dewicelsl The current M Bus current Each M Bus device draws a current of 1 5 mA therefore it is possible to approximately calculate the number of M Bus devices connected to the bus Modem IrDA Baud Modem 300 Id e 2400 By using a telephone connection or an optical IrDA connection the baud rate from the PC to the M Bus repeater or to the modem respectively is fixed Therefore the M Bus baud rate at which the meters are requested differs from the communication baud rate Usemame and Password corect The status line shows the result of the last parameter reading request of the M Bus repeater If you are encountering any errors during read out please check the status line for any error m
31. essages displayed 26 HYDRO CENTER 2 HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General Set date time Date Time DE 142003 20 03 The internal date and time of the M Bus repeater Date and time are only updated after a reading of the M Bus repeater fd By pressing this button the internal clock of the M Bus repeater is set according to the clock of the PC Itis not possible to enter date nor time Set new location address Location Address Test Location The user may give the M Bus repeater an arbitrary name for classification purposes This field may contain up to 25 characters By pressing this button the currently shown location address is programmed into the M Bus repeater Set new reading interval Reading Interval f Days to read PRE PEPE ret te AER a PEE HEE PEE PERT PEE ERE PROC E POPE PERCE PETE EEE GSM Modem FIN This list contains the possible reading intervals for the automatic data logging function of the M Bus repeater Possible values are Gen no automatic data logging 1 Minute 5 Minutes 15 Minutes 1 Hour 3 Hours 6 Hours 12 Hours 24 Hours 1 Day 1 x 15 x The 17 and 15 day of each month at 00 00 o clock lf enabled the M Bus repeater will read all the devices in its device lists automatically using the given interval The reading starts always on the minute on the hour e g 00 00 00 05 00 10 Days to read P This values gives the number of days to read fr
32. essing the M Bus repeater e Standard if there is only one M Bus repeater with or without memory connected e Memory if there is only one M Bus repeater with memory but more M Bus repeater without memory connected any M Bus repeater without memory will not answer e Serial number if there are more than one M Bus repeater with memory connected In this case the addressing by using the serial number of the M Bus repeater is mandatory e the connection between the computer and the M Bus repeater PC connector or the modem respectively e the connection between the M Bus repeater and the M Bus devices If the problem persists you may also try to switch off the FiFo buffer of the serial port e At the program settings dialog deselect the option FiFo buffer of the serial interface enabled FiFo buffer of the serial interface enabled e Additionally you have to switch off the FiFo buffer for the respective serial port at the system configuration of Windows Start gt Control Panel gt System e Click on Device Manager e Double click on Connections COM and LPT e Double click on the serial port you would like to modify e Click on Interface Settings e Click on Extended e Deactivate the FiFo buffer for the serial port completely e The description of the dialogs may vary depending on the Windows version you are using Both steps described here are always necessary switching off the FiFo in the program and
33. eter with two additional pulse inputs for cold and warm water than these integrated meters may be displayed as separate devices in the device list Default Not Checked W Recalculate Values To Base Unita In the M Bus standard physical units with a multiplier like 10 KWh 100 MWh are defined If this option is checked the program recalculates these units and all non standard units automatically to their respective base units e g 123 10 Wh becomes 1 23 kWh Default Checked i Data not yet saved warning Displays a warning message if there are still not yet saved data in the program while the user exits the program The user may than return to the program and save the data or continue exiting the program Default Checked Save filter options Saves the currently selected filter settings for displaying the meter data For displaying meter data the user may select filter options only certain values only the first two three four values of a meter By default these filter options are reset every time the user reads a meter If this checkbox is selected the filter options are kept even if the program is closed Default Not Checked 12 HYDRO CENTER 2 HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General Do not display device state If this option is enabled the device status of M Bus devices from the header of the M Bus telegram is not displayed Many M Bus devices are not using the device status coding and therefore the display of the
34. g with the program settings language dial options Shows the online help this document Exits the program 8 HYDRO CENTER 2 HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General Program Settings d By pressing the program settings button the user may set several program parameters ES The dialog beneath appears Center Settings Please select a language Sa LH Se iS Modem Command Max time for establishing conmectio M GSM modem DIN number Initializing TC35 W Database connection enabled lw FiFo buffer of the serial interface enabled Complete Memory Reading DES Fey KAT 3 Ai sel Enable Special Meter Interpretation Read all following M Bus telegrams Iw Do Not Display Manufacturer Specific Data TT Display integrated meters Iw Recalculate Values To Base Units Iw Data not yet saved warming Save filter options Do not display device state Extended communication timeouts Ce Decimal point according to language Decimal point always as comma 1 23 Decimal point always as point 1 23 No 868 MHz Receiver Support Ce Default 868 MHz Receiver Key f 868 MHz Key Cancel HYDRO CENTER 2 HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General 9 Please select a language By clicking on the appropriate flag the user may choose the program language The new language will be used the next time the program is started Modem Command KATKI This field is for adding additi
35. ich are completely different are added to the main device list Export device values read All read device values may be exported to a resource management software by clicking this button It is only available if a resource management software data base is found during program start and if the option Database Connection Allowed from the settings dialog is enabled Note that if any filter options are activated only the filtered device values will be exported Save device values read to a file All device values shown in the list are exported to a text file tabulator separated columns with the file extension XLS This file may be opened e g by EXCEL The export format is exactly the same as used for the list display Note that if any filter options are activated only the filtered device values will be exported 44 HYDRO CENTER 2 HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General Copy device values read to clipboard Eg All device values shown in the list are copied to the clipboard From there they may be pasted to another application like EXCEL or WORD The copy format is exactly the same as used for the list display Note that if any filter options are activated only the filtered device values will be copied HYDRO CENTER 2 HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General 45 Value display formats The read device values may be displayed in four different formats The fourth format is only to be used for the binary export to a resource manage
36. in Windows Afterwards it is mandatory to restart Windows even though there might not be a message HYDRO CENTER 2 Trouble Shooting 53 Other Communication Problems Another possibility to correct communication problems is the option Extended Communication Timeouts which can also be found at the program settings dialog Extended communication timeouts If this option is enabled the program uses extended delays while waiting for a communication answer This can improve the communication in the following cases e if the communication is done over a telephone line and the M Bus repeater is very far away from the central e if the communication is done using a serial to LAN converter A serial to LAN converter is used to transmit the serial interface signals to a remote M Bus receiver which is connected to the LAN Very different communication answering times may appear depending on the load of the LAN network The only disadvantage of selecting this option is the extended duration of a communication 54 HYDRO CENTER 2 Trouble Shooting HYDRO CENTER 2 Trouble Shooting 55
37. ment software Standard view 5 m Jeo Time point Walue Unit A 3110 2003 19 45 11000056 Device Number HrDRODORHT Pulse Water UU Device State 1 230000 Energy kh 0 035600 Energy Ikwhkzlnc per Input Pulse on Input Ch U 3110 2003 19 45 110000857 Device Number q HYDRAO PORT Pulse Water O1 Device State 7 0 005300 Energy kh 0 002570 Energy kA per Input Pulse on Input Ch O All values of the devices are simply listed using the sequence of their appearance in the M Bus telegram respectively Tabular format 1 e Value Device Number Device Unit 0271172003 13 50 31710741 10000434 OO HYDRO CENTER Firmware Version H 0011 10000434 01 HYDRO CENTER Error Flags binary B4 10000434 02 HYDRO CENTER Digital Input binary 0 All values of the devices are listed with their respective time points in tabular form By using the filter options the user may exclude values from the list Tabular format 2 gt m Description Device Value Medium Primary Address Seconda Address Generation Manufacture E HvDROLENTER UU Bus System 253 10000434 90 HYD E HvDROLENTER UI Bus System 253 10000434 g0 HYD m H DROLENTER 02 BusdGustem 253 10000434 g0 HYD All values of the devices are listed with their respective time points in tabular form This format is similar to the first tabular format however there are more parameter of the device shown By using the filter options the user m
38. new primary address or with the immediate primary or secondary address reading of a device The baudrate programming function ignores the opto transceiver setting Curent Address 254 New Primary Address a This function alters the primary address of an M Bus device if the device in question is supporting the standard M Bus primary address changing command The above set baudrate is used as communication speed optionally the device may be programmed using an opto transceiver instead of an M Bus repeater The entry field with the current address must be filled with the current primary address of the device entry field contains 3 digits or less or the secondary address of the device entry field contains more than 3 digits The broadcast address 254 may also be used if there is only one device connected to the M Bus repeater or if an opto transceiver is used Broadcast Address 254 New Baudrate 9400 Baud For M Bus devices which are not supporting the automatic communication speed detection autobaud this function sets a new communication speed It is only possible to set the baudrate for the entire M Bus network using the broadcast address 254 with answer or 255 without answer Preferably the broadcast address 255 without answer should be used to avoid extended bus collisions if more than one device is connected to the M Bus However for devices not supporting or not recognizing the broadcast address 255 the address 254 must be us
39. ng to devices not yet read read with success or read without success HYDRO CENTER 2 r HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General 23 Parameter By selecting the parameter view button from the button bar the main window shows the internal parameters of the M Bus repeater After starting the software when there was not yet a reading the parameter fields are empty and only two buttons are available M Bus Yolkages II M Bus Current Modem IrDA Baud Date Time Location Address Reading Interval 9 gt Daye to read GSM Modem PIN Read internal state parameters Reads the internal parameters of the M Bus repeater After the reading is completed the parameter fields are filled with the current values Read internal state parameters and device list ae LU Reads the internal parameters of the M Bus repeater and additionally its device list If the device list is not too long that is if the loading of the device list from the M Bus repeater does not take too long this should be the standard button to use for making the first contact to an M Bus repeater 24 HYDRO CENTER 2 HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General If the parameter reading was successful the parameter fields are filled with the current values HM Bus Voltages Passive 38 95 Active 22 694 MM Bue Current Dm approx O device s Modem IDA Baud Modem 200 IDA 2400 Usemame and Password correct Date
40. o not use any other transmission speeds for the direct serial communication Standard values COM1 and 300 2400 or 9600 baud COM 2 sl 19200 Baud C Serial Test f Modem Number 1 234567990 Modem If you want to establish a remote connection to a M Bus repeater using a dial up phone connection you must connect a standard AT command modem to a free serial port of your PC Alternatively internal PC modems may also be used if there is a virtual port driver installed for them that is that the modem may be used like any other external serial modem using serial COM port commands Standard values COM1 and 9600 or 19200 baud Use only 9600 or 19200 baud as transmission speeds over modem Additionally the user has to enter the phone number to call or select an entry of the phone number list In this case the respective phone number is automatically inserted HYDRO CENTER 2 r HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General 15 Establishing a Telephone Connection e To establish a phone connection with a remote M Bus repeater the user has to fill in the correct communication parameters as described in the previous chapter COM port transmission speed phone number e Afterwards he presses the connect button e The display changes as indicated below For interrupting the dialing process the user may click the Break button may not work immediately but within few seconds Additionally a small indicator blue rectangle shows that the user is wo
41. om the data logger memory if the data memory of the M Bus repeater is requested The data memory of the data logger may contain a large amount of data HYDRO CENTER 2 r HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General 27 which the user does not want to load or which he has already loaded Therefore it is possible to limit the reading to the number of days programmed here The counting starts always from the latest day and refers only to days really stored into the data logger e g while using the 1 and 15 of each month as reading interval only the 1 and the 15 count as one day Therefore the setting 4 days to read will read the values of the last two months To read all the data logger memory the user has to enter 0 ZS By pressing this button the currently shown reading interval and the currently shown number of days to read are programmed into the M Bus repeater Set GSM modem PIN number BSM Modem PIN w GSM Modem PIN 1234 If a remote M Bus repeater is connected to a GSM modem the M Bus repeater must know the PIN number of the telephone card to access the GSM modem In this case the user must select the checkbox and enter the PIN number of the telephone card in the GSM modem connected to the M Bus repeater at the remote site If the M Bus repeater is connected to a standard analog or digital modem or the M Bus repeater is connected directly to the PC this checkbox must be disabled The gray field on the right hand side of the PIN
42. onal modem initialization commands The commands inserted here are always sent to the modem before the respective dial command with the phone number The brackets around the command will put the string in the same command which is used for dialing e g ATX3 will lead to a command sequence like ATX3 do not wait for calling tone ATDT0123456789 dial phone number lt ATX3 gt will lead to a command sequence like ATX3DT0123456789 do not wait for calling tone dial phone number Especially internal modem may need the sequence where all the commands are put in one line with brackets Default lt ATX3 gt Mas time for establishing connectio 45 E i This parameter is used to determine the maximum allowed delay between dialing a phone number and the confirmation that the line is established If the line is not established after the given delay the program will hang up and try calling again up to 3 times After three times not reaching the remote system the attempt is cancelled If the connection establishing takes a rather long time you may increase this value Standard values 30 90 seconds Default 45s w GSM modem PIN number 1234 If you are using a GSM Modem on your PC you must enter the PIN number for accessing your phone card 10 HYDRO CENTER 2 HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General GSM modem DIN number If you are using a standard analog or digital modem you must disable this checkbox Default Not Checked Initiali
43. ou do not want to enter the meter value TAG ID and description manually you may opt for inserting them automatically by the software In this case you may alter them later on in your resource management software Please select the reading interval of the devices default setting recommended O Ever Minute e Even 5 minutes or every 15 minutes f Every hour or less frequently Select the appropriate reading frequency for the devices to export bh 4 Click on the next button to proceed to the next step 3 5 For each device found there will appear a dialog similar to the one displayed beneath 36 HYDRO CENTER 2 HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General Export TE 11000086 HYDRO PORT Pulse Water __ TAG Description Volume I DEVICE Test Device 1 Volume ma 6 You may now select the meter values to export by checking or un checking the blue buttons on the left hand side of the meter value descriptions Additionally you have to enter a unique TAG ID and 8 a unique description for each meter value you would like to export Click on the next button to proceed to the next device To skip the rest of the devices you may also click on the skip button 7 After exporting the last device you may assign all devices to a communication process Here you may enter the name of a new communication process or if existent select a communication process from the list Would wou like to a
44. ow At the beginning the screen with the M Bus receiver functions looks like the example shown beneath 2400 Baud Time since last Reset Radio Communication Indicators red green Lifetime of radio telegrams Fh U Seconda Primam Medium Baudrate Device HYDRO CENTER 2 r HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General 49 30000100 2400 Baud sl If there is one or more M Bus radio receiver connected to the M Bus repeater the button for retrieving the internal state values is used Before pressing this button the serial number of the M Bus radio receiver in question and the baudrate to use must be entered If there is only one M Bus radio receiver connected to the M Bus the entry field with the serial number may stay blank The M Bus radio receiver may communicate using 2400 baud or 9600 baud however it is not capable of automatic baudrate detection autobaud If the communication speed is not properly selected the M Bus radio receiver will not answer Therefore if the current communication speed of an M Bus radio receiver is not known the user should try both speeds 2400 and 9600 baud The factory default setting for the communication speed is 2400 baud However for a faster transmission especially for the device list it is advised to change the baudrate to 9600 baud see beneath if the M Bus network cable length permits After a successful reading the main windows shows the configuration of the M
45. r requesting the device Usually this value is 300 baud or 2400 baud After selecting a device type this field is automatically filled Therefore you should not change the default value Selection Telegram Application Rezet 00 e Some devices need an additional M Bus command sent in front of the M Bus request You may enter the command here using HEX figures e g 68 03 03 68 Several predefined M Bus commands are available from the list Usually the correct M Bus command is inserted automatically by selecting the appropriate device type therefore you should not change this entry Descriptor Cust Meter For each device the user may enter a 18 digit character text which is used as description of the device If the following convention is used the devices in the device list may also be sorted by their customer names respectively Cust Description Customer name and device description are divided by a colon HYDRO CENTER 2 r HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General 31 Examples Flatl Meter2 customer unknown description Flat1 Meter2 Cust1 Meterl customer Cust1 description Meier The user must not necessarily follow this convention he may use the description field as it is However if he does he has got the advantage of sorting the device list by customer names Read device list Reads the device list of an M Bus repeater only with memory Click this button if you want to read the stored device list from an M Bus
46. repeater must be used 48 HYDRO CENTER 2 HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General M Bus Radio Receiver Bint The M Bus radio receiver captures the radio telegrams of PRIOS radio modules 868 MHz or 434 MHz The last radio telegram respectively of a maximum of 1000 radio modules are stored within the internal memory of the M Bus radio receiver The reading of this radio data is done by M Bus commands To address a certain radio module within the M Bus radio receiver the secondary selection with fabrication number is used The secondary address is related to the radio module itself serial number manufacturer code generation and medium the fabrication number contains the serial number of the M Bus receiver from which the radio telegram is to be retrieved By using this addressing scheme it is clearly defined from which M Bus radio receiver the radio data should be read even though one specific radio module may be captured by more than one M Bus radio receiver The data transmitted by the radio modules are encrypted therefore without the appropriate decryption key the meter values cannot be retrieved C No PRIOS Support C Default PRIOS Kep PRIOS Key ao By default the Default PRIOS key should be used Only if the a self defined encryption key is used the PRIOS key is to be entered directly If the option No PRIOS Support is selected the button for accessing the M Bus radio receiver functions does not appear on the main wind
47. rication number is also used Very few devices are supporting this addressing mode Priman Address f Addr Customer C Secondan Address C Addr Radio Data Logger f Addr Fabrication f Addr STH Bus Customer Address 1 2345679901 2 Customer Humber 0987654321 09 The customer addressing mode uses a 12 digit customer address and a 12 digit customer number to address the device Very few devices are supporting this addressing mode 30 HYDRO CENTER 2 HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General Primary Address O Addr Customer C Secondan Address e Addr Radio Data Logger Addr Fabrication C Addr ST Bus Secondary Address W2M45B7B Radio Address BO HYD 95 04 Heat foute The radio data logger addressing mode is used if there are radio data logger with M Bus connections installed The radio data logger have got an internal primary address in the range of 0 to 250 which must be entered at the appropriate field The other parameters are the same as for standard secondary addressing C Primary Address O Addr Customer Secondany Address C Addr Radio Data Logger C Addr Fabrication f Add STH Bus Primary Address 3 The STX bus mode is similar to the primary addressing mode except that meters of a specific manufacturer are addressed Apart from the addressing mode there are the following parameters to specify for each device Baud Aate 400 Baud Select the transmission speed baud rate to be used fo
48. rking over a phone line H 234567090 e f the connection is established the display changes once more as indicated below From now on the user may communicate with the remote M Bus repeater and its M Bus meters e To hang up the line the user presses the respective button CG 16 HYDRO CENTER 2 HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General List of Phone Numbers The program has got a tool for managing phone numbers By pressing the respective button the user may edit his list of phone numbers Phone Number Description E Phone Number Test 1234567890 Teste 0987654321 Insert a new telephone number into the phone list The dialog beneath appears Phone Number New Edit Description Test Phone Number 1234567890 Load device list automatically E HYDRO CENTER 2 HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General 17 Here the user may enter the description for the telephone number which is usually the description of the location of the M Bus repeater and the phone number itself Additionally the user may assign a specific device list to this phone number Then every time the respective phone number description is selected from the main window the device list is loaded automatically This feature is useful if the device list for the respective remote M Bus repeater contains a lot of meters and the user does not want to download it all the time from
49. rs a description like cust1 desc1 the first part before the colon is used as customer and the second part after the colon as description Therefore it is also possible to sort the devices according to customers Devices in the list which has not got a description at all or a description with no colon in it are listed under lt Unknown Customer gt The customer entry contains the customer name and the number of devices belonging to this customer e g Gust 3 Customer Cust1 Number 3 devices belonging to this customer Read Not Read Devices g m In e 0R Devices total 7 0E Devices Successtully Head TI G 11000086 Custl Electl Water HYDRO PORT Pulse Water ey Devices Not Successfully Head 6 11111111 Custl Heatl Heat outlet Sharky Heat Outlet 11111113 Custs Heatl Heat outlet Energy lnt 5 Heat Outlet The last sort option is according to devices not yet read read with success or read without success The read not read devices sort option contains three different headers Devices Not Read Devices Read and Devices Not Successfully Read e g Devices Successfully Read 1 Devices Not Successfully Read 6 One device was read successfully 6 devices were not read successfully HYDRO CENTER 2 r HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General 21 Device List List View The device list in list view form contains the same information than in tree view form However the disadvant
50. ssign the TAGs to a communication process now C No do not assign the TAGs to a communication process f Assign all TAGs to a new communication process e Please keep in mind that new communication processes are always created as machve and therefore the user must activate them manually HYDRO CENTER 2 HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General 37 Load a device list from a file Loads a previously stored device list from a file After pressing this button the file selection dialog appears and the user may select a device list file to load The file extension of the device list files is always HYL After every change made to the device list it must be saved to the M Bus repeater otherwise the changes will not be activated Save device list to a file Saves the current device list into a file Press this button enter or select a filename and press save The file extension for device list files is always HYL In addition to this HYL file a file with XLS extension with the same name is created The XLS file contains the device list in readable text format text divided by tabulators which can be directly opened by EXCEL 38 HYDRO CENTER 2 HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General Device Reading By selecting the device reading view button from the button bar the main window shows the M Bus device reading functions Apart from simply reading one or more devices the user may also read the data logger memory of an M Bus repeat
51. st Alloc S600 lt Unknown Device Type gt R 004 45111537 253 Heat Lost Alloc S600 Unknown Device Type gt 7 R oos 45117539 253 Heat Lost Alloc S600 Unknown Device Type gt R 000 45111544 253 Heat Cost Alloc S600 Unknown Device Type gt BR coor 45111617 253 Heat Cost Alloc S600 lt Unknown Device Typer coos 45111619 253 Heat Cost Alloc S600 lt Unknown Device Type gt R ooog 451171620 255 Heat Lost Alloc S600 lt Unknown Device Type gt Wand 45200420 253 Heat Cost Alloc 4600 Unknown Device Typer oni 45200425 253 Heat Cost Alloc S600 Unknown Device Type gt ze The leftmost column contains the number of the radio device the other columns containing the secondary address the primary address always 253 since it is only virtual the measured medium the baudrate and the device type SS The M Bus radio receiver is able to communicate with 2400 baud or 9600 baud however it is not supporting the automatic detection of the communication speed autobaud With this button the communication speed of the M Bus radio receiver is changed from one baudrate to the other depending on the baudrate currently selected The factory default setting for the communication speed is 2400 baud In general it is advised to change the speed to 9600 baud if the M Bus network cable length permits With 9600 baud the communication times are reduced Using this button the maximum lifetime of a radio module within the device list of the M Bus radio r
52. ted Meters Energy Only gt Same as above but the billing values of integrated meters are also shown 1 Value Only the first value in the M Bus telegram of a device is shown 2 Values Additionally the user may select a time span for the values to be displayed Only device values read within the given start end time will be displayed Do not forget to reset the filter options if you want to view the complete reading again Especially if you have enabled the option to save the filter options from the settings dialog you should carefully watch if filtering is enabled or not Filter Actyabend gt HYDRO CENTER 2 r HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General 41 M Bus device search Performs an M Bus device search By clicking this button the dialog beneath appears where the user may select several search options M Bus device search M Bus Standard C Old Addressing FLY PRER Primary Address O Addr Customer Secondary Address C Addr Radia Data Logger Addr Fabrication Baud Hate 2400 Baud Fast Search e Intense Search Only PRIOS Devices w Only this device HYD HYORO PORT Pulse Water Start Address wi OFFFFFFF End Address wt ZUUDUUUU Cancel e MM Bus Standard C Dld Adressing FLY PPER I If you are still using old M Bus devices which uses a different addressing scheme you may enable the old addressing button By default you should always use M Bus Standard Primary Address
53. the M Bus repeater device itself e Assign the currently shown device list main window to the respective phone number W Load device list automatically Load device list automatically e Remove the assigned device list for a phone number New Edit dialog and press the device list assignment button once more Edit an existing phone number entry Click on a phone list entry and press this button to change the phone number or its description Alternatively the user may also double click the respective phone list entry Delete an existing phone number entry To delete more than one phone list entry the user may select multiple entries from the phone number list using the ALT or CTRL key while marking entries and delete them at once Load a phone number list from a file The user imports an existing phone number list from a file Store a phone number list into a file To save the list of phone numbers the user may export it to a file Exit this dialog 18 HYDRO CENTER 2 HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General Device List The device list contains all the devices assigned to an M Bus repeater and is usually also stored within the M Bus repeater memory if it has got memory There are two different forms of displaying this list in tree form and in list form Show device list in tree form better hierarchical sort structure Show device list in list form better arbitrary selection of devices Device
54. ting all devices or only the devices selected from the device list Additionally the software may perform a check for already existing devices In this case all devices already present in the data base of the resource management software will not be exported Please state if you wish to check all devices before doing the export NOTE Without a device check itis not guaranteed that the export will be correct e Check devices before doing the export recommended Do not check devices You may opt for checking all devices before exporting them or not Checking all devices means that the software tries to read every device once a connection to the devices is necessary This option is strongly recommended since only then you will be sure that all exported parameters are correct However the process of checking all devices may take some time if there are a lot of devices to export therefore you may also opt for omitting this process not recommended Would you like to enter the TAG Ds and descriptions manually or automatically e Enter TAG ID and description manually recommended C Automatic entry TAG ID serial number description measured medium Usually you have to enter the so called TAG ID meter value number and description of the meter value to export manually TAG ID and description are used to recognize the respective meter value Therefore it is recommended to use a scheme for entering TAG ID and meter number However if y
55. utton the user should verify e the communication speed should be set to 9600 baud the update process takes than approximately 5 minutes e if the update process fails it can be repeated as often as necessary However once programmed to firmware update mode the M Bus radio receiver stays in firmware update mode until the update process is completed it is no longer possible to receive radio telegrams nor to read the device list e before starting the firmware update the user should verify if the firmware version to be programmed is more recent than the firmware version of the M Bus receiver in question It is possible to downgrade to an older version of the firmware version If the firmware versions are equal it is not necessary to do a firmware update The internal device list of the M Bus radio receiver is cleared Additionally the M Bus radio receiver is reset Afterwards the device list is built up from scratch with the radio modules received after the reset 52 HYDRO CENTER 2 HYDRO CENTER 2 Software In General Trouble Shooting No communication with the M Bus repeater If there is no communication between the computer and the M Bus repeater or the M Bus devices please check the following points e the correct type of the communication serial modem e serial port COM1 COM2 e communication speed usually 2400 or 9600 baud for direct serial communication and 9600 or 19200 baud for modem communication e addr
56. zing TC 2 The Siemens TC35 GSM modems must be specifically initialized before using them Connect a Siemens TC35 GSM modem to the respective COM port and press this button The Siemens TC35 GSM modem will be programmed to function correctly with the system lf Database connection enabled lf you want to export data or device lists directly to the data base of a resource management system you have to enable this checkbox If you have not got a resource management system you may disable this checkbox In this case the program is not searching for an installed data base at program start and therefore it starts a little bit quicker Default Checked w FiFo buffer of the serial interface enabled This setting determines if the FiFo buffer of the serial interface should be used or not In general for Windows 98 and ME systems this checkbox should be enabled For Windows NT 2000 and XP systems this checkbox should be disabled If you disable this checkbox you also have to disable the FiFo buffer setting of your serial COM port in the Windows settings Start gt Control Panel gt System gt Devices gt Device Manager gt Serial Ports gt COMx gt Setting The dialog to find the FiFo buffer settings of your serial port may vary depending on your operating system Default Checked Complete Memory Heading By clicking on this button the data logger memory of the M Bus data logger device is read completely in binary form This
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