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1. E Status bar messages and system states of the Converter are displayed F M Bus General Configuration M Bus Baudrate and Query Timeout s Note Query timeout is also M bus polling interval min setting 20 seconds This software communicates with an M Bus converter module connected over a serial port Therefore select the menu item File COM port settings to choose the right options for the serial port in the appearing screen Now all settings are made to be able to establish a connection to the converter To do so select the desired Modbus address from the connection s options and by selecting the menu item Converter Connect Ctrl B the connection will be established If no connection is established check all settings and wiring again for correctness If a connection was successfully established the converter can be parameterised After all data points are entered these are downloaded into the converter by selecting the Converter Write Configuration Ctrl D command To activate this configuration the converter must be restarted via the Converter Restar Ctrl R command Selecting this command disconnects the connection from the software to the converter automatically Now the converter is ready for use Online store www syxthsense com Copyright 2008 SyxthSense Ltd All rights reserved 06 2008 Enquiries T 0870 20 80 100 F 0870 20 80 200 PS SW4 06 3 11 SyxthSense Lid Menu Overview File Menu MBUS MODBUS2. l ih J 7 E X 4 b Product sheet SW4 06 SYXTHSENSE Type MBUS CONF MBUS CONF Modbus to M Bus Converter Module Software The MBUS CONF Configurator tool is used to parameter all Phanama i MBUS to MODBUS converter modules MOD M BUS converters enaa and administer the corresponding configurations This means that configurations can be either stored in files or can be read from or written into the converter module Due to a program manager the meters and pulse counters can be easily and quickly configured Features Easy configuration of the MOD M BUS Converters Query of the parameterised data for easy functional tests Configuration manager for quick selection of the meter bus reader data Runs under Windows Win 2000 Win XP Model Type Model Description MBUS CONF Configuration Software for the Converter Technical Data Operating System Windows XP Windows 2000 HDD Memory 10MB Hard Disk Space RAM Minimum Requirements for Windows XP Windows 2000 Processor Speed Minimum Requirements for Windows XP Windows 2000 Communication Serial Port or USB Port with External Converter Required Online store www syxthsense com Enquiries T 0870 20 80 100 F 0870 20 80 200 PS SW4 06 1 11 SyxthSense Lid Software Connection to The below diagrams illlustrate the connections from the PC to the converter modules MOD M BUS Converters RS232 Modbus to M Bus Connections RS232 24 V GND PC ground T with softw
3. COM1 to COM10 Baud Rate Modbus Communication Baud rate 9600 to 57600 bits per second Default 19200 Data Bits 8 Stop Bits 1 Parity None checksum of the send character preset to NO meaning that no checksum is used Handshake No requires a RS232 485 converter that automatically changes data flow direction e g B amp B Electronics 2 wire converter Note If currently an active connection to a converter exists this menu item can not be selected Exit Exits the Configurator software and disconnects an existing connection to the converter Online store www syxthsense com Copyright 2008 SyxthSense Lid All rights reserved 06 2008 Enquiries T 0870 20 80 100 F 0870 20 80 200 PS SW4 06 4 11 SyxthSense Lid Converter Menu al AENT MBUS MODBUS Configurator Untitled File egies Configuration Help Disconnect Strg T i Read Configuration on Connect hu he Restart Strg Read Configuration Strg U i Busaddess jo Write Configuration Strg D SPARER 10 Read Registers Strats Connect Initialises the connection to the converter with the Modbus address defined in the connection options via the serial port defined in the com port settings As long as no connection is established all other menu items are inactive While building up a connection to the converter the software reads the information about the software version in the background If this task fails the connection is interrupted As s
4. Configurator Untitled AES Converter Configuration Help New Strg H Open Strg 0 i Read Configuration on Connect SAVE Stgts Save As Busaddress Modbus datapoints New All values and settings of the current configuration including the data points list are deleted and a new configuration can be entered Open A dialogue is started that enables to read a configuration file in CSV format which has already been saved some time before Both the general configuration and the data points list are loaded from the desired saved file If another configuration is displayed at this time it will be overwritten by opening another configuration Save it first to ensure that this configuration is not lost The file name of the currently opened configuration is displayed in the top line of the screen Save The current configuration is written into the currently opened file If no file is opened a dialogue box for choosing an existing file is displayed This fact offers easy access to several settings for several projects Again the file name of the saved file is displayed in the top line of the screen Save as The current configuration is saved as a file with another name without changing the opened file Com Port Settings Opens the following dialogue box for the Com port settings which build up the connection to the MBUSMODBUS converter COM Port COM Port for the RS232 or RS232 485 Converter
5. the converter it must be either restarted or disconnected from the supply voltage for some time Read Register To test this function of the converter the set readings of the meters counters can be read This function is helpful for starting up and maintenance work as well The read values are displayed in the configuration table in the column values Online store www syxthsense com Copyright 2008 SyxthSense Lid All rights reserved 06 2008 Enquiries T 0870 20 80 100 F 0870 20 80 200 PS SW4 06 5 11 SyxthSense Lid Configuration Menu The menu Configuration is enabled only when the Mdobus datapoints table has been activated by clicking with mouse Using the Configuration menu additional meter data points can be added to the converter configuration Countermanager option allows wizard based configuration of the data points for the meters available in the database Should the meter required to be connected not exist in the database it is possible also manually create data point entries MBUS MODBUS Configurator Untitled File Converter Kesu Help Countermanager Sitrg H Modbus Address Read Configuration on Connect Delete Umsch Entf Modbus Configi Delete Row Strg Entf Copy Row Strg Baudrate bps A DD Paste Row Strat 10 Strg Replace Counter manager The counter manager offers simple and quick configuration of distinct meter types Every time when starting the applicatio
6. are SUR Ips COM PORT Rx leks M Bus counter M Bus counter M Bus counter 1 5 mA load 1 5 mA load 1 5 mA load M M M M M M RS485 Modbus to M Bus Connections 24 V RS485 RS232 USB with ground to COM PORT OOOOOK Hat BUS CONF lt 1A Pe Converter software eye M Bus counter M Bus counter 1 5mA load 1 5mA load M Bus counter 1 5mA load Typical Network Diagram Web Browser he Modbus to M Bus Converter M S Ethernet pny o Intranet o M BUS WebBiter or other Modbus Master Up to 8 M Bus Meters Online store www syxthsense com Copyright 2008 SyxthSense Ltd All rights reserved 06 2008 Enquiries T 0870 20 80 100 F 0870 20 80 200 PS SW4 06 2 11 User Interface Quick Overview SyxthSense Lid After starting the Configurator tool the following screen is displayed A aif MHUS MUDHUS E onl igoralor Untitled Comerter Confige sia beg B Hou Adhe n biian Configueshor Maie Mu Congre C Chiaki bga B rij Barkan Pers Query tented a T iodbus dataposds Air TT ee ee ee ns Co Va Tat aos BERERE ERN The software consists of the following parts A Menu bar Access to all operations B Initial Connection Address for the Converter Modbus default 255 C Modbus General Configuration Modbus Settings of the Converter to be written to the converter D Configuration table representation of the list of data points in table form
7. ct name etc Modbus address From this drop down list the bus number of the converter to which the connection should be established can be chosen The Modbus address can only be selected when no connection is active at the same time As long as any connection is established the list is represented in grey color After starting the software for the first time the number 255 is preselected for the Modbus address as our converters are delivered with this address by default Modbus Address W Read Configuration on Connect Read configuration on connect If the option read configuration on connect is activated the configuration of the converter is entirely read and displayed The currently displayed configuration is overwritten To avoid this the option read configuration on connect must be deactivated Modbus Configuration Meter Bus Configuration Baudrate bps 19200 Busaddress 255 Baudrate bps 2400 Query timeout s 120 Modbus configuration These settings concern the communication over the Modbus interface Baud rate This parameter defines the communication speed of the Modbus interface Communication speeds from 9600 to 57600 bit per second can be chosen Bus address Online store www syxthsense com Copyright 2008 SyxthSense Ltd All rights reserved 06 2008 Enquiries T 0870 20 80 100 F 0870 20 80 200 PS SW4 06 7 11 Configuration table SyxthSense Lid The bus address of the converter is define
8. d with this parameter If several converter are connected via RS485 bus every single converter must have its own bus address Only addresses in the range 1 and 255 are accepted Meter Bus Configuration These settings effect the communication of the meter bus interface Baud rate This parameter defines the communication speed of the meter bus interface Communication speeds from 300 to 38400 bit per second can be chosen Query pause This parameter defines the duration of the pause time in seconds between two duty cycles Values in the range of 20 to 65535 are valid Modbus datapoints MBus Address Dataformat 1 0 0 3 32 bit IEEE Floatingpoint inverted 4x00501 2782 4 0 0 3 32 bit IEEE Floatingpoint inverted 4 00503 0 609 4 1 0 3 32 bit IEEE Floatingpoint inverted 4 00505 370676288 MOD M BUS 8 series In this table up to 100 data points that can be read from up to 8 different Meter bus devices MOD M BUS 24 series In this table up to 198 data points that can be read from up to 24 different Meter bus devices These data points are made available in the registers on the Modbus The columns of this table are described in detail below Number Consecutive number of the data points fixed column MBus address Here the primary address of the meter bus device from which the value is read is defined This value must be within the range 0 and 255 Value index Defines the position of the value to be read in
9. er serial cable NET CAB485 cable connections are as follows Cable Colour Orange White RS485 Orange Function M BUS Converter RS485 4 The MOD M BUS configuration is as follows Modbus datapoints Ni Wurst geet att linet Vane TE 3 32 bit IEEE Floatingpoint inverted 4x00501 2782 2 4 0 0 3 32 bit IEEE Floatingpoint inverted 400503 0 609 3 4 1 0 3 32 bit IEEE Floatingpoint inverted 4 00505 370676288 4 l The above table describes the required settings for the DHZ and MTK meters The dataformat selected is 3 32 bit Floatingpoint Inverted value Valueindex for both meters is 0 as the first M bus telegram represents the consumption figure The holding registers that is used to read the data for DHZ electricity meter is 501 and for the MTK water meter is 503 Online store www syxthsense com Enquiries T 0870 20 80 100 F 0870 20 80 200 SO SyxthSense Webfiter Windows Iniermei Explorer ii 1i ee 0 Far el cgi page beet as Irate Prd Beat age deL 5 YT ETHE NSE H Register 501 kwh MTE Register 303 m0 Notes In the view of a constant development of their products the manufacturer reserves the right for changing technical data and features without prior notice Copyright 2008 SyxthSense Ltd All rights reserved 06 2008 PS SW4 06 10 11 SyxthSense Lid The corresponding WebBiter template configuration for the Modbus parameter 501 i e DHZ meter reading is as follow
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11. ghts reserved 06 2008 Enquiries T 0870 20 80 100 F 0870 20 80 200 PS SW4 06 8 11 Status bar SyxthSense Lid Value With the command Read Registers the current data of the MBUS devices are read and entered in this column of the table Softwareversion 2 2 1 No Error Slavestates Messages A Different messages which inform the user about success or failure of the lastly performed action Software version B When establishing a connection first the software version of the converter is read and displayed in this field Status indication C The current status of the converter is displayed here The following table gives an overview of the states that a converter can display State Description Description No error Normal operating condition the converter is configured and the values are read from the meters No configuration This status occurs if the converter is not configured when started Configuration error A false value is present in the data points list Please check that list for anywrong entries or values System error A substantial mistake in the converter occurred State of the M Bus Slaves D As every device connected to the meter bus slave must be initialised there are different states that a slave can take up This status is for every single of the maximal 8 slaves displayed in the status bar The number in the box represents the primary address of the slave over that the converter commu
12. n tries to connect to the our update web site to download and install the latest meter types a Countermanager Valuer Caption Storage Mr Actaris Brunata Danfoss Elster Eromechroeder GmbH Engelmann Hydrometer isha Kamstrup Landis amp Gyr Siemens Metrima NZA DHZ Electricity Meters WeCD Heat Meters Schrack EMH Sensus Siemens Viterra Zenner lt ahler M Bus Address Counter selection A Here all installed counter types are displayed and ordered by manufacturer By selecting one counter type the value list B with all available values for this counter are displayed Value list B Values which can be read via the meter bus port of the counter selected are displayed here In the first column the index number and a selection box can be found The index number defines the position of the distinct value in the replay massage of the M Bus meter The selection box offers the choice if a distinct value is overtaken into the configuration or not The second column contents a description of the value and its physical unit if possible The third column displays the storage number in the Meter Bus device M Bus address Specifies the primary address of the device from which the selected values should be read Insert Via the button Insert the selected values under the selected M Bus address are copied into the configuration table The values are inserted beginning with the ma
13. nicates with the device Values that are bigger than 250 define that no device is defined for that position The color of the box represents the current status of the slave Status Description There is no connection to the converter No participant is configured fort hat position This device is configured but could not be initialised yet This slave has been initialised successfully and values are read Online store www syxthsense com Copyright 2008 SyxthSense Lid All rights reserved 06 2008 Enquiries T 0870 20 80 100 F 0870 20 80 200 PS SW4 06 9 11 Example Modbus Master Configuration for WebBiter Web Browser Interface SyxthSense Lid In the following example the MOD M BUS converter is connected to DHZ single phase electricity meter and and MTK Modular water meter DHZ has M Bus primary address 1 and MTK has M bus primary address 4 Web Browser Modbus to M Bus Converter Ethernet Intranet Web Biter Modbus Master M Bus Primary M Bus Primary Address 4 Address 1 Note The M bus primary addresses must be configured before connecting the meters to the MOD M BUS converter Depending on the meter model and make the M Bus primary address can be set using tool such as MBCONF The Modbus slave addres of the converter in this example is set to 10 WebBiter Modbus slave range is 1 247 The M bus communication speed on the converter is set to 2400 baud typical value on the M bus meters The WebBit
14. oon as a connection is made all other menu items turn active but the item Connect turns inactive The failure code and the current status of the meter bus devices are read Additionally the configuration and the data from the meter bus are read To avoid an overwriting of the current settings the option Read Configuration on Connect must be deactivated Another advantage is that the speed of the connection is increased especially when low transfer speeds are available Disconnect This command disconnects the current connection to the converter The menu item Connect is activated while all other items of this menu are inactivated Further the serial port is closed and now changes of the com port parameters can be made The current settings are deleted by default To avoid an overwriting the option Read Configuration on Connect must be deactivated Restart The connected converter is restarted by activating this command Newly saved settings if available are assumed After restating the software disconnects the connection to the converter in the same way as described under the menu item Connect Read Configuration The currently stored settings are read from the converter and the values are displayed The values displayed before are overwritten To avoid this save these values before Write Configuration The currently displayed configuration is send to the converter and regularly saved To activate these settings in
15. rked row Online store www syxthsense com Copyright 2008 SyxthSense Ltd All rights reserved 06 2008 Enquiries T 0870 20 80 100 F 0870 20 80 200 PS SW4 06 6 11 Connection Options General configuration SyxthSense Ltd Existing values are overwritten in the concerned rows The row after the inserted block turns the marked row This offers a very simple way of entering many counters successively OK Exits the counter manager Delete This command deletes the content of the active cell in the counter manager Delete Row The activated row is deleted from the configuration table all rows below move one row upwards Copy Row The content of the marked row is copied into the cache This data can be pasted again by using the paste row command Paste Row A cell that has been copied before can be pasted into the marked cell by using this command Possibly existing values in the marked cell are overwritten Replace With the function replace distinct values in the activated column can be found and overwritten with another value Help Menu Help Displays this document as a PDF file Datasheet of the converter By selecting this command the data sheet of the converter is displayed as PDF file User manual of the converter By selecting this command the user manual of the converter is displayed as PDF file Info Activating this command displays software information such as version number produ
16. s f Syxthtense WebDiter Windows Internet Explorar Geo T i Feto 132 160 0 9a cg briresd compage templatesibemplate_qroure hemispath Temelates Templatesid tlkcontrodler iw 7 mx it Sythe infin fa gt tit sh Pege DF Took 7 Big Register SOL kev Holding raglabay 01 ress Flemsting priat C Modbus Converter m El Mater Readings O Gmr tegite s01 kwh C MTE Register 503 rad UE New parameter 2 New group inleniererinnansel Valid ranje And for the parameter Modbus 503 i e MTK water meter reading is as follows Syxth ente WebBiter Windows Internet Explorer Ga i UI betp H a32 teu 0 9afog biniresd compagestemplatesitemplate_ groups himipath atencita s Temelss eiid Lcontroler Fe R Live Search fa D Libro Grom BITE Reguter SO enc O Modbus Converter E meter Readings C One Wagiater S00 kwh C HTE Register 203 m3 W New parameter 2 Hew group Preeenlalion Sher aa value Enumeration Sumber of decimals J Vale range Note With WebBiter use Holding Register Float not Swapped Floating Point due to different interpretation of the Modicon Modbus protocol specification The MOD M BUS convertor configuration csv file and the WebBiter configuration file used in this example are available on the www syxthsense com web site Support Forum for review Online store www syxthsense com Copyright 2008 SyxthSense Ltd All rights res
17. the answer of the meter bus device The number 0 represents the first value 1 represents the second value etc It should be mentioned here that for every MBUS meter the values which are returned can be configured lf some values are not returned from the meter data that are entered with the counter manager must be worked over Exponent With this function a value can be changed in terms of the exponentiation with base 10 For instance if a value represents an energy value such as Wh 0 in the exponent defines that the value is displayed in Wh an exponent of 3 means that the value is displayed in kWh and 3 as exponent means that the value is displayed in mWh Data format Every read value can be displayed on the Modbus in four different formats To select one of these formats one of the four numbers 0 1 2 or 3 which are described in the table below must be entered to generate automatically the data format when exiting the cell Input Data format 0 16 bit binary number presigned 1 32 bit binary number presigned 2 32 bit IEEE real number 3 32 bit IEEE real number inverted number representation Holding register The start address of the value on the Modbus is displayed A 16 bit data type needs 1 and a 23 bit data type 2 register The value is displayed in decimals Typically this value e g 0x501 i e Modbus Holding register 501 is used to read the data Online store www syxthsense com Copyright 2008 SyxthSense Ltd All ri
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