M-Bus Rev. 4.8 communication protocol
Supported device types and versions
Communication line configuration
Communication station configuration
I/O tag configuration
Specific data of Multical III device
Parameters settings and data acquisition methods
Literature
Changes and modifications
Document revisions
Supported device types and versions
Communication allows data reading from devices that support the M-Bus
protocol by the Rev. 4.8 specification. Communication was tested against MULTICAL®
III, MULTICAL® 5 measuring devices by KARMSTRUP Company, CALSTREEM EEM-C measuring device by Danfoss Company and PolluTherm Pt500 by Sensus.
The communication was also verified against the water flow meter Sensus MeiStream 150 with communication module HRI-Mei using EthMBus-5 converter manufactured by JC-e (it was necessary to configure a converter to TCP mode and use a TCP/IP-TCP line category).
Communication line configuration
- Communication line category: Serial, SerialOverUDP Device Redundant,
MOXA IP Serial Library, TCP/IP-TCP.
Note: when using a TCP/IP-TCP line, in case of redundant systems multiple names/addresses separated by commas can be entered. - Standard settings for most of M-Bus devices:
- Mode 1: Baud rate 300, 8 bit, 1 stop bit, even parity, RTS=1, DTR=1.
- Mode 2: Baud rate 2400, 8 bit, 1 stop bit, even parity, RTS=1, DTR=1.
Line protocol parameters
The following station protocol parameters can be defined:
| Keyword | Full name | Meaning | Unit | Default value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHBR | Change Baudrate | Value Yes means that communication will be switched between modes 1 and 2 (only Serial line). Value No means that communication will be performed using the mode 1 (300 Bauds). |
- | No |
| SNKEBR | Send SND_NKE as Broadcast | The Yes value means that the SND_NKE (slave device initialization) command is sent as Broadcast before reading from the first station on the line. The No value means that the SND_NKE command is sent to each device individually before the start of the reading. Note: if the parameter is set to Yes, after sending Broadcast, there is a delay configurable by parameter WAI. |
- | Yes |
Communication station configuration
- Communication protocol: M-Bus Rev 4.8
- Station address is a decimal number within the range of 1..250 – slave address, it is derived from the serial number of the measurement device (last three digits). If last three digits are greater than 250, the highest digit is not to be taken into account. If the serial number is one of the numbers of 000, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900 then must be changed.
Station protocol parameters
The following station protocol parameters can be defined:
| Keyword | Full name | Meaning | Unit | Default value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASCM | Address Scan Mode | Each reading of values increments the station address. This mode can be used to find a device with an unknown address. | - | No |
| RC | Retry Count | Poll repetition count in case of a communication error. | - | 2 |
| RT | Retry Timeout | Delay between poll repetition in case of a communication error. | ms | 100 ms |
| WFT | Wait First Timeout | First waiting for response after sending the poll. | ms | 800 ms |
| WT | Wait Timeout | Delay after transmitting the poll before reading the response. | ms | 500 ms |
| MWR | Max Wait Retry | Repetition count of response readings till its finalization. | - | 40 |
| WAI | Wait After SND_NKE Broadcast | Delay after sending a broadcast SND_NKE, before reading from the first station on a communication line. | ms | 8000 ms |
| WBR | Wait before REQ_UD2 Request | Delay before sending the REQ_UD2 poll request to a slave. | ms | 4000 ms |
| SFAI | Set FCB Bit after SND_NKE | Parameter specifies whether an FCB bit in a poll request after sending SND_NKE shoult be ste to 1 (YES) or 0 (NO). | - | YES |
| AFOR | Accept Following Records (0=disable,255=read all) | If the slave station has Variable Data available, the parameter specifies the number of records read during one polling of the station. A value of 255 means that all available records will be read. | - | 0 |
| RESB | Send Application Reset before REQ_UD2 | Optional sending of "application reset" message (50h) prior to reading the values from the station. | - | NO |
| WUL | WakeUp Length | Length (given in characters) of so-called wake-up message sent before each poll. Value 0 disables sending of wake-up message. | bytes | 0 |
| WUD | WakeUp Delay | Delay between wake-up message and poll. | ms | 400 |
| FULL_DEBUG | Full Debug | Enables debug logs on the communication and acquired data. | - | NO |
| MULTICALIII | Multical III | Enables decoding the Manufacture specific data of Multical III device. | - | NO |
String containing the protocol parameters is being defined as follows:
Keyword=value;Keyword=value; ...
Example:
RC=1;RT=500;LBR=1;
If there is used a keyword with an invalid value in the initialization string, there will be used corresponding default value according the table 1.
I/O tag configuration
Possible I/O tag types: Ai, Ci, TiA, TiR, TxtI
Two types of addresses can be configured:
- Simple address: a number that is an index of value in M-Bus data
packet. To get detailed information on unknown device activate debug logs using the parameter FULL_DEBUG.
An example of debug log (individual rows correspond with addresses 1 to 9, value is displayed at the end of listing after the text "Val"):>> Adr.1,DF:0CH (8 digit BCD)(inst. val),VIF:05H=Energy 0*10^2 [Wh],VIFE:7DH=Multiplicative corr. factor 10^3,Val:0 >> Adr.2,DF:0CH (8 digit BCD)(inst. val),VIF:15H=Volume 0*10^-1 [m3],Val:0 >> Adr.3,DF:0CH (8 digit BCD)(inst. val),VIF:3DH=Volume Flow 0*10^-1 [m3/h],Val:0 >> Adr.4,DF:0CH (8 digit BCD)(inst. val),VIF:2DH=Power 0*10^2 [W],Val:0 >> Adr.5,DF:02H (16 bit int)(val during err),VIF:5AH=Flow temperature 0*10^-1 [C],Val:0 >> Adr.6,DF:02H (16 bit int)(val during err),VIF:5EH=Return temperature 0*10^-1 [C],Val:0 >> Adr.7,DF:03H (24 bit int)(val during err),VIF:60H=Temperature difference 0*10^-3 [K],Val:0 >> Adr.8,DF:0CH (8 digit BCD)(inst. val),VIF:78H=Fabrication No.,Val:53155203 >> Adr.9,DF:0CH (8 digit BCD)(inst. val),VIF:7DH=Extension of VIF-codes,VIFE:10H=Customer location,Val:53155203
- Address of header objects: in format 0.subadr enables to address objects located in a header of an answer.
A device can answer using a fixed or variable respond that have different header contents. Following table lists header objects and
their addresses for fix and variable respond.
Object Value type Address in fix respond Address in variable respond Identification No. Ci, TxtI 0.0 0.0 Manufacturer TxtI (3 characters) - 0.1 Version Ci - 0.2 Medium Ci - 0.3 Access No. Ci 0.1 0.4 Status Ci 0.2 0.5 Signature Ci - 0.6
An example of debug log for variable respond:Variable data respond CI=0x72 mode 1 from St:'B.MBUS_SENSUS'(0) detected. >> Adr.0.0,Identification No.,Val=53155203 >> Adr.0.1,Manufacturer,Val='SEN' >> Adr.0.2,Version,Val=12 >> Adr.0.3,Medium,Val=4 >> Adr.0.4,Access Nr.,Val=50 >> Adr.0.5,Status,Val=16 >> Adr.0.6,Signature,Val=0
Specific data of Multical III device
Multical III device sends extended "manufacture specific data". Activating the parameter MULTICALIII allows to configure I/O tags according to the following table:
| Address | Value description | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Access counter | Ci |
| 13 | Number of customer 1 | Ci |
| 14 | Number of customer 2 | Ci |
| 15 | Info | Ci |
| 16 | TAR2 | Ci |
| 17 | TL2 | Ci |
| 18 | TAR3 | Ci |
| 19 | TL3 | Ci |
| 20 | AUX1 | Ai |
| 21 | AUX2 | Ai |
| 22 | Prog_No | Ci |
| 23 | Config | Ci |
| 24 | Date | TiA |
| 25 | Date* | TiA |
Parameters settings and data acquisition method
Recommended polling parameters are at least 1 minute. When the polling time comes, the before polling the first station on the line a SND_NKE(255) datagram is broadcasted, i.e. init for all measuring devices (Slaves) and KOM process waits for a period specified by the parameter WAI. The slaves prepare all current measured values and implicitly change their Baudrate to 300.
Then the communication speed can be optionally changed to higher speed (specified on communication line as mode 2) by SND_UD
data, if it configured by the means of the line parameter Change Baudrate. Only baudrates 300/600/1200/2400/9600/19200/3840 are supported by M-Bus protocol.
Note: change of baudrate is supported only on a Serial line.
Then a REQ_UD2 poll request is sent to every slave, after waiting according to value specified by the parameter WBR) to which they all should respond by the data datagram RSP_UD.
Times of individual values are not set to the time when the telegram was received, but to the time of required polling period. So if the period is set to 1 hour, all the times of values are set to given hour.
Note: Polling period as well as station parameters should be the same on all stations and one line.
Literature
Changes and modifications
- November 22nd, 2005 - Redesigned by M-Bus Rev. 4.8.
Document revisions
- Ver. 1.0 - June 26th, 2000 – document creation.
- Ver. 1.1 – November 9th, 2000 – testing Danfoss CALSTREEM.
- Ver. 1.2 – December 14th, 2000 – Change of the outputs AUX1 and AUX2 from Ci to Ai
- Ver. 1.3 - November 22nd, 2005 - Redesigned by M-Bus Rev. 4.8.
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