Description
Communication line configuration
Communication station configuration
I/O tag configuration
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MESIT Devices protocol is a binary protocol intended for communication with capacitive level sensor produced by MESIT. The current implementation supports reading its data space.
Communication line category: Serial, SerialOverUDP Device Redundant
Parameters of asynchronous line according to design and type of connection of device:
Communication protocol: MESIT Devices
Station address is a decimal number that is intended for addressing on data
bus with more SLAVE devices.
Parameters may be entered in the dialog window of station configuration - Parameters tab. These parameters may be defined:
Table 1
| Full name | Description | Unit | Default value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Received and sent data are recorded to the log of communication. | - | YES | |
| Decimal number that identifies a sender. | - | 1 | |
| First waiting on response after sending a request. | Ms | 100 | |
| Waiting between reading the response. | Ms | 100 | |
| Waiting before repeated call. | Ms | 100 | |
| Maximum retries of reading response. | - | 6 | |
| Maximum retries of request. | - | 2 |
Allowed types of I/O tags: Ai, Ci, Di, TxtI, TxtO
I/O tag address consists of four parameters separated by full stop. The format is: "M.R.O.L". Where "M" defines number of message, "R" defines type of request, parameters "O" and "L" specify offset and byte count that must be read from the received response. All these parameters are entered as decimal numbers. For numerical types of I/O tags, the values of parameter "L" can be only 1, 2 and 4. For text types of I/O tags, this parameter is limited by maximum length of data block of response.
As example, we may mention the reading of fuel temperature. It is read with the help of message number 0x0C and request type 0x50. In the response, this information is in two bytes that start with offset0x09. It means, the address of I/O tag is "12.80.9.2".
In addition to reading data, the protocol supports also the writing values into device memory. It is performed with the help of textual output I/O tags. In this case, the I/O tag address consists only of two parts, number of message and type of request. If you want to write the calibration curve into the device, you must create I/O tag with address "4.83". Then, the bytes must be entered in decimal format separated by hash symbol "#" into I/O tag, for example "0#1#123#233#".