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Kara Systems BACnet:M-Bus User Manual
Summary of BACnet:M-Bus
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User’s manual kara bacnet gateway page 1 bacnet:m-bus bacnet:modbus gateway user’s m anual kara systems www.Karasystems.Eu version: 2.2.23.
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User’s manual kara bacnet gateway page 2 user's manual table of contents 1 general information ............................................................................................................. 4 1.1 m-bus ......................................................................................
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User’s manual kara bacnet gateway page 3 5.6.1 to bacnet object ............................................................................................................................... 19 5.6.2 unit .................................................................................................
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User’s manual kara bacnet gateway page 4 1 general information 1.1 m-bus m-bus (meter-bus) is a european standard (en 13757-2 physical and link layer, en 13757-3 application layer) for the remote reading of gas or electricity meters. M-bus is also usable for other types of consumption meters. The m-...
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User’s manual kara bacnet gateway page 5 are converted to bacnet analog inputs. Modbus input discrete and coils are converted to bacnet binary inputs and outputs respectively and modbus input/holding registers and converted to bacnet analog input and output objects. The gateway supports both bacnet/...
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User’s manual kara bacnet gateway page 6 1.5 scenario the scenario shows an overview of the involved components. Usb-hub is only required if you connect more than one bus to the device..
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User’s manual kara bacnet gateway page 7 2 hardware m-bus and modbus (tcp/ip) the gateway runs on a high quality industrial linux computer. The device is based on a 32 bit arm processor running at 1.2ghz. Features: • one 10/100 mbps ethernet • one rs-232 • integrated power supply • integrated power ...
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User’s manual kara bacnet gateway page 8 2.2 serial port the rs-232 comes with a db9 jack. Pinning of db9 connectors: pin jack usage 2 rxd receive from level convertor 3 txd send to level convertor 4 - unused 5 gnd ground potential 7 rts handshake unused 8 cts always active the rs-2332 cable can be ...
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User’s manual kara bacnet gateway page 9 3.1 dip switch the four keys dip switch is used to configure serial port interface for port 1. Key 1 and 2 are used to configure the rs-232/422/485 mode of serial port p1 and key3 and key 4 are connected to gpio and they are reserved for the gateway software....
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User’s manual kara bacnet gateway page 10 4 installation 4.1 3.1 ethernet lan before connecting the kara bacnet gateway to your target lan you have to configure the network configuration of the device by connecting the device to an install network see step 1. Step 1: connect the gateway with an ethe...
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User’s manual kara bacnet gateway page 11 click on “administration” and then on “network configuration” step 3: configure the network configuration of the target lan..
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User’s manual kara bacnet gateway page 12 host name: enter the name for the device ip-address: enter the ip number for the device for the target lan. Subnet-mask: the ip mask of the target lan. For example 255.255.0.0 default gateway: the default ip number of the ip-gateway/router of the target lan ...
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User’s manual kara bacnet gateway page 13 4.2 3.2 bacnet configuration step 5: before connecting the device to the target lan you have to configure the bacnet configuration. 4.2.1 bacnet device instance: this is a unique bacnet device identifier. Please consult your bacnet administrator to get a uni...
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User’s manual kara bacnet gateway page 14 4.2.2 bacnet broadcast management device (bbmd) if the “bacnet workstation operator “ or other bacnet device which needs to establish a bind with the “m-bus:bacnet gateway” is located on a different ip sub-network, you have to register the device ip number i...
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User’s manual kara bacnet gateway page 15 4.4.1 enable baud rates for m-bus: m-bus supports multiple baud rates for different meters. Here you can multiple select the baud rates used on your m-bus. If you select all baud rates the scan will take longer to complete. 4.4.2 serial port name: the defaul...
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User’s manual kara bacnet gateway page 16 5 meter readings the meter reading dialog shows a list of all meters found on the m-bus. Meters are detected by doing a scan on the m-bus. The device starts a scan after a switch on or after a reboot. You can start a scan manually by clicking on the button “...
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User’s manual kara bacnet gateway page 17 state: could be one of the following ok inactive: meter is not responding communication error: collision detection: two meters are responding for same address, check meter addresses send error: check rs232 cabling wrong command: incorrect data received wrong...
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User’s manual kara bacnet gateway page 18 5.3 4.3 meter configuration 5.3.1 reading interval: meters are read periodically. You can set the reading interval in minutes for a specific meter or you can set this interval for all meters by clicking on the “set interval for all meters”. The default value...
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User’s manual kara bacnet gateway page 19 5.4 5.5 4.4 meter records there are two types of m-bus meters, those who support a fixed record data and those who support variable record data. The fixed records can send up to two meter records where the variable record protocol can send many records. The ...
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User’s manual kara bacnet gateway page 20 to this record till you detach this record again from bacnet. The instance assigned will be displayed in the meter list. 5.6.2 unit the bacnet gateway automatically converts the m-bus units to bacnet units respectively. This is the {default} value. But you c...
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User’s manual kara bacnet gateway page 21 on the left side the bacnet browser shows a tree of all the bacnet objects grouped in object-type. When you click on an element on the tree an object list or a configuration dialog is displayed on the right hand side. 8 recovery a recovery procedure is neede...
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User’s manual kara bacnet gateway page 22 the m-bus:bacnet gateway is a bacnet application specific controller (b-asc) the selected m-bus meter records will converted to bacnet analog objects a b-asc intended for use in a specific application and supports limited programmability. It enables specific...
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User’s manual kara bacnet gateway page 23 optionally: • bibb - device management-virtual terminal-b (dm-vt-b) the device supports following object types: • device • analog inputs • notification class 6.1 bacnet object name the bacnet analog object createt will get a default name as below: object nam...
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User’s manual kara bacnet gateway page 24 • delete object • get eventinformation • get alarm summary optionally: • vt-open service • vt-close service • vt-data service 9.2 6.3 bacnet specific object properties property identifier property type name description 1002 unsigned meter address the meter a...