Modbus interface SINEAX DM5

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Content
1

EIA-RS-485 Standard ........................................................................................................................................ 2

1.1

Coding .......................................................................................................................................................... 2

1.2

Connections ................................................................................................................................................. 2

1.3

Topology ....................................................................................................................................................... 2

1.4

System requirements ................................................................................................................................... 2

Coding and addressing .................................................................................................................................... 3

Mapping ............................................................................................................................................................. 5

3.1

Address space .............................................................................................................................................. 5

3.2

Used addresses ........................................................................................................................................... 5

3.3

Used Syntax ................................................................................................................................................. 6

Device information ............................................................................................................................................ 7

4.1

Hardware and firmware ................................................................................................................................ 7

4.2

Device identification ..................................................................................................................................... 8

4.3

Device description ........................................................................................................................................ 8

4.4

Measurement input configuration ................................................................................................................. 9

Measurements ................................................................................................................................................. 10
5.1

General instantaneous values .................................................................................................................... 10

5.2

Instantaneous values of analog outputs..................................................................................................... 11

5.3

Free selectable Modbus image .................................................................................................................. 11

5.4

Present LED states .................................................................................................................................... 11

Energy meters (DM5S only) ........................................................................................................................... 12

6.1

General ....................................................................................................................................................... 12

6.2

Scaling factors of the meters ...................................................................................................................... 12

6.3

Meter contents ............................................................................................................................................ 13

6.4

Present tariff of meters ............................................................................................................................... 13

Modbus interface ............................................................................................................................................ 14

Simulation mode ............................................................................................................................................. 15

8.1

Simulation of analog outputs ...................................................................................................................... 15

Remote interface ............................................................................................................................................. 15

The basics of the MODBUS communication are summarized in the document "Modbus Basics. PDF"
(see documentation CD or on our website http://www.camillebauer.com)

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EI A-RS-485 Standard

The EIA-RS 485 standard defines the physical layer of the Modbus interface.

1.1 Coding
The data will be transferred serially via the 2-wire bus. The information is coded in NRZ code as a differential signal. The
positive polarity signals a logical 1, the negative polarity signals a logical 0.

1.2 Connections
We recommend using a shielded and twisted two-wire bus cable. Shielding improves the electromagnetic compatibility (EMC).
The notation of the wires A resp. B are contradictory depending on the information source.

The potential difference of all bus members must not exceed 7V. Therefore the use of a shield or of a third wire (ref line) for
potential equalization is recommended.

1.3 Topology
On both ends of the bus cable a termination resistor must be provided. In addition to the bus termination resistors a resistor RU
(Pull-up) must be connected to the supply voltage and a resistor RD (Pull down) to the reference potential. By means of these
two resistors a defined idle state of the line is ensured if no bus member is sending data.

1.4 System requirements

Cable
Cable length
Members
Baud rate
Mode

: twisted 2-wire line, characteristic impedance 100 up to 130 , min. 0.22mm (24AWG)
: maximum of 1200m, depending on the transfer rate
: maximum of 32 per segment
: 2'400, 4'800, 9'600, 19'200, 38400, 57'600, 115'200 Baud
: 11 Bit format - 2 stop bits, no parity or 1 stop bit with odd/even parity
10 Bit format - 1 stop bit, no parity (possible, but not in accordance with Modbus standard)
2

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Coding and addressing

Addressing
Modbus groups different data types as references. The telegram functions 03H (Read Holding Register) and 10H
(Preset Multiple Registers) e.g. use register addresses starting at 40001. The reference 4xxxx is implicit, i.e. is
given by the used telegram function. Therefore for addressing the leading 4 is omitted. Another specialty in
Modbus telegrams: The register numeration starts at 1, but the addressing starts at 0.
Example: Measurement U1N on register address 40102
Address declaration (see chapter 5.1): 40102
Real address: 102 (offset 1)
Address used in telegram: 101 (offset 0)

Serializing
The Modbus specification defines the telegrams to be sequences of data bytes. For the correct serializing of the
bytes (MSB or LSB First), the appropriate physical layer (RS485, Ethernet) is responsible. The RS485 (UART,
COM) transmits the Least Significant Bit first (LSB First) and adds the synchronization and parity bits (start bit,
parity bit and stop bit).
Start

Par

Stop

Reading bit information: Function 0x01, Read Coil Status

Bits are represented within a byte in a conventional way, MSB (Bit 7) on the most left and LSB (Bit 0) most right
(01011010 = 0x5A = 90).
Example: Reading coil 13 and 14 (state of LED A and B) of device 17:
Byte
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Request
Slave address
Function code
Start address
12 = Coil 13

0x11
0x01
0x00
0x0C
0x00
0x02
crc_l
crc_h

Number of registers:
13..14 = 2
Checksum
CRC16

Answer
Slave address
Function code
Byte count
Byte 1
Checksum
CRC16

0x11
0x01
0x01
0x02
crc_l
crc_h

The start address of the request plus the bit position in the answer byte 1 corresponds to the coil address. Started bytes
are filled with zeros.
Byte 1

Hex
0x02

Binary
00000010b

Coil 14
ON

Coil 13
OFF

Reading byte information

Modbus does not know a data type Byte or Character (see address space). Strings or byte arrays will be mapped
into holding registers (2 bytes per register) und transferred as Character streams.
Example: Device description text (DM5S) on address 40034 and following (terminated by 0)
Byte
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11

Request
Slave address
Function code
Start address
(34-1)
Number of registers:
3
Checksum
CRC16

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0x11
0x03
0x00
0x21
0x00
0x03
crc_l
crc_h

Answer
Slave address
Function code
Byte count
Byte 1
Byte 2
Byte 3
Byte 4
Byte 5
Byte 6
Checksum
CRC16

0x11
0x03
0x06
0x4D
0x44
0x53
0x35
0x00
0x00
crc_l
crc_h

M
D
S
5
0
0

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Reading single or multiple registers: Function 0x03, Read Holding Register

Register or words will be transferred in accordance with the Big Endian format.
Example: Reading meters 1 and 2 on address 40282 up to 40289 of device 17
Byte
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

Request
Slave address
Function code
Start address:
(282-1)

Answer
Slave address
Function code
Byte Count
Byte 1
Byte 2
Byte 3
Byte 4
Byte 5
Byte 6
Byte 7
Byte 8
Checksum
CRC16

0x11
0x03
0x01
0x19
0x00
0x04
crc_l
crc_h

Number of registers:
4
Checksum
CRC16

Me t e r 1 : 0 x0 0 3 2 0 0 0 6 = 3 2 7 6 8 0 6

Me t e r 2 : 0 x0 0 2 5 0 4 1 2 = 2 4 2 5 8 7 4

0x11
0x03
0x08
0x00
0x06
0x00
0x32
0x04
0x12
0x00
0x25
crc_l
crc_h

The assignment of the unit and the position of the decimal point to the meters are done using static scaling factors. For
more details see Energy meters.

Reading float numbers (REAL): Function 0x03, Read Holding Register

There is no representation for floating point numbers in the Modbus specification. But as a matter of principle any
desired data structure can be casted to a sequence of 16Bit registers.
The IEEE 754 Standard as the most often used standard for the representation of floating numbers is normally applied.
- The first register contains the bits 0 15 of the 32 bit number (bit 015 of the mantissa).
- The second register contains the bits 16 31 of the 32 bit number (sign, exponent and bit 16-22 of the mantissa).
Bit
31

24 23

16 15

V E E E E E E E E M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M

exponent
sign

mantissa

Example: Reading voltage U1N on register address 40102 of device 17.

Byte
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Request
Slave address
Function code
Start address
(102-1)
Number of registers:
2
Checksum
CRC16

Answer
Slave address
Function code
Byte Count
Byte 1
Byte 2
Byte 3
Byte 4
Checksum
CRC16

0x11
0x03
0x00
0x65
0x00
0x02
crc_l
crc_h

0x11
0x03
0x04
0xE8
0x78
0x43
0x6B
crc_l
crc_h

0x 4 36 B
0

Exponent: 134-127=7

0x E 8 78
1

Mantissa=1. 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 b = 1 , 8 4 3 0 3 1 8 8 3 2 3 9 7 4 6 0 9 3 7 5 d

U1N = +1,84303188323974609375 * 2 7 = 234,908V

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Mapping

3.1 Address space

The address space may be divided in 4 address spaces in accordance with the 4 data types.
Space

Access

Address range

Function code

Coil

readable / writable

00001 09999

0x01
0x05
0x0F

Read Coil Status

Force Single Coil
Force Multiple Coils

Discrete input

read only

10001 19999

0x02

Read Input Status

Input register

read only

30001 39999

0x04

Read Input Register

40001 49999

0x03
0x06
0x10

Read Holding Register

1)
Force Single Register
Preset Multiple Register

Holding register readable / writable

1)
1)

1) not implemented

To reduce the number of commands the device image has been mapped using Holding register if possible.
Quantities normally addressed as a single bit information are implemented as Coil or Discrete input.

3.2 Used addresses

Address

# Reg.

Description

Access

40001 40033

33

Device information

40034 40073

40

Device description text, unique device identification

40100 40203

40

Instantaneous values general

40210 40217

Instantaneous values of analog outputs

RW

40250 40345

96

Scaling factor + meter contents

RW

40346 40346

Tariff of meters

RW

40700 40819

120

Free selectable measurements (Modbus image)

44000 44017

18

Parameters of measurement input

RW

44020 44099

80

Parameters of analog outputs

RW

44100 44103

Parameters of Modbus

RW

44400 44432

33

Parameters of the security system

RW

44440 44469

30

Parameters of free selectable measurements (Modbus image)

RW

45000 45047

48

Parameters of meters

RW

45301 45302

Simulation mode

RW

48300 48309

10

Service functions

RW

48310 48311

Factory reset

RW

13

14

Status of LEDs

13

14

Setting LED status (remote interface)

513 516
1000 1031

R
RW
R

R
RW

Reset slave pointer of bimetal currents

Reset of meters

Access: R = readable, W = writable

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3.3 Used Syntax

Address

Start address of described data block (Register, Coil or Input Status)

Time

Register address of a timestamp, typically of a minimum / maximum value

Reset coil

Coil register address to reset a corresponding measured quantity

Name

Unique name of a variable or structure

Type

Data type of variable

U: unsigned
INT: integer with 8, 16 or 32 Bit
REAL (float)
CHAR[..]: String with/without termination (NULL)
TIME: seconds since 1.1.1970
COIL: Bit information

Default

Value when delivering, after a hardware reset or if quantity is not available

Description

Description of the quantity

14 2L 3G 3U 3A 4U 4O

Availability of the measured quantities, depending on the connected system

14 = Single phase system or
4-wire balanced load or
3-wire balanced load, phase shift (DM5S only)
2L = two phase system (split phase)
3G = 3-wire balanced load
3U = 3-wire unbalanced load
3A = 3-wire balanced load, Aron connection
4U = 4-wire unbalanced load
4O = 4-wire unbalanced load, Open-Y connection

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Device information

4.1 Hardware and firmware

Address
40001

Name

Type

HW_IO_INFO

UINT8

Description
Type of available I/O channels

Analog output 1

Analog output 2

Analog output 3

Analog output 4

Reserved

Reserved

Reserved

Reserved
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
0 : not used
1: analog output
2: analog input
3: digital input
4: digital output
5,6,7: reserved

Analog input/output
0: 0..1mA
1: 0..2mA
2: 0..5mA
3: 0..10mA
4: 0..20mA
5: 0..1V
6: 0..2V
7: 0..5V
8: 0..10V

The configuration of I/Os bases upon

the structure shown opposite.
The value 0xFF is used for, which
does not exist.

analog: 1 = bipolar
digital: 1 = configurable as

Digital input/output

input or output

0: 24VDC
1: 48VDC
2: 24VAC
3: 48VAC
4: reserved
5: relay

Address

Name

Type

Description

40005

HW_OPTIONS

UINT32

Bit
0
1
2,3
4
5
615

Meaning
SINEAX DM5S
SINEAX DM5F
reserved
with display
with Modbus RS485
reserved

40006

HW_OPT_INP

UINT16

Bit
Hardware option
0
Input U1
1
Input U2
2
Input U3
3
Input I1
4
Input I2
5
Input I3
6,7
reserved
Bit 8..15
0
Frequency range 4565Hz

40007

NLB_NR

UINT16

NLB number. If not 0 the device is a special

version (hardware and / or firmware)

40026

FW_MU

UINT32

Firmware version measurement unit

Byte 3

Byte 2

Byte 1

Byte 0

V1.00. XXXX

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4.2 Device identification

The type of the connected device may be identified using the function Report Slave ID (0x11).
Device address

Function

ADDR

0x11

CRC

Low-Byte

High-Byte

Device answer:
Device address

Function

#Bytes

Device ID

ADDR

0x11

<sid>

Data1

Data2

CRC

Low-Byte

High-Byte

0x01

0x00

VR660

Temperature controller

0x02

0x00

A200R

Display unit temperature controller

0x03

0x01

CAM

Measurement unit power quantities

0x04

0x00

APLUS Multifunctional display unit

0x05

0x00

V604s

0x05

0x01

VB604s Universal transmitter

0x05

0x02

VC604s Universal transmitter

0x05

0x03

VQ604s Universal transmitter

0x07

0x00

VS30

Temperature transmitter

0x08

0x00

DM5S

Multi-transducer DM5S

0x08

0x01

DM5F

Multi-transducer DM5F

Universal transmitter

The value for Data2 is reserved for future extensions.

4.3 Device description

The subsequent texts may be both read or overwritten.
Address
40034

40058

Name
DEV_DESC

DEV_TAG

Type

Default

Description

CHAR[48]

DM5S

Device description text

resp.
DM5F

If the text length is <48 characters the string must be

terminated by 0. No validation is performed in the device.

DM5S

Unique device description

resp.
DM5F

This parameter serves to identify the respective device in a

system. Only the following characters may be used:

CHAR[32]

AZ, az, 09, _

Also no numbers or symbols can be used at the beginning. The
string must be terminated by 0.

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4.4 Measurement input configuration

Address
44000

44001

Name
INPUT_SYS

INPUT_CFG

Type

Default

UINT8

00h

reserved

010Ah

Settings

UINT16

Description
System configuration
Value Meaning
0x00
Single phase system
0x05
two phase system (split phase)
0x01
3-wire system, balanced load
0x11
3-wire system, balanced load, U=U12 (DM5S only)
0x21
3-wire system, balanced load, U=U23 (DM5S only)
0x31
3-wire system, balanced load, U=U31 (DM5S only)
0x13
3-wire system, unbalanced load
0x03
3-wire system, unbalanced load, Aron connection
0x02
4-wire system, balanced load
0x04
4-wire system, unbalanced load
0x14
4-wire system, unbalanced load, Open-Y connection

Bit Meaning
0, 1 Freq.measurement
via

0
0 Voltage

2
3
4

Sampling freq.
Rotation
Quadrant

adaptive
left-hand
L-C-L-C
ind-cap-ind-cap

1 Current
2 automatically
fix
right-hand
L-L-C-C
ind-ind-cap-cap

5
6
7
8
7

not used
Freq.measurement
Autoscale U
Autoscale I
DM5S: Autoscale U
DM5F: Autoscale U
DM5S: Autoscale I
DM5F: Autoscale U

filtered
Off
Off
Off
Off
Off
Off

fast
On
On
On
not possible
On
not possible

15

DM5F: Emulation DM5S Off

On

44002

MAIN_FREQ

REAL

44004

IN_VOLTAGE

REAL

398.3717 Nominal voltage primary (L-L)

(50 1E9)

398.3717 Nominal voltage secondary (L-L)

IN_CURRENT

REAL

44006
44008
44010

50.0

Nominal frequency in Hz
The value must be in the range 4565Hz.
V

(50 832)

5.0

Nominal current primary

(0.1 200000)

5.0

Nominal current secondary

(0.1 7.5)

maximum voltage secondary ( L-L)

(50 832)

maximum current secondary

(0.1 7.5)

44012

IN_VOLT_MAX

REAL

478.046

44014

IN_CURR_MAX

REAL

7.5

44016

EFF_MEAN_TP

UINT16

44017

IB_MEAN_TP

UINT16

8 (DM5S) Number of cycles RMS values averaging

DM5S: 4,8,16,32 1024 cycles
bzw.
0 (DM5F) DM5F: =-1, (1)=0,1,2,3,4,8,16,32 1024 cycles
15

Low-pass filter time constant for bimetal current: 1.. 60 [min]

Modifying parameters of the measurement input configuration may also impact the remaining
device programming, which is not described in this document.
By modifying the system configuration (INPUT_SYS) e.g. measured quantities used for analog outputs or the
Modbus image, may become invalid (no longer measurable). This way unexpected results may occur.
A modification of the transformer ratios (IN_VOLTAGE, IN_CURRENT) has no influence on measurement ranges
set for analog outputs. The values will not be changed proportionally. If you dont modify these values it may
happen, that e.g. analog outputs go to their boundaries.

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Measurements

5.1 General instantaneous values

Address
40100
40102
40104
40106
40108
40110
40112
40114
40116
40118
40120
40122
40124
40126
40128
40130
40132
40134
40136
40138
40140
40142
40144
40146
40148
40150
40152
40154
40156
40158
40160
40162
40164
40166
40168

Name
U
U1N
U2N
U3N
U12
U23
U31
UNE
I
I1
I2
I3
IN
P
P1
P2
P3
Q
Q1
Q2
Q3
S
S1
S2
S3
F
PF
PF1
PF2
PF3
QF
QF1
QF2
QF3
LF

14

2L

3G

3U

3A

4U

4O

40170
40172
40174
40176
40178
40180
40182
40184
40186
40188
40190
40192
40194
40196
40198
40200
40202

LF1
LF2
LF3
UM
IM
IMS
IB
IB1
IB2
IB3
BS
BS1
BS2
BS3
UF12
UF23
UF31

Type
REAL

REAL

REAL

REAL

REAL

REAL
REAL

REAL

REAL

REAL

REAL

REAL

REAL

Description
System voltage
Voltage phase L1 to N
Voltage phase L2 to N
Voltage phase L3 to N
Voltage phase L1 to L2
Voltage phase L2 to L3
Voltage phase L3 to L1
Zero displacement voltage in 4-wire systems
System current
Current in phase L1
Current in phase L2
Current in phase L3
Neutral current (calculated)
Active power system (P = P1 + P2 + P3)
Active power phase 1 (L1 N)
Active power phase 2 (L2 N)
Active power phase 3 (L3 N)
Reactive power system (Q = Q1 + Q2 + Q3)
Reactive power phase 1 (L1 N)
Reactive power phase 2 (L2 N)
Reactive power phase 3 (L3 N)
Apparent power system S
Apparent power phase 1 (L1 N)
Apparent power phase 2 (L2 N)
Apparent power phase 3 (L3 N)
System frequency
PF = P / S, Power factor system PF
Power factor phase 1 (L1 N)
Power factor phase 2 (L2 N)
Power factor phase 3 (L3 N)
QF = Q / S, Reactive power factor system
Reactive power factor phase 1 (L1 N)
Reactive power factor phase 1 (L2 N)
Reactive power factor phase 1 (L3 N)
sign(Q)(1 abs(PF)), Load factor system
Load factor phase 1 (L1 N)
Load factor phase 2 (L2 N)
Load factor phase 3 (L3 N)
Average value of voltages
Average value of currents
Average value of currents with sign of P
Bimetal current in balanced load systems
Bimetal current in phase L 1
Bimetal current in phase L2
Bimetal current in phase L3
Slave pointer bimetal current in balanced load systems
Slave pointer bimetal current in phase L 1
Slave pointer bimetal current in phase L2
Slave pointer bimetal current in phase L3
Phase angle voltage U1-U2
Phase angle voltage U2-U3
Phase angle voltage U3-U1

The phase angles are used for wiring check only and will not be offered as fully calculated measurements to the user.

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5.2 Instantaneous values of analog outputs

Address

Name

Type

Default

40210

AOUT1

REAL

0.0

Present value of analog output 1 [mA]

Description

40212

AOUT2

0.0

Present value of analog output 2 [mA]

40214

AOUT3

0.0

Present value of analog output 3 [mA]

40216

AOUT4

0.0

Present value of analog output 4 [mA]

5.3 Free selectable Modbus image

In this memory area all measurements are provided, which have been arranged in the free Modbus image.
Therefore sequence and content are user specified.
Address
40700

Name
MOD_IMAGE

Type

Default

REAL[60]

0.0

Description
Measurements in Float format
Measured quantities as defined by the user

5.4 Present LED states

Address

Name

Type

Description

13

LED_A

COIL

Present state of LED A

14

LED_B

COIL

Present state of LED B

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Energy meters (DM5S onl y)

6.1 General
Meters are generally provided as 32-Bit integer numbers without sign, because only this way it's assured that no
th
resolution gets lost if the meter content increases. The values have a maximum of 9. In case of a carry to the 10
digit a reset of the meter content to zero is performed.
To convert the 9-digit numbers to the physical, primary side meter content they must be scaled. This is done using
a scaling factor per meter, which implies the position of the decimal point and the basic unit of the meter
quantity. If the configuration of the device is not modified this factor remains unchanged and therefore must be
read only once.
Physical meter value = Meter content * 10

[Wh or varh]

Example: Pincoming HT = 12056; CNTR_EXP = 4

4

-2

Meter content: 12056 x 10 [Wh] =12056 x 10 x 10 [Wh] = 120.56 [MWh]

[MWh] 2 post decimal positions

6.2 Scaling factors of the meters

Address
40250
40251
40252
40253
40254
40255
40256
40257
40258
40259
40260
40261
40262
40263
40264
40265
40266
40267
40268
40269
40270
40271
40272
40273
40274
40275
40276
40277
40278
40279
40280
40281

Name
MET_EXP_1
MET_EXP_2
MET_EXP_3
MET_EXP_4
MET_EXP_5
MET_EXP_6
MET_EXP_7
MET_EXP_8
MET_EXP_9
MET_EXP_10
MET_EXP_11
MET_EXP_12
MET_EXP_13
MET_EXP_14
MET_EXP_15
MET_EXP_16
MET_EXP_17
MET_EXP_18
MET_EXP_19
MET_EXP_20
MET_EXP_21
MET_EXP_22
MET_EXP_23
MET_EXP_24
MET_EXP_25
MET_EXP_26
MET_EXP_27
MET_EXP_28
MET_EXP_29
MET_EXP_30
MET_EXP_31
MET_EXP_32

Type

Default
0

INT16

Description
Scaling factor meter 1
Scaling factor meter 2
Scaling factor meter 3
Scaling factor meter 4
Scaling factor meter 5
Scaling factor meter 6
Scaling factor meter 7
Scaling factor meter 8
Scaling factor meter 9
Scaling factor meter 10
Scaling factor meter 11
Scaling factor meter 12
Scaling factor meter 13
Scaling factor meter 14
Scaling factor meter 15
Scaling factor meter 16
Scaling factor meter 17
Scaling factor meter 18
Scaling factor meter 19
Scaling factor meter 20
Scaling factor meter 21
Scaling factor meter 22
Scaling factor meter 23
Scaling factor meter 24
Scaling factor meter 25
Scaling factor meter 26
Scaling factor meter 27
Scaling factor meter 28
Scaling factor meter 29
Scaling factor meter 30
Scaling factor meter 31
Scaling factor meter 32

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Factor

-3

-2

-1

Resolution

1m

1.00

1.0

1.00 k

1.0 k

1k

1.00 M

1.0 M

1M

1.00 G

1.0 G

1G

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6.3 Meter contents

Address
40282
40284
40286
40288
40290
40292
40294
40296
40298
40300
40302
40304
40306
40308
40310
40312
40314
40316
40318
40320
40322
40324
40326
40328
40330
40332
40334
40336
40338
40340
40342
40344

Reset
1000
1001
1002
1003
1004
1005
1006
1007
1008
1009
1010
1011
1012
1013
1014
1015
1016
1017
1018
1019
1020
1021
1022
1023
1024
1025
1026
1027
1028
1029
1030
1031

Name
METER_1
METER_2
METER_3
METER_4
METER_5
METER_6
METER_7
METER_8
METER_9
METER_10
METER_11
METER_12
METER_13
METER_14
METER_15
METER_16
METER_17
METER_18
METER_19
METER_20
METER_21
METER_22
METER_23
METER_24
METER_25
METER_26
METER_27
METER_28
METER_29
METER_30
METER_31
METER_32

Type
UINT32

Default
0

Description
Meter 1
Meter 2
Meter 3
Meter 4
Meter 5
Meter 6
Meter 7
Meter 8
Meter 9
Meter 10
Meter 11
Meter 12
Meter 13
Meter 14
Meter 15
Meter 16
Meter 17
Meter 18
Meter 19
Meter 20
Meter 21
Meter 22
Meter 23
Meter 24
Meter 25
Meter 26
Meter 27
Meter 28
Meter 29
Meter 30
Meter 31
Meter 32

By setting the reset coils 10001031 the associated meter content will be reset.

6.4 Present tariff of meters

The device supports up to 16 tariffs, the individual tariffs 1 up to 15 and the uniform tariff.
To each meter a tariff is assigned. The appropriate runs only if the assigned tariff number corresponds to the
value set on METER_TARIFF. Meters with uniform tariff runs independently of the current active tariff.
The tariff may be changed via Modbus interface, by overwriting the existing tariff situation. To rule out possible
manipulations this operation may be locked during device configuration by means of the security system.
Value

Name

40346

METER_TARIFF

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Type
UINT16

Description
Tariff situation (readable and writable)
0: Uniform tariff
115: Tariff 1 up to 15

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Modbus interface
To assure that each device may be accessed, independent of the used hardware, the response time has
a factory setting of 100 ms. A faster response time may be set via the register COM_OPTIONS (or by
using the CB-Manager).

The response time is the delay a device waits until it sends an answer to a request. In accordance with the
Modbus standard this at least the time it takes to transmit 3.5 characters. This time allows the master (PC) to
perform the switching of the data direction (from send to receive), but also serves to recognize the beginning of a
new telegram.
Especially the switching of the data direction on master side depends on the used hardware (PC, RS485 interface
or interface converter). If the response time is selected too short the response of the device may not be
recognized. In this case the response time have to be prolonged. Take into account, that the telegram sent to
change the response time possibly is not acknowledged due to the insufficient response time previously set. The
new response time is set after the device has received the telegram.
Modbus settings
Address

Name

Type

Offset

Default

Description

44100

COM_ADDRESS

UINT8

0
1

1
0

44101

COM_BAUD

UINT32

19'200

Baud rate, valid values are:

2'400, 4'800, 9'600, 19'200, 38400, 57'600,
115'200

44103

COM_OPTIONS

UINT16

0x0020

Configuration of the Modbus interface

Modbus address 1...247

always 0

15 ...

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parity

stop bits

00: None
01: Odd
10: Even

01: 1
10: 2

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0000: 100 ms
0111: 3.5 char
0110: 2*3.5 char
0101: 4*3.5 char

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Simulation mode

By means of the simulation analog outputs values may be predefined. This mode is suited especially to test
subsequent circuits during commissioning.
Once started the simulation mode can be stopped in two ways:
setting the register SIM_MOD to 0
switching off the power supply
Address
45301

Name

Type

Description

SIM_IO

UINT16

Bit mask for simulation

15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8

7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

Res.
Res.
Res.
Res.
Res.
Res.
Res.
Res.

I/O 1
I/O 2
I/O 3
I/O 4
Res.
Res.
Res.
Res.

8.1 Simulation of analog outputs

For all channels selected in SIM_IO a value may be predefined
Address

Name

Type

Description

41520

AOUT1

REAL

Analog output 1 in mA

41522

AOUT2

REAL

Analog output 2 in mA

41524

AOUT3

REAL

Analog output 3 in mA

41526

AOUT4

REAL

Analog output 4 in mA

Remote interface

All LEDs not used for the normal device functionality may be used for other purposes. Driving is performed via
the configuration interface, e.g. by means of a Modbus master software.
Address

Name

Type

Description

13

LED1

COIL

State LED A

14

LED2

COIL

State LED B

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