MASTERBUS
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June 2009 / Mass GI / EN
6 MASTERBUS
6.1
What is MasterBus?
All devices that are suitable for
MasterBus are marked by the MasterBus
symbol.
MasterBus is a fully decentralized data network for
communication between the different Mastervolt
system devices. It is a CAN-bus based
communication network which has proven a reliable
bus-system in automotive applications. MasterBus is
used as power management system for all
connected devices, such as the inverter, battery
charger, generator and many more. This enables
communication between the connected devices, for
instance to start the generator when the batteries
are low.
MasterBus reduces complexity of electrical systems
by using UTP patch cables. All system components
are simply chained together. The results are a
reduction of material costs as only a few electrical
cables are needed and less installation time.
For central monitoring and control of the connected
devices Mastervolt offers a wide range of panels
which show full status information of your electrical
system at a glance and a push of a button. All
monitoring panels can be used for monitoring,
control and configuration of all connected MasterBus
devices.
New devices can be added to the existing network in
a very easy way by just extending the network. With
this the MasterBus network offers a high degree of
flexibility for extended system configuration, not only
today, but in the future as well!
Mastervolt also offers several interfaces, making
even non-MasterBus devices suitable to operate in
the MasterBus network.
For direct communication between the MasterBus
network and a product which is not from Mastervolt,
the Modbus interface is recommended.
CAUTION: Never connect a non-
MasterBus device to the MasterBus
network directly! This will void warranty of
all MasterBus devices connected.
The
event
configuration
of the Mass GI as target and
as source is described in chapter 7 of this manual.