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M-Bus / M-Bus Wireless / BACnet Slave
Document code: MN67086_ENG Revision 1.100 Page 28 of 43
SECTION VARIABLES (BY POSITION):
Selecting the desired node it is possible to add a variable. In
order to create a new variable it is necessary to fill these items:
To use the created variable the field “
Enable Variable
”
must be checked. If you have created a variable but for
the moment it is unused it is possible to uncheck the field
“Enable Variable” without delete it;
In the field “
Description
” it is possible to write a
description of the variable (it isn’t a necessary
information, it helps the readability of the tree of
network);
The field “
Dimension
” is used to select the dimension of
the variable (8, 16, 24, 32, 32 real, 48, 64 bit, Variable
Length);
In the field “
Length(Variable Len)
” insert the length of
the data in the case of the dimension is “Variable
Length”;
If the field “
From BCD to Integer
” is checked the
converter converts the BCD value of variable in Integer
format. This happens only if the variable is in BCD
format; if it isn’t nothing changes.
In the field “
Position
” the position of the variable inside
the M-Bus frame sent by the M-Bus slave is defined.
In the field “
BACnet Eng. Unit
” it is possible to select a
Engineering Unit of the Object by pressing to the
button (see ‘BACNET ENG. UNIT’ section for more details);
In the field “
BACnet Data Type
” it is possible to select a type of Object used for saving the variable (see ‘BACNET DATA TYPE
section for more details);
In the field “
Post Operation
” it is possible to select to do a math operation to the value.
Having completed this fields, to add the variable the button “
ADD VARIABLE
” must be pressed.
In order to modify a created variable it is necessary to select the desired variable, change the wrong items and then press the “
MODIFY
VARIABLE
” button.