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User Manual EE741 Inline Flow Sensor for Compressed Air and Gases
5.2 Digital Interface
5.2.1 M-Bus (Meter Bus)
The M-Bus (Meter Bus) is a field bus for recording consumption data. Transmission runs serially
on a reverse polarity protected two-wire line. The EE741 flow sensor as M-Bus slave requires
a separate supply voltage. There is no prescribed specific topology (line or star) for the wiring.
Normal phone cable of type J-Y(St)Y Nx2x0.8 mm can be used. The max. cable length per
segment (primary addressed) is 250 m (820 ft).
The table below shows the structure of the consumption data sent by the sensing unit:
Header
68
Start of the telegram
4F 4F
L-field (length)
68
Second starting signal
08
C-field (RSP_UD)
XX
A-field (address)
Start user data
72
CI-field (variable data structure)
XX XX XX XX
Identification number
A5 16
Manufacturer (0x16A5 … EUE)
01
Version
09
Medium (9 … compressed air)
XX
Access number (consecutive)
00
Status
00 00
Signature
Data record 1: Volume flow
05
DIF (32 bit real)
3E
VIF (volume flow in m³/h)
XX XX XX XX
Cur. measured value
Data record 2: Temperature
05
DIF (32 bit real)
5B
VIF (temperature in °C)
XX XX XX XX
Cur. measured value
Data record 3: Mass flow
05
DIF (32 bit real)
53
VIF (mass flow in kg/h)
XX XX XX XX
Cur. measured value
Data record 4: Consumption meter status
05
DIF (32 bit real)
16
VIF (volumes in m³)
XX XX XX XX
Cur. consumption value
Data record 5: Flow velocity
05
DIF (32 bit real)
7F
VIF (manufacturer-specific in m/s)
XX XX XX XX
Cur. measured value
Data record 6: Volume flow
04
DIF (32 bit integer)
3B
VIF (volume flow in 10-³ m³/h)
XX XX XX XX
Cur. measured value
Data record 7: Temperature
04
DIF (32 bit integer)
59
VIF (temperature in 10-² °C)
XX XX XX XX
Cur. measured value
Data record 8: Mass flow
04
DIF (32 bit integer)
51
VIF (mass flow in 10-² kg/h)
XX XX XX XX
Cur. measured value
Data record 9: Consumption meter status
07
DIF (64 bit integer)
13
VIF (volumes in 10-³ m³)
XX XX XX XX
XX XX XX XX
Cur. consumption value
Data record 10: Flow velocity
04
DIF (32 bit integer)
7F
VIF (manufacturer-specific in 10-²
m/s)
XX XX XX XX
Cur. measured value
End user data
XX
Checksum
16
End of telegram
Secondary addressing:
In addition to primary addressing, the EE741 flow sensor provides the option of secondary
addressing. The secondary address uses the fields of identification number, manufacturer,
version and medium. The M-Bus Standard https://m-bus.com/assets/downloads/MBDOC48.PDF
describes the exact sequence of the secondary addressing.
M-Bus setup:
Factory settings
Adjustable values
Baud rate
2400
600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600
Data bits
8
8
Parity
EVEN
None, odd, even
Stop bits
1
1 or 2
Slave address
240
0...254
For several devices on the bus the max. recommended baud rate is 9600.