
TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION Wired M-Bus • Water Meters flowIQ® 2101
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Kamstrup A/S · Technical Description · 55121944_A1_GB_08.2016
5.6.2
REQ_UD1 -> ACK
REQ_UD1 from the M-Bus Master is a request for time-critical (alarm) data from the M-Bus water meter.
The flowIQ® 2101/3100 M-Bus water meter does not support time-critical data (alarm protocol), but it replies with
an ACK (link layer receipt) when receiving REQ_UD1, which means that the M-Bus water meter does not have any
time-critical (alarm) data to transmit.
In this way, the M-Bus water meter will function in M-Bus systems with other M-Bus interface supporting time-
critical data (alarm protocol).
5.6.3
REQ_SKE -> RSP_SKE
REQ_SKE from the M-Bus Master is a request for communication status and for information on whether the M-Bus
water meter has any time-critical (alarm) data to send. When receiving an REQ_SKE the M-Bus water meter replies
with an RSP_SKE, but as the M-Bus water meter does not support time-critical data (alarm protocol), and cannot
have overflow in its input buffer, the status bits ACD (Access Demand) and DFC (Data Flow Control) will always be =
0 in the M-Bus water meter reply, which means that the M-Bus water meter does not have any time-critical (alarm)
data to send and has no buffer overflow.
Therefore, the M-Bus water meter will function in M-Bus systems with other M-Bus interface supporting time-
critical data (alarm protocol) and using communication status bit.
SND_NKE
->
ACK
The M-Bus Master normalizes the M-Bus water meter with an SND_NKE and the M-Bus water meter acknowledges
successful receipt of the message by means of an ACK. An SND_NKE to primary address 253 will deselect the M-Bus
water meter, if it was selected by means of secondary or enhanced secondary addressing.
SND_UD
->
ACK
The M-Bus Master wishes to send data to the M-Bus water meter, or to select/deselect the M-Bus water meter via
secondary or enhanced secondary addressing. The M-Bus water meter acknowledges successful receipt of the
SND_UD telegram by means of an ACK. The acknowledgement (ACK) just means that the M-Bus water meter has
received the telegram successfully in the Data Link Layer and is as such no guarantee that the M-Bus water meter
has accepted the contents of the Application Layer.
Therefore, when receiving an SND_UD command with a new baud rate, the M-Bus water meter will acknowledge
receipt by means of an ACK, even though it ignores the contents, as the M-Bus water meter automatically detects
the baud rate on receipt.
5.7
Information codes
flowIQ® 2101/3100 indicates in the display, and in the wired M-Bus datagram, if a special state in the meter, called
info codes, are present:
DRY: Meaning that the meter is not water filled, in this case nothing is measured.
REVERSE: Meaning that the water is flowing in the wrong direction in the meter.
LEAK: Meaning that the water has been running for more than 24 hours.
BURST: Meaning that the water flow is constantly high for more than 30 minutes.