• HMS Industrial Networks India Private Limited

M-Bus Solution to Optimise Energy Consumption

HMS Industrial Networks has released a solution, which enables communication between M-Bus (Meter-Bus) and any industrial network. M-Bus is a widely used standard for measuring devices such as electricity meters, gas meters, water meters etc. Getting data from these devices onto an industrial network enables plant owners to get better control of their total energy consumption and streamline operations. M-Bus is a standard for remote reading of measuring devices. It is predominantly used in buildings, for example in electricity meters, gas meters, water meters or other types of consumption meters. By getting data from these measuring devices onto a PLC or SCADA system, industrial plant owners can get a total overview of their energy consumption, including building parameters, which previously had to be checked separately. How it works: the solution consists of two parts – firstly, a transparent M-Bus converter, which converts the M-Bus signals to RS232. The converter works as M-Bus master and enables connection of up to 10 standard M-Bus devices (slaves). The second part is an Anybus Communicator gateway, which translates the RS232 signal to the chosen fieldbus or Industrial Ethernet network. The solution enables M-Bus devices to connect to: CANopen, CC-Link, ControlNet, DeviceNet, EtherCAT, EtherNet/IP, FIPIO, Interbus, Modbus Plus, Modbus TCP, Modbus RTU, PROFIBUS, and PROFINET. The Anybus Communicator is configured using a Windows-based software, which is included with the product. This means no programming is required to configure the connection between M-Bus and the desired industrial network. Once the configuration is made for one network, it is easy to re-use to create connections to other networks. The company also offers Canopen Modules For Automation & Control System