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Processcomponent: M-Bus sensors connected in 10 minutes!

Processcomponent in Sweden uses the Anybus M-Bus to Modbus-TCP gateway to quickly connect M-Bus sensors to the OptoEMU Energy Monitoring System. This provides building owners with real-time data from their buildings so they can do monitoring, logging and invoicing.
What I really like about the Anybus M-Bus gateway is that it is very easy to use and quick to install. Before, it could take several hours to configure a single meter running M-Bus. With the Anybus gateway we can set things up in 10 minutes!
 
Jonas-Karlsson
Jonas Karlsson
Processcomponent
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Swedish Processcomponent AB has installed a monitoring system in an apartment building in Gothenburg. The system gathers data from 72 apartments, a grocery store, and the central HVAC system. All around the building, there are sensors for temperature, energy and water. The problem was that the sensors communicate via M-Bus and the energy monitoring system — the OptoEMU from Opto22— uses Modbus-TCP. 

 

To solve this communication issue, Processcomponent found the Anybus M-Bus to Modbus gateway from HMS Industrial Networks. The gateway decodes M-Bus telegrams and maps them directly to Modbus registers.

This way, the sensors can be understood by the OptoEMU and their values show up directly. 

 

 

OptoEMU — a powerful solution for energy monitoring

Processcomponent has been very successful in installing the OptoEMU – an Energy Monitoring System (EMU) which collects energy data from buildings, electrical subpanels, and individual equipment like chillers and compressors.

The OptoEMU delivers the data so users can view it online and use it in a business application and do invoicing for example. Users can also get alarms whenever certain levels are reached.

 

 

Quick and easy access to M-Bus data

“What I really like about the Anybus M-Bus gateway is that it is very easy to use and quick to install,” says Jonas Karlsson, Sales Manager at Processcomponent.

“All M-Bus sensors are automatically detected by the gateway without you having to do any configuration. This saves a lot of time since you don’t have to configure each meter individually — they all show up automatically, complete with serial number, name, and all current values.

Indeed, you don’t even have to be on site as long as you have someone connecting the wiring from the sensor to the gateway. Before, it could take several hours to configure a single meter running M-Bus. With the Anybus gateway, we can set things up in 10 minutes!”

 

 

How it works

“The actual process is quite easy,” continues Jonas Karlsson. “You do a search for available M-Bus sensors connected to the gateway, and you get back Modbus registers from the sensors. These can be interpreted by the OptoEMU and provide the customer with real-time data from the sensors.”

The configuration is handled in a web-based configuration tool which allows users to set up the gateway in a web interface. 

No programming is necessary.

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The Opto 22 controller to the left and the Anybus M-Bus to Modbus-TCP gateway to the right.

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