PowerLogicPM810PowerMeterModbus

ApplicationNote
ConnectingtoaSchneiderElectricPowerLogicPM810powermeterusing
Northsinterfacetechnology.
Contents
Introduction
SupportedDevicesDeviceValuesNorthPlatformsLicenceUnits

ThePowerMeter
PreparingtoConnectCableSpecification

UsingtheDriver
StartinganInterfaceSettinguptheDriver

ObjectSpecifications

Introduction
TheNorthModbusdriverinterfacestoequipmentsupportingtheModbus
orJBusserialprotocol.

NorthPlatform

ThisapplicationnotedescribesusingtheNorthModbusdriverwitha
SchneiderElectricPowerLogicPM810powermeter.
ForgeneralinformationonusingtheModbusdriversearchfortheNorth
ModbusDriverManual.

SupportedDevices
TheModbusdriverconnects,viaanRS485serialconnection,toanetwork
ofPowerLogicseries800powermeters.Youcanconnectupto31power
meterstothesamenetwork.

DeviceValues
Typically,thefollowingvaluesareavailable:

Current
Voltage
RealPower
ReactivePower
ApparentPower
PowerFactor
Frequency

NorthPlatforms
TheModbusdriverisavailabletouseonthefollowingNorthproductplatforms.
Northplatform
Commander
Integrator
ObSys

Available
Yes
Yes
Yes

LicenceUnits
TheModbusdriverrequireszerolicenceunitstostart.

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ThePowerMeter
PreparingtoConnect
 BeforeyoucanconnecttothePM800seriespowermeter,followthesesteps:
 SelecttheMAINTmenu,andthenSETUP
 Enteryourpassword.Thedefaultpasswordis0000
 SelecttheCOMMSmenu
 SettheprotocoltoMB.RTU,thisisthedefaultsettingforModbusRTU
 SetthepowermeterwithauniqueModbusserialaddress(ADDR),thedefaultaddressis1
 Setthebaudrate(BAUD),thedefaultsettingis9600
 SettheparitytoNONE,thedefaultsettingisEVEN
 Pressuntilaskedtosaveyourchanges

CableSpecification
Connectthepowermetersusing2wireRS485cable.AnRS232toRS485serialconverterwillbe
requiredtoconnectthistotheNorthdevice.ThisisavailabletopurchasefromNorth,orderpart
numberMISC/485CONV.
ThetotallengthofRS485cablecanbeupto1km.
Ifrequired,settheRS485serialconverterto10bitdataformat(onestartbit,eightdatabits,noparity
bit,andonestopbit).

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UsingtheDriver
TheNorthModbusdriverisavailabletouseontheCommander,IntegratorandObSysproduct
platforms.OneachoftheseNorthdevices,youcanusethedrivertostartaninterface.Oncestarted,
youwillneedtosetupthedriverbeforeitcancommunicatewiththeexternalsystem.

StartinganInterface
 Tostartaninterfacewiththedriver,followthesesteps:
 StartEngineeringyourNorthdeviceusingObSys
 NavigatetoConfiguration,andthenInterfaces
 Tocheckthedriverisinstalled,navigatetoInstalledDriversandlocateModbus
 NavigatebacktoInterfacesandfindablankinterfaceinthelist.EnterthedrivernameModbus
tostart
 NavigatebacktothetoplevelofyourNorthdevice,thenselectScanandRefresh
 Thedriversetupobject(Mc),labelledModbusModule,shouldnowbeavailable

SettinguptheDriver
 Tosetupthedriver,followthesesteps:
 NavigatetotheModbusModuleobject(Mc).Forexample,ifyoustartedinterface1withthe
driverearlier,thentheobjectreferencewillbeM1
 SettheBaudRateobject(RS.BR)tothebaudrateyouconfiguredtheModbusdeviceswith
earlier.Thedefaultbaudrateforthepowermeteris9600
 SettheByteFormatobject(RS.BF)toN81.Yousetthepowermetersparityearlier.APM810is
always8databitsand1stopbit
 SettheOperatingModeobject(OM)toRTUframing
 SettheRS232COMPortobject(RS.COM)totheserialCOMportusedtoconnecttotheModbus
system
 SettheAddressCountobject(AC)tothelastserialaddressyouconfiguredtheModbusdevices
withearlier
 SettheDeviceTypeobject(DT)toPM810

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ObjectSpecifications
Whenyoustartaninterfacewiththedriver,thentheobjectsbelowwillappear.Forexample,ifyou
startedinterface1,thentheobjectreferenceswillbeM1andS1.
Theobjectslistedwithineachoftheobjectspecificationsinthischapterarearrangedinatreelike
structure.Navigatebetweenthecontainertypeobjectstobuildupthefullobjectreference.
Forexample,theModbusSystem(S1)containsAddress1(A1),whichcontainsaninputregisterobject
(B2.B).Therefore,theobjectreferencewillbeS1.A1.B2.B.
TheobjectreferencesarerelativetotheNorthdevicewheretheinterfacestarted,soyoumayneedto
prefixthemwiththeroutetothatdevice.
Forexample,toaccesstheobjectS1.DI4.SonaCommanderplatformfromyourObSysPC,theobject
referencewouldbeIP.CDIP.S1.DI41.S.WhereIPistheIPNetworkobjectandCDIPisthealiasofthe
Commander.

InterfaceTopLevelObjects
Whenyoustartaninterfacewiththedriver,thentheobjectsbelowwillappear.Forexample,ifyou
startedinterface1,thentheobjectreferenceswillbeM1andS1.
Description
ModbusModule
SetuptheModbusdriver,startedon
interfacec(cistheinterfacenumber)

Reference
Mc

ModbusSystem
AccessModbussystemconnectedto
interfacec(cistheinterfacenumber)

Sc

Type
FixedContainer:
OntheCommanderplatformthiswillbe
[CDMv20\Modbusv10]
OntheIntegratorandObSysplatformsthiswillbe
[OSMv20\Modbusv10]
VariableContainer:
[Modbus]

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TheModbusdriver[OSMv20\Modbusv10andCDMv20\Modbusv10]containsthefollowingobjects:
Description
ModuleLabel
Labeldisplayedwhenscanningthedriver
setupobject
DriverVersion
PlatformVersion
DeviceLabel
Labeldisplayedwhenscanningthesystem
RS232COMPort
BaudRate

Reference
PL

Type
Obj\Text;Max.20chars;Adjustable

DV
PV
DL

Obj\Text;Seenote1
Obj\Text;Seenote1
Obj\Text;Max.20chars;Adjustable

RS.COM
RS.BR

Obj\Num;Adjustable
Obj\Num;Adjustable
Range:1200,2400,9600,19200or38400
Obj\ENum:011;Adjustable;Seenote2
Obj\ENum:01;Adjustable
Values:0=RTU,1=ASCII
Obj\Num;Range:0255;Adjustable
Obj\Num;Range:0250;Adjustable
Obj\Text;Max.20chars;Adjustable
Obj\Num;Range:0100;Adjustable

ByteFormat
OperatingMode

RS.BF
OM

ModbusAddressStart
ModbusAddressCount
DeviceType
TXDelay(ms)
Providesanadditionaldelaybetweena
responseandthenextrequest.
UserdefinableFormulax
Theformula,x,isintherange120

AS
AC
DT
TXB

Fx

FixedContainer:
[Standard\AMFormula]

Notes
1.

2.

Versiontextvalueshavetheformat:
<Name><Version>|<Date>
Where:
<Name>isthenameofthesoftwaremodule.
<Version>istheversionnumber,intheformatvX.X.
<Date>isthebuilddateofthatversion,intheformatdd/mm/yy
Forexample,OSMv2.0|01/12/11
ByteFormatsetstheserialcommunicationparameters,whichincludetheparity,databits,andstopbits:
Value
Parity
Databits Stopbits
0
None
8
1
1
None
8
2
2
None
7
1
3
None
7
2
4
Odd
8
1
5
Odd
8
2
6
Odd
7
1
7
Odd
7
2
8
Even
8
1
9
Even
8
2
10
Even
7
1
11
Even
7
2

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ModbusSystem
TheModbussystem[Modbus]containsobjectstoaccesstheserialdevicesavailable.
ScantheModbussystemtofindthedeviceaddressesavailable.Theinterfacewillrespondwiththe
addressrangeyouconfiguredearlierwithintheModbusdriversetup.Ifyoualsoconfiguredthedevice
typeobjectwithinthedriversetup,theneachaddresswillrespondwiththattype.
Description
Reference
Addressx
Ax
TheModbusdeviceaddressnumber,x,isin
therange1247

Type
FixedContainer,oneofthefollowing:
[Modbus\PM810]

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PM810Device
APowerLogicPM810powermeter[Modbus\PM810]containsthefollowingobjects.
Description
CurrentPhaseA
CurrentPhaseB
CurrentPhaseC
CurrentNeutral
Current3PhaseAvg
CurrentUnbalancePhaseA
CurrentUnbalancePhaseB
CurrentUnbalancePhaseC
CurrentUnbalanceMax
VoltageAB
VoltageBC
VoltageCA
VoltageLLAvg
VoltageAN
VoltageBN
VoltageCN
VoltageNR
VoltageLN
VoltageUnbalanceAB
VoltageUnbalanceBC
VoltageUnbalanceCA
VoltageUnbalanceMaxLL
VoltageUnbalanceAN
VoltageUnbalanceBN
VoltageUnbalanceCN
VoltageUnbalanceMaxLN
RealPowerPhaseA
RealPowerPhaseB
RealPowerPhaseC
RealPowerTotal
ReactivePowerPhaseA
ReactivePowerPhaseB
ReactivePowerPhaseC
ReactivePowerTotal
ApparentPowerPhaseA
ApparentPowerPhaseB
ApparentPowerPhaseC
ApparentPowerTotal
TruePWRPhaseFactorA
TruePWRPhaseFactorB
TruePWRPhaseFactorC
TruePWRTotal
AlternateTruePWRFactorA
AlternateTruePWRFactorB
AlternateTruePWRFactorC
AlternateTruePWRFactorTotal
DisplacementPWRFactorA
DisplacementPWRFactorB
DisplacementPWRFactorC
DisplacementPWRFactorTotal
ALTDisplacementPWRFactorA
ALTDisplacementPWRFactorB
ALTDisplacementPWRFactorC
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Reference
D1099.C
D1100.C
D1101.C
D1102.C
D1104.C
D1106.C
D1107.C26
D1108.C26
D1109.C26
D1119.C
D1120.C
D1121.C
D1122.C
D1123.C
D1124.C
D1125.C
D1126.C
D1127.C
D1128.C26
D1129.C26
D1130.C26
D1131.C26
D1132.C26
D1133.C26
D1134.C26
D1135.C26
D1139.C
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D1142.C
D1143.C
D1144.C
D1145.C
D1146.C
D1147.C
D1148.C
D1149.C
D1150.C
D1159.C28
D1160.C28
D1161.C28
D1162.C28
D1163.C28
D1164.C28
D1165.C28
D1166.C28
D1167.C28
D1168.C28
D1169.C28
D1170.C28
D1171.C28
D1172.C28
D1173.C28

Type
Obj\Float
Obj\Float
Obj\Float
Obj\Float
Obj\Float
Obj\Float
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Obj\Float
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Obj\Float
Obj\Float
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Obj\Float
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Description
ALTDisplacementPWRFactorTotal
Frequency(50/60Hz)
THDCurrentPhaseA
THDCurrentPhaseB
THDCurrentPhaseC
THDCurrentPhaseN
THDVoltagePhaseAN
THDVoltagePhaseBN
THDVoltagePhaseCN
THDVoltagePhaseAB
THDVoltagePhaseCB
THDVoltagePhaseCA
EnergyRealIn(WH)
EnergyReactiveIn(VArH)
EnergyRealOut(WH)
EnergyReactiveOut(VArH)
EnergyRealTotal(WH)
EnergyReactiveTotal(VArH)
EnergyApparent(VArH)
Numberofresets
NormalSystemFrequency
ScaleA3PhaseAmps
ScaleB3PhaseAmps
ScaleD3PhaseAmps
ScaleE3PhaseAmps
ScaleF3PhaseAmps
ScaleA3PhaseAmps

Reference
D1174.C28
D1179.C27
D1199.C26
D1200.C26
D1201.C26
D1202.C26
D1206.C26
D1207.C26
D1208.C26
D1210.C26
D1211.C26
D1212.C26
H1699.B
H1703.B
H1707.B
H1711.B
H1715.C
H1719.C
H1723.B
D3042.C
D3207.C
D3208.C
D3209.C
D3211.C
D3212.C
D3213.C
D3226.C

Type
Obj\Float
Obj\Float
Obj\Float
Obj\Float
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Documentissued04/01/2012.

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