KROHNE Summit 8800 Vol 3 - Manual (Page 120)

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SUMMIT 8800 COMMUNICATION 08
8. COMMUNICATION
8 .1 Type of protocols
The Summit 8800 uses the following communication protocols and standards for retrieval of
data from transmitter devices and for uploading and downloading of configuration or result data
to and from host devices.
8 .1 .1 Standard protocol
Summit Protocol Used over USB and Ethernet connection, for uploading or downloading of
configuration and result data. This communication is default and does not
need any configuration.
8 .1 .2 Meter protocols
HART Protocol Used to communicate to transmitter devices such as pressure or
temperature transmitters to read flow measurement data. For details, see
volume 1
Modbus Master Used to communicate to metering devices such as meters, provers,
redundant Summits and gas chromatographs to read measurement data,
either via standard serial port or via Ethernet port. Several versions are
available, including Modbus RTU and ASCII and Modbus over TCP/IP.
Instromet Protocol Special protocol for Instromet ultrasonic meters
Encoder Special serial protocol for smart indexes (typically gas turbine meters)
DSfG protocol Digitale Schnittstelle für Gasmessgeräte, a protocol for device and host
communication in the German market
8 .1 .3 Host protocols
DSfG protocol Digitale Schnittstelle für Gasmessgeräte, a protocol for device and host
communication in the German market
Modbus Slave Used to allow remote devices to read result data from the Unit, either via
serial port or via Ethernet port. Several versions are available, including
Modbus RTU and ASCII and Modbus over TCP/IP. This Modbus also supports
Enron Modbus and Modbus Pemex for the America’s.
CTE Protocol Comunicazione a trame estese, a protocol for host communication in the
Italian market
SOAP protocol Simple Object Access Protocol, a standard XML based protocol for host
communication over Ethernet using the HTTP protocol.
HTTP web access The HyperText Transfer Protocol is the protocol between the Summit and a
web browser. This allows web access.
HTML/ HTML5 language The HyperText Markup Language is used by the Summit in its website.
HLML5 is used in the website to dynamically present the Summit displays.
SNTP protocol The Simple Network Time Protocol is used to synchronize the time with time
servers
FTP protocol File transfer protocol to send reports to printers or file severs,
SMTP protocol Simple mail transfer protocol, to send reports over E-mail.