Westermo AD-01 - Manual (Page 7)

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Description
AD-01 is an industrial adapter for M-bus communication. AD-01 is a very flexible product
for building of M-Bus networks. The AD-01 can be configured for a number of applica-
tions. It is possible to access the AD-01 and activate/deactivate Rs-232 and M-Bus slave
port using commands over M-Bus.
… 9-position D-sub connector (Rs-232, (M-Bus))
… Data rate from 300 bit/s up to 9600 bit/s
… Automatic data rate detection
… Converter between Rs-232 (M-Bus) and M-Bus networks
… Repeater
… used to interconnect M-Bus and sIOX networks
… Zone controller
… up to 120 M-bus slaves
… Galvanic isolated
… Designed for hash environments
AD-01 is a flexible product which implements a number of possibilities to
extend / control a M-Bus network.
AD-01 includes a micro controller (µC) which handles the data flow through the unit.
The main function is activating / deactivating of the two ports, Rs-232/V.24 master
and M-Bus master which gives possibilities for the unit to work as a zone controller.
Data packets received on the slave side is passed further on the active master ports.
Data packets received on active master ports is passed further on both slave ports.
AD-01 can be addressed and configured over the slave ports.
AD-01’s master ports are active according to factory default. This means that AD-01 can
be used as a Rs-232 / M-Bus converter without any external configuration.
RS-232/V.24
slave
RS-232/V.24
master
M-Bus slave M-Bus master
DIP
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