Echelon i.LON 100 e2 Internet Server - Manual (Page 65)

i.LON 100 Internet Server User’s Guide 4-23
Driver from the drop-down menu. The M-Bus Driver Web page opens, as
shown in the following figure:
3. Click the Add button. A new M-Bus device is added to the page, as shown in
the following figure:
4. Enter the following information:
Name
The name of the data point to be associated
with the M-Bus device. Once a name has been
assigned (i.e. the Submit button has been
clicked), it cannot be changed. This name can
be up to 30 characters long and must begin with
“MBS_”. The “<”, “>”, and “&” characters may
not be used in this name.
Address Choose primary (Pri) or secondary (Sec)
addressing mode. An M-Bus device contains
both a primary address and a secondary
address. The primary address is assigned by
the network management tool used to install
the M-Bus device (analogous to a L ON W ORKS
subnet/node address); the secondary address is
burned into the device at the factory (analogous
to a L ON W ORKS Neuron ID).
Primary This field is only active if Address is set to Pri.
Enter the primary address of the M-Bus device.
Valid range is 0 to 255.
Secondary This field is only active if Address is set to Sec.
Enter the secondary address of the M-Bus
device. Valid range is 0 to 99,999,999.
Baud Rate Select the baud rate at which the M-Bus device
communicates on the serial port. The default is
2400 bps. See the documentation for your M-
Bus device for more information on supported
baud rates.
Poll Rate The poll rate for the device, in seconds. The M-