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Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION ..............................................................3
1.1 Scope .....................................................................................3
1.2 About the ECA 84 M-bus Module ........................................3
3. INSTALLATION ...............................................................5
3.1 Installing the ECA 84 module ...............................................5
3.2 Installing the Connector ........................................................6
3.3 Cabling ..................................................................................6
3.4 Installing Heat Meters ...........................................................6
3.5 Uninstalling the ECA 84 M-bus Module...............................6
5. TROUBLESHOOTING...................................................11
5.1 What to Expect ....................................................................11
5.2 Error Conditions..................................................................12
5.2.1 Symptoms .................................................................12
5.2.2 Causes .......................................................................12
1. Introduction
1.1 Scope
This Instruction is for the ECA 84 M-bus module for the ECL Comfort 300.
Regarding the question: Which ECL Comfort 300 versions and applications sup-
port the ECA 84 M-bus module (thereby permitting flow and energy limiting),
please consider the following:
Flow and energy limiting will be available in all new district heating applications
and will be added to relevant existing applications as they are updated or modified.
Flow and energy limiting will not be available in:
• An ECL Comfort application card with card index CI 07 or lower
• An ECL Comfort 300 with software version 1.07 or lower.
The heat meters with which the ECA 84 M-bus module can communicate are listed
on page 4.
2. Functional Overview
The ECA 84 M-bus module enables the ECL Comfort to read measured values of
flow or energy consumption from connected heat meters. The ECL Comfort can
use the measured data to perform outdoor temperature dependent flow limiting or
energy limiting.
! Note:
When using the ECA 84 M-bus module, the ECL Comfort cannot receive
flow/energy data via any other ports or slots.
2.1 Communication
When the ECA 84 M-bus module is installed, the ECL Comfort can communicate
with heat meters via M-bus and/or pulse communication.
M-bus When using M-bus communication, the ECL Comfort acts as master on the M-bus.
This means that other devices on the bus must be configured as slaves. ECL Com-
fort communicates at 300 b/s. M-bus communication in the ECL Comfort complies
with the standard DS/EN 1434-3: 1997. When using M-bus communication, the
ECL Comfort can communicate with one or two heat meters on the bus.1
Pulse When using pulse communication, the ECL Comfort is connected point-to-point to
one single heat meter. ECL Comfort supports voltage pulse communication in the
frequency range 0 – 200 Hz. The communication of the heat meter is supplied from
the ECA 84 M-bus module via a pull-up resistor. In order for the ECA 84 to detect
a pulse:
• The change in voltage must be greater than 5 V
• The pulse width must be greater than 1 ms.
Internal communication The ECA 84 module receives data from the communication line, performs any re-
quired conversions and relays data to the ECL Comfort CPU module – and vice
versa.
! Note:
Exchange of data between the ECA 84 module and the ECL Comfort CPU takes
place once every 30 seconds.
1
A good source of information about the M-bus is the Internet site http://www.m-bus.com.
3. Installation
3.1 Installing the ECA 84 module
To install the ECA 84 module in the ECL Comfort 300:
! Note:
The connector must be inserted into the ECL Comfort as shown in Figure 4.
3.3 Cabling
Table 4 shows cable specifications for the two types of communication.
Communication Cable type Max. length Dimension
M-bus Twisted pair telephone cable – JYStY 50 m 2 x 0.8 mm
Pulse Twisted pair telephone cable – JYStY 50 m 2 x 0.8 mm
Table 4. Cable types and dimensions
When the ECA 84 M-bus module is installed, the relevant service parameters be-
come accessible via the ECL Comfort’s front panel – provided that the application
card currently used with the ECL Comfort supports the limiting function (see
page 3). The set-up of these parameters is described in the following. You should
modify the setting of the parameters in the sequence in which they are described.
Parameters 115 and 114 are used to inform the ECA 84 M-bus module of the
communication set-up.
When setting up parameters 115 and 114, you change between circuit I and II by
pressing .
Example Channel I, parameter 115 = 4, parameter 114 = 200. This setting means: Channel I
is being used for pulse communication of measured flow data. The flow data lies in
the range 0.0 – 299.9 m3/h and 1 pulse signifies a water flow of 200 l.
Channel II, parameter 115 = 7, parameter 114 = Off. This setting means: Channel
II is being used for M-bus communication of measured energy data. The energy
data lies in the range 0.0 – 299.9 kW. Note: parameter 115 might also have been
set to 8 – the pulse unit setting is not used in M-bus communication.
When flow/energy data is received by the ECL Comfort CPU, it will apply some
filtering to the received data. Limiting of flow/energy consumption takes place by
integral control. For both these processes, i.e. the filtering of the received data and
the integral control, the ECL Comfort needs a time constant. These time constants
are determined by parameters 113 and 112, respectively.
Parameter 112 and 113 can be set for both circuit I and II. When setting parame-
ters, you change between circuit I and II by pressing .
Heat circuit For a heat circuit (circuit I or II of the ECL Comfort), the flow/energy reference is
determined indirectly by the ECL Comfort, in accordance with the actual outdoor
temperature. So, for a heat circuit, the ECL Comfort performs outdoor temperature
dependent flow or energy limiting. The ECL Comfort User’s Guide (‘grey’ section,
Service Parameters) describes the functioning and set-up of return temperature lim-
iting in a heat circuit. Flow/energy limiting works according to the same principle.
The flow/energy reference is determined according to an outdoor temperature
curve:
Param. 116
Param. 117
The maximum and minimum of the curve shown in Figure 5 are determined by pa-
rameters 116 and 117, respectively. The corresponding x-coordinates are identical
to the x-coordinates of the return temperature limiting curve. Refer to the ECL
Comfort User’s Guide to see how you read the x-coordinates.
The calculated flow/energy reference for the heat circuit can be read in parameter 111.
Hot-water circuit For a hot-water circuit, the flow/energy reference is entered directly into parameter
111.
This section describes a special situation that may occur when both communication
channels of the ECA 84 M-bus module are used for M-bus communication.
Address Detection
Each device attached to the M-bus has a unique address in the interval 1..250.
! Note:
When connecting two heat meters to the same M-bus, check the address set-up of
the heat meters. If the addresses are identical, one of them must be changed.
The ECA 84 module detects the addresses of devices present on the M-bus in the
following way:
When you modify the setting of parameter 115, either for circuit I or circuit II, the
ECA 84 module starts broadcasting a message on the M-bus, addressed to device
no. 1. If there is no answer, the ECA 84 module proceeds to send a message ad-
dressed to device no. 2, etc. When the ECA 84 module receives an answer from a
device on the bus, it assumes that the responding device is a heat meter and assigns
this device to the circuit that you are working with at the moment, that is, either to
circuit I or circuit II.
When you modify the setting of parameter 115 for the next circuit (I or II), the
ECA 84 module proceeds to detect more devices on the M-bus. The next device
that responds is assigned to the circuit you are working with now.
Swapping Addresses
Now, if – by a mistake during the procedure outlined above – the heat meter that
should be assigned to circuit I has been assigned to circuit II and vice versa, the
following service parameter solves the problem:
5. Troubleshooting
5.1 What to Expect
After the ECA 84 M-bus module has been installed as described in chapter 3 and
set up as described in chapter 4, the measured flow or energy data should become
available in parameter 110 (circuit I and/or II), as described above. However, you
must take into consideration that:
• The ECA 84 M-bus module exchanges data with the ECL Comfort’s CPU once
every 30 seconds
• The process of detecting addresses on the M-bus (see page 10) may take up to
10 minutes if both communication channels are set up to M-bus.
When pulse communication is used, you may experience discrepancies between the
data displayed by the heat meter and the data displayed in parameter 110 by the
ECL Comfort when the flow or energy consumption is low, that is, is much lower
than the reference value. This phenomenon is due to the method used by the ECL
Comfort to calculate the measurement time for pulse communication.
Bear in mind, therefore, that if the data measured by ECL Comfort deviates from
the values reported by the heat meter at low flow/energy values, this will not influ-
ence the function of the flow/energy limiting. The ECL Comfort measures cor-
rectly in the interval surrounding the reference value.
5.2.1 Symptoms
5.2.2 Causes
Heat meter To eliminate errors due to the functioning of the heat meter, check that the device
is properly connected to the communication line (whether M-bus or pulse) and set
up according to the instructions of the manufacturer.
ECA 84 M-bus module Once the ECA 84 module is installed in the ECL Comfort, you should be able to
access the service parameters described in chapter 4. If these parameters are not ac-
cessible, the ECA 84 module is not communicating properly with the ECL Comfort
CPU.
1. Check that the ECA 84 module is properly seated in the connector on the ECL
Comfort’s CPU board (see page 5).
2
You can see the software version of the ECL Comfort during start-up or in line 9 (yellow side of ECL card
facing outwards), lower right-hand corner. The ECL Comfort User’s Guide provides exact instructions.