RE – AMB

Addressable Modbus Converter

Installation, Commissioning & Operating

Manual

Ravel Electronics Pvt Ltd.,

150A, Electronic Industrial Estate,
Perungudi, Chennai – 600096, India.
Ph.: 91-44-24961004, 24960825.

Web: www.ravelfire.com

Email: marketing@ravelfire.com
1.1 Introduction
This manual is intended as a complete guide to the RE – AMB Addressable
modbus converter. User operating Instructions are provided in the first part of this
manual. This is followed with sections describing installation and commissioning
procedures and full technical details are provided.

1.2 General
The modbus convertor interfaces with fire alarm control panel through RS485 or RS232
and converts to modbus protocol. The modbus creates a hierarchical structure that is master
& slave. The modbus protocol enables the master device to interrogate the slave devices. It
has two types of interrogates, master & slave devic e with or without waiting for the slave
response.

1.3 Product Features

Gives full status of all detectors, outputs and inp uts of FACP.
Available as RS232 and RS485 Interface.
Complies IP 50.

1.4 Specification
Operating Voltage : 24 VDC.
Operating Temperature : 0oC to 49oC / 32 to 120oF.
Relative Humidity : 93 +_ 2 % RH(non-condensing) at 32 +_ 2oC/96 +_ 3oF.
Standby Current : 0.1 Amps Max.
Cabinet finish : Epoxy Powder Coated.
Communication Interface : RS 485/RS 232.
Size : 150 X 200 X 80 (L X H X D) mm.
Cable Entry :3Æ 19mm knock out in top of the cabinet.

1.5 Installation Precaution

Several different sources of power can be connected to the panel.
Disconnect all sources of power before servicing. Control unit and associated
equipment may be damaged by removing and/or inserting cards, modules, or
interconnecting cables while the unit is energized. Do not attempt to install, service,
or operate this unit until this manual is read and understood.

1.6 Mechanical Construction

The enclosure of the Panel is constructed by CRCA sheet with powder coated finish
and it’s designed to afford the degree of protection as per IP-50. The Æ
19 mm knock
outs are given for cable entry at the top of the cabinet.

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 Mounting Detail

16
168 mm
16

11
8 mm

Place the panel in its mounting position and fix the panel to the wall using the slots of the
four screws. Ensure the enclosure and the inner parts of the panel are given sufficient
protection during installation. All external cables are to be entered via the Æ 19mm
preformed knockouts located at the top of the panel .

When the installation of all the cables has been completed, clean the interior of the
enclosure ensuring all masonry debris and drilling swords are removed.

1.7 Wiring Detail

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 Baud rate for MODBUS shall be changed using the DIP Switch positions 8 & 7
as shown in the below table.
ON = 0 ; OFF = 1

SW 8 SW 7 Baud Rate

0 0 19200

0 1 9600

1 0 38400

1 1 115200

DIP SWITCH :
The DIP Switch is used to set address for the modbus.It should be the address to which
the panel is going to connect with the modbus.Address of the device is defined by moving
the switch position to ON.

Example :
Address 1 :
The FACP and Modbus address should be same.

RS 485 RS 485 RS 485

FACP FACP FACP
1 2 N

Modbus
Converter

RS 485
O/P
OPERATION :

The RE-AMB is used to interface FACP & third party devices like BMS software through modbus
output. The Modbus converter converts Ravel RS 485 protocol to modbus protocol as RS 485
output. The FACP address and Modbus address should be same and baud rate should be
matched with specified in mapping detail with respect to FACP model. The modbus output gives
the information of FACP like detector status, NAC status, Power status etc...
For more detail refer mapping detail.

EXCHANGE FORMAT :
MODBUS protocol has the following no configurable exchange format :

Speed
? : 19200 / 9600 / 38400 / 115200 bits/second
Parity
? : none.
Format
? : 8 bits and 1 Stop bit.

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Modbus frames:
MODBUS RTU frames have the structure is given below :

ADDRESS REQUEST DATA CRC16

The data is transmitted in binary code. CRC16 is a cyclical redundancy Check

Note: The cable used for the communication is Standard Serial cable or CAT5E.

PRINCIPLE OF COMMUNICATION
MODBUS protocol is a dialog protocol which creates a hierarchical Structure
(master and slave). MODBUS protocol enables the Master device to interrogate
the intelligent slave devices.
Two types of dialog are possible between the master and slave devices: 1. The master
device talks to a slave device and waits for its response.

Details of the Frames:

Question:

No of 1 st Word No of Words
Slave No Function

Code Hi Lo Hi Lo CRC16

1 Byte 1 Byte 2 Byte 2 Byte 2 Byte

Response:

1st Word Value of last Word

Slave Funct No of Hi Lo …… CRC16

No Code Words Hi Lo

1 Byte 1 Byte 1 Byte 2 Byte 2 Byte 2 Byte

Frames:

Address ---- > 40001 1st Byte 2nd Byte

LC1 Device 1 LC1 Device 2

|------------------------ Status--------------
--- ------------ |

Address ---- > 40002 1st Byte 2nd Byte

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 LC1 Device 3 LC1 Device 4
|------------------------ Status--------------
--- ------------ |
.
Continue as like above till the device
. 254
Address .
---- > 40127 1st Byte 2nd Byte

LC1 Device 253 LC1 Device 254

|------------------------ Status--------------
--- ------------ |

Address ---- > 40128 1st Byte 2nd Byte

X Loop Card Status

|------------------------ Status--------------
--- ------------ |
.
. Continues to the next loop c ard
.

Address ---- > 40129 1st Byte 2nd Byte

LC2 Device 1 LC2 Device 2

|------------------------ Status--------------
--- ------------ |
Note:
x - Don’t care
LC -Loopcard
Maximum read length can be 254.

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Panel Information:
Frame details are given below:
Slave Functi Address Information Details
Address on STATUS

X 03 40001 - 40128 Loopcard 1 14- Device Missing

Device 15- Device Fault
information 16- Same Address Fault
01-Fire
0B-Normal
26-Supervisory
28-Pre Alarm
24- Loop Card Missing
X 03 40129 - 40256 Loopcard 2 14-Device Missing
Device 15-Device Fault
information
01-Fire
0B-Normal
26-Supervisory
28-Pre Alarm
16-Same Address Fault
24-Loop Card Missing

X 03 40257 - 40384 Loopcard 3 14-Device Missing

Device
15-Device Fault
information
01-Fire
0B-Normal
26-Supervisory

28-Pre Alarm
16-Same Address Fault
24-Loop card Missing
X 03 40385 – 40512 Loopcard 4 14-Device Missing
Device
15-Device Fault
information
01--Fire
0B- Normal
26- Supervisory

28- Pre Alarm

16-Same Address Fault
24-Loop Card Missing
X 03 40513 (L) Mains (AC) Status 19- Mains Fail

0c- Mains Normal

X 03 40514 (H) Battery Status 1B- Battery Fail

0D- Battery Normal

1A- Battery Low

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 X 03 40514 (L) X (Don’t care)

X 03 40515 (H) Charger Status 1C- Charger Fail

0E- Charger Normal

X 03 40515 (L) NAC 1 Status 0F- NAC 1 Normal

1D- NAC 1 Open
1E- NAC 1 Short
X 03 40516 (H) NAC 2 Status 10- NAC 2 Normal
1F- NAC 2 Open
20- NAC 2 Short

X 03 40517 (H) Evacuate Status 27-Evacuate

X 03 40517 (L) Acknowledge 29- Acknowledged
Status
X 03 40518 (H) Silenced Status 2A-Silenced
33-Master Silenced
X 03 40521 Common Alarm
X 03 40522 Common Supervisory
X 03 40523 Common Pre alarm
X 03 40524 Common Fault

Note:
X – 1 to 254
L - Lower Byte
H -Higher Byte

Separate whole 16 bit register is used for common alarm / supervisory / pre-alarm / fault in
the address 40521,40522,40523,40524 respectively.
If the register value is 00 00 then there is no event in the panel and if there is any value then it
represents the corresponding events.
Data Information:

DATA (Dec) (Binary) STATUS DATA (Dec) (Binary) STATUS

(HEX) (Hex)

01 1 0000 0001 Fire 1B 27 0001 1011 Battery Fail

0B 11 0000 1011 Normal 1C 28 0001 1100 Charger Fail
0C 12 0000 1100 Mains Normal 1D 29 0001 1101 NAC 1 Open
0D 13 0000 1101 Battery Normal 1E 30 0001 1110 NAC 1 Short

0E 14 0000 1110 Charger Normal 1F 31 0001 1111 NAC 2 Open

0F 15 0000 1111 NAC 1 Normal 20 32 0010 0000 NAC 2 Short
10 16 0001 0000 NAC 2 Normal 24 36 0010 0100 Loop Card Missing
14 20 0001 0100 Device Missing 26 38 0010 0110 Supervisory
15 21 0001 0101 Device Fault 27 39 0010 0111 Evacuate
16 22 0001 0110 Same Address 28 40 0010 1000 Pre Alarm
Fault
19 25 0001 1001 Mains Fail 29 41 0010 1001 Acknowledged
1A 26 0001 1010 Battery Low 2A 42 0010 1010 Silenced
33 51 0011 0011 Master Silenced

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