The device is added via the context menu of the node.
The added device is a user-configurable device.
The Meter device includes a list of additional properties located in "Protocol properties" section:
•Server Address - DLMS server address in the device. Depends on the device settings.
•Client Address - DLMS client (driver) address. Depends on the device settings.
•Address - physical address of the device connected to the bus. Normally, the address is the last 5 digits of the device serial number (with no zeros in the beginning).
•Type interface - type of communication interface (HDLC or Wrapper).
•Password - connection password. Can be unavailable in some authentication modes. Defined by the meter settings.
•Group Poll - group poll of the meter, polling of several attributes of the meter per one request. The device may not support this property.
•Increase InvokeID -when this setting is enabled, the InvokeID (request ID) is increased. Some devices do not track ID and always give a static value, in this case the log displays error 283. Disable this setting - in this case ID will always be equal to 1.
•Count object in request - when the group poll is activated defines the number of requested objects (attributes) per one request. 0 - all attributes of the meter.
•Depth halfhour read archive in start - the number of the read half-hour records at the start of the poll. 0 - all the records.
•Depth hour read archive in start - the number of the read hour archive records at the start of the poll. 0 - all the records.
•Depth day read archive in start - the number of the read day archive records at the start of the poll. 0 - all the records.
•Depth month read archive in start - the number of the read month archive records at the start of the poll. 0 - all the records.
•Count read record in request - the number of the read records per one poll.
Authentication parameters - define the security mechanism when connecting to the meter. Preset depending on the meter settings.
•Type authentication - type of authentication (None, Low, High, HighMd5, HighSha1, HighGmac,HighSHA256).
•System Title - title of the system.
•Authentication key - key for authentication.
•Block Chiper Key - block encryption key.
The device also includes a non-deletable Service group with three tags.
Tag name |
Data type |
Description |
Failure |
bool |
Failure (no communication with the device) |
Available |
bool |
Put into service. Controls the device polling. |
TimeMeter |
datetime |
Meter time |
See also. Tag settings of DLMS protocol