MasterBus

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MasterBus is a proprietary communication protocol used in a wide range of products from Mastervolt. It can be interfaced via the MasterBus Modbus Interface. The MasterBus Modbus interface can provide all information from the ‘closed’ MasterBus network, as well as the ability to send commands, using the standard Modbus protocol over RS-485 (Modbus/RTU).

Communication

The MasterBus Modbus interface can be configured to set its Modbus Id, speed and parity communication parameters, using the Masteradjust software.

The default configuration parameters are:

Modbus Id 1
Speed 19200
Parity even

HSYCO Configuration

Add a MASTERBUS I/O Server in the I/O Servers section of the Settings and set its parameters:

Communication

The MasterBus Modbus interface can be directly connected to a local RS-485 port of the HSYCO Server, or through a Modbus/TCP gateway.

Modbus TCP

  • IP Address: IP address of the gateway
  • IP Port: TCP/IP port to use, leave blank to use default port 502.

Modbus RTU

  • Comm ID: select the comm port connected to the Modbus/RTU bus.

High Availability

  • Shutdown when inactive: defaults to true.

Options

ID Default Values Description
decimals 2 ≥ 0 change the number of decimal digits. Floating point numbers are rounded.
gui false true enable support for the UISET actions
false disable UI support

Datapoints

The master of the Modbus network is able to communicate with any individual MasterBus device variable for reading or writing. Each device connected to the MasterBus has a unique address that consists of 2 parts, the IDB (18 bit value) and the IDAL (5 bit value). Each device's variable is identified with a two parts address, the Tab number and Index.

The HSYCO datapoint mapping scheme is based on the combination of IDAL, IDB, Tab and Index. The IDAL and IDB are represented as hexadecimal values, while Tab and Index are integer values.

The value returned when reading a variable is always a decimal number (the MasterBus internal representation is based on the IEEE 754 floating point standard).

As having a large number of datapoints named with the IDAL, IDB, Tab and Index addressing scheme could be quite an inconvenience, the HSYCO MASTERBUS I/O Server implements a simple mapping feature that allows more descriptive datapoint names to be associated to the original addressing scheme.

Automatic polling of variables data is also supported, and a specific polling interval can be specified for each datapoint.


ID Value R/W Description
<idal>.<idb>.<tab>.<index> <name> W map <idal>.<idb>.<tab>.<index> to <name>
<idal>.<idb>.<tab>.<index> or <name> pollinterval:<T> W automatically read the variable every T seconds. T can be a decimal number. Set to 0 to disable polling on this variable
<idal>.<idb>.<tab>.<index> or <name> read W execute a single read request on this variable
<value> R the current value of this variable, after a single read request or automatic polling. <value> is a decimal numner. "error" is returned if the read request failed. "null" is returned if the request was successful, but the returned value is not a number (this happens when the device's variable is not set)
<idal>.<idb>.<tab>.<index> or <name> <value> W write <value> to this variable. Value is an integer or decimal number

UISET Actions

ID Attribute Set to Description
ce value <value> Ah consumed Amp Hours (Ah)
dm value <value> % mid-point deviation of the battery bank (%)
h1 value <value> Ah depth of the deepest discharge (Ah)
h2 value <value> Ah depth of the last discharge (Ah)
h3 value <value> Ah depth of the average discharge (Ah)
h4 value <value> number of charge cycles
h5 value <value> number of full discharges
h6 value <value> Ah cumulative Amp Hours drawn (Ah)
h7 value <value> V minimum main battery voltage (V)
h8 value <value> V maximum main battery voltage (V)
h9 value <value> h time since last full charge (hhh:mm)
i value <value> A current (A)
p value <value> W instantaneous power (W)
ppv value <value> W panel power (W)
soc value <value> % state-of-charge (%)
t value <value> C battery temperature (C)
ttg value <value> h time-to-go (hhh:mm). When the battery is not discharging the time- to-go is infinite. This is represented as "INF"
v value <value> V main battery voltage (V)
vm value <value> V mid-point voltage of the battery bank (V)
vpv value <value> V panel voltage (V)
vs value <value> V auxiliary (starter) voltage (mV)


Release Notes

3.4.0

  • initial version release


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