Kamstrup MULTICAL 603 - 12 Data Communication; MULTICAL  603 Data Protocol; Optical Readout Head; Data Protocol

MULTICAL®603
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KamstrupA/S∙Technicaldescription∙5512‐2029
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12 Datacom m unication 
12.1 MULTICAL
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603dataprotocol
InternaldatacommunicationinMULTICAL
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603isbasedontheKamstrupMeterProtocol(KMP)whichprovidesafast
andflexiblereadingstructureandalsofulfilsfuturerequirementstodatareliability.
TheKMPprotocolisusedinallKamstrupconsumptionmeterslaunchedfrom2006onwards.Theprotocolisusedfor
theopticalreadingheadandvia
plugpinsforthemodulearea.Thus,moduleswithe.g.M‐BusinterfaceusetheKMP
protocolinternallyandtheM‐Busprotocolexternally.
Integrityandauthenticityofdata
Alldataparametersincludetype,measuringunit,scalingfactorandCRC16checksum.
Everyproducedmeterincludesauniqueidentificationnumber.
12.2 Opticalreadouthead
Theopticalreadingheadcanbeusedfordatacommunicationviatheopticalinterface.Theopticalreadoutheadis
placedonthefrontofthecalculatorjustabovetheIR‐diodeasshowninthefigurebelow.Notethattheopticalreadout
headincludesaverystrongmagnet,whichshouldbe
protectedbymeansofanirondiscwhennotinuse.
Variousvariantsofth eopticalreadoutheadappearfromthelistofaccessories(seeparagraph3.1.1).
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Power‐savinginconnectionwiththeopticalreadouthead
InordertolimitthepowerconsumptionofthecircuitaroundtheIR‐
diode,themeterincludesamagnetsensorwhich
switchesoffthecircuitwhenthereisnomagnetclosetoit.
12.3 Dataprotocol
UtilitiesandotherrelevantcompanieswhowanttodeveloptheirowncommunicationdriversfortheKMPprotocol
canorderademonstrationprograminC#(.net‐based ) aswellasadetailedprot ocoldescription(inEnglish
language).
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