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Westaflex WAC Binding

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WAC metal components Industry4.0 HVAC
New generation of ERV Energy Recovery Ventilation Systems in multi-zone modular or ceiling installation. It's perfect for the needs of craftsmen.
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Westaflex products are used in a variety of applications including automotive production, train technology (ICE ventilation), for the air supply and ventilation of living spaces, exhaust technology and water treatment.
Modbus Utility, SCADA, Statistics RS-232, RS-485 DIY
Modbus is a serial communications protocol for use with its programmable logic controllers (PLCs). Modbus enables communication between many (approximately 240) devices connected to a supervisory computer with a remote terminal unit (RTU) in supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems.
Westaflex aluminium, stainless steel, plastic since 1933 SME
Westaflex is a manufacturer of HVAC appliances, commercial equipment, based in Gütersloh, Germany. It was founded as a family business and has always been a privately held, family-owned, family-run company.

Internet of Things

A Modbus command contains the Modbus address of the device it is intended for. Only the intended device will act on the command. All Modbus commands contain checksum information, to ensure a command arrives undamaged. Since Modbus is a master/slave protocol, only Modbus TCP connects over port 502, as the Modbus ASCII protocol defines a message structure that controllers will recognize and use, regardless of the type of networks over which they communicate. Our WAC systems use default modbus data provided by Arduino barebones e.g. a Debian Rasberry server kit all year long. Binding is compatible with latest models since 2013,

which brings lots useful features from the Modbus Utilities, SCADA, and Statistics like Min/Average/Max. “We believe that the days of monologue on the Internet-of-Things have ultimately given way to dialogue, which, on the other hand, means that we have to react correspondingly.”

Feature Dashboard

Each device intended to communicate using Modbus is given a unique address and the data types are named from its use in driving relays: a single-bit physical output is called a coil. Our various reading, writing and other operations are categorised as follows:

Name Modbus function Data address Values
Heat 01h_Read_Coils 0 1-active, 0-passive
Plate heat exchanger frost protection function
Fire 01h_Read_Coils 1 1-active, 0-passive
Fire alarm
Filter 01h_Read_Coils 2 1-active, 0-passive
Dirty filter alarm
Fan 01h_Read_Coils 3 1-active, 0-passive
Fans alarm
LowPower 01h_Read_Coils 5 1-active, 0-passive
Low voltage
Textract 01h_Read_Coils 6 1-active, 0-passive
Temperature sensor alarm
Texhaust 01h_Read_Coils 7 1-active, 0-passive
Exhaust air temperature sensor alarm
Timit 01h_Read_Coils 8 1-active, 0-passive
Supply air temperature sensor alarm
RH 01h_Read_Coils 9 1-active, 0-passive
DTJ(100) humidity sensor alarm (controller works in determining the moisture content of 70%)
ReturnWater 01h_Read_Coils 10 1-active, 0-passive
Return water temperature sensor alarm
ToutDoor 01h_Read_Coils 11 1-active, 0-passive
Outside air temperature sensor alarm (controller continues to work in determing ToutDoor less than zero degree)
MotorActive 01h_Read_Coils 12 1-active, 0-passive
Fans ON
InDumpper 04h_Read_Input 13 0-90
Outside air damper actuator
Preheater 01h_Read_Coils 14 1-active, 0-passive
Preheater indication
Heater 01h_Read_Coils 15 1-active, 0-passive
Heater indication
Speed 06h_Write_Holding_Register 16 0, 1, 2, 3
Fans speed setting
TsetPoint 06h_Write_Holding_Register 17 0-30
Supply air temperature set
RH_value 04h_Read_Input 18 0-99
DTJ(100) humidity sensor value
Motor1 04h_Read_Input 19 0-3
Motor 1 fan speed value
Motor2 04h_Read_Input 20 0-3
Motor 2 fan speed value
Tlimit 04h_Read_Input 21 Hex: E0
Supply air temperature value
Texhaust 04h_Read_Input 22 Hex: E0
DTJ(100) temperature sensor value
Textract 04h_Read_Input 23 Hex: E0
Exhaust air temperature sensor value
ToutDoor 04h_Read_Input 24 Hex: FFEC
Outside air temperature sensor value
Twater 04h_Read_Input 25 Hex: FFEC
Return water temperature value

Code Sample

to handle many slaves in RTU mode, non blocking connections and RTS flow control.....

modbus_t *mb;

  uint16_t tab_reg[32];
  mb = modbus_new_tcp("127.0.0.1", 1502);
  modbus_connect(mb);
  /* Read 5 registers from the address 0 */
  modbus_read_registers(mb, 0, 5, tab_reg);
  modbus_close(mb);
  modbus_free(mb);

See Examples of typical WAC Bindings, if you have any suggestions or questions don't hesitate to contact us or use the openHAB google group. The snapshot version of our industry4.0 binding can be downloaded, together with the rest of openhab.

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