FCB toggle test problems

I followed the instructions for M-bus. I’m testing with the FCB toggle “on”, it reads some of the data, you see in the picture.

When FCB toggle is “off” , it reads all the data but, when I test again, it does not read the data. I change the FCB toggle “on” position again, it reads all the data. When I save and try again, it does not read data again, I think this cycle will continue forever. What could be the reason?

best regards

I have exactly the same problem.

I hope there will bei a solution.

I hope someone knows the problem. I don’t want to buy a different gateway.

Have you already tried whether a factory reset helps?

Yes, I’ve tried.

What brand meter are you using? I cant read the text in the images?

I have the same problem with a Garo (rebranded Carlo Gavazzi).

It seems that after the first reply from the meter (replies with 3 frames) all subsequent responses are the values from the third frame which are values of negative transfer (eg solar production or simiar). These values will always be 0 in a normal installation.

Is it possible to cat the live response in terminal?

According to the manual one should program it with the first request (VIF/VIFE values) but I cannot get this to work either,

I also use Carlo Gavazzi EM340 M-bus.
Maybe the problem is Carlo. I will buy a different brand M-bus analyzer.

A bit hard to search for info on this.

Beckhoff automation seem to handla Gavazzi meters with some extra flags.
https://infosys.beckhoff.com/english.php?content=../content/1033/tcplclibmbus/12055336331.html&id=5692873154951616856

They reinitialize the meter every time they request data to get full readout every time. Seems a bit non standard.

Any info on how to use the mbus-serial- commands from terminal? Im struggling to find which device to use to test.

Has nobody an idea?

I sent 4 e-mails to Gavazzi and they didn’t respond. Teltonika said, we will check. I ordered an energy analyzer 7KT1667 from Siemens. I will try it, if again same problem then I will change Teltonika.

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