Design Guides

Building metering design.

Commercial buildings usually need reliable meter reading for heat, water or energy submeters. M-Bus cabling can be routed from technical rooms and risers to BMS integration points.

Building pattern

A common architecture uses one converter near the BMS cabinet and a wired M-Bus segment to meters distributed across risers or utility rooms.

BMS integration

BMS integration

RS-485 host interface toward automation system.

Meter segment

Meter segment

M-Bus Master output toward utility meters.

Reserve

Reserve

Keep current and address margin for future tenants or meters.

Recommended next step

Prepare a meter schedule and verify load class before choosing a converter.

Small building

Small building

Consider MBS-10 for local nodes.

Standard building

Standard building

Consider MBS-200 for typical commercial projects.

Large facility

Large facility

Consider MBS-400 or segmentation.

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