Documentation

K-Bus protocol driver

The K-Bus communication protocol is used for native communication of Wago PLCs to I/O modules (cards, terminals) by Wago Kontakttechnik GmbH:

• The terminals on a K-Bus line are inserted in a row, into each other (by inserting into the previous terminal in the set). To terminate the bus properly, a terminating module 750-600 must be inserted at the end of the line.

By adding a Wago series PLC into a Idekit Solution, a channel with KBUSLink protocol is created automatically.


Name - channel name, freely definable.
Enable - a channel must be enabled (True) to communicate with the terminals.
Protocol - select KBus
Link Protocol - KBusLink (to communicate over KBus)
K-Bus link protocol parameters
Terminal validation method - Only by Type, By Type and Variant, By Type, Variant and Series

• By Type - Code after the "/" character
• By Variant - Numerical marking after the "-" character at the terminal
• By Series - PLC series, e.g. 750, 753.

Right click the channel to open context menu. There are three ways how to add a device:

• Add device (not recommended, as all parameters have to be enterd manually)
• Add library device (recommended)
• Detect Terminals (only with an existing PLC connected to Idekit Studio)

If the terminal types and their positions on the bus are known (e.g. from panel shop drawings), the easiest way is to add devices from library. Insert devices by right-click to channel and Add Library Device.



The device library contains predefined I/O sets wCIO and wMX as well as all currently supported Wago terminals. Choose the device with higher prototype version and double click it, or focus it and click the right arrow button. Then click OK.



Terminal detection searches for all terminals connected to the K-Bus.

- connect to PLCwhich is connected to the terminal block



- right click the channel, Detect terminals

If the PLC is not in Commissioning mode, it changes to it automatically:



Detected modules are listed in the dialog window:



Import - Import of the detected terminal
Position - Position of the terminal on the K-Bus
Type - Type of detected terminal (red colour indicates that the terminal is not added in the Solution yet)
Prototype Name - Name of prototype (device) in the K-Bus library

Select the device to import and click Next. The selected devices are imported into your solution. 
The last way how to add a terminal into your solution is to create your own device - right click the channel, Add device.



Enter the Kbus parameters in Properties:
Device position on bus - Position on the bus, starting with 1 from the main module to the right
Device type - Select from the list. Virtual = terminal which is not physically on the bus, such as powering terminal, Special = specific module, such as user-defined module
Device Type ID - Terminal type ID
Device series - Unknown or Do not care (specific seriesa), Series 750 or Series 753
Device variant (0..8) - Code after the "/" character on the PLC, mostly K000-0005
Device variant - Extended - Extended variant of the device
Data-in Area Size - Process image area in bytes
Data-out Area Size - Process image area in bytes
Password for Register Communication - Password necessary for writing to registers
Diagnostics source - Not implemented in this version
Channel count - Number of datapoints at the device (e.g. a terminal with 4 DI will have 4 channels)
Power contacts - Types of contacts which link the terminals together
Power consumption - Consumption in mA to monitor the number of physical channels on the bus

Open the device editor and add a Group (right-click to editor, Add Group). The group type is Read Only or Write Only, set it according to the terminal type. Then add a data point (right-click to editor, Add Data Point or hit the Insert key.  In the data point properties, add the group the data point has to be attached to, Communication Value mapped Type (Bit (ST Type - bool), BuiltIn (ST Type - all data types and Array (ST Type - all data types and array length), Enable SWAutogen for automatic generation of global variables, or manual datapoint mapping IO => ST (read) and ST => IO (write).

KBus datapoint parameters
Data Offset - Move n bytes from start of datagram
Bit ofset - Move n bits from start of byte
Byte Order - Reordering bytes from datagram to variable structure, standard setting is 12345678
Byte Count - Number of read/written bytes

Configuration of analog I/Os

The analog I/Os are configured in the data point properties.

Diagnostics enabled - Measuring is enabled
Calibration Data  - Manufacturer (shifting of the curve) or User (upload of customer data - not implemented)
Channel enabled - Measuring is enabled
Overrange - Detection of the upper measuring range (e.g. at Pt1000 (-50..150 °C) higher value than 150 °C is detected
User Overrange - Detection of the upper measuring range freely configurable by user
Underrange - Detection of the lower measuring range (e.g. at Pt1000 (-50..150 °C) lower value than -50 °C is detected
User Underrange - Detection of the lower measuring range freely configurable by user
Wire Break - Detection of broken / disconnected sensor
Short Circuit - Detection of short circuit at the sensor wiring
Group Error - Group Error, not implemented in RT PLC
Analog Input Type - Select the appropriate parameters according to the used sensor type. E.g. a Pt1000 sensor (-50..150 °C / 0.01) has measuring range of -50..150 °C, and transform Lib.Core.v1_0.Linear with parameters K: 0.01 (value after "/" at the temperature range) and Q: 0 (optional temperature correction)
User Scaling - User scaling is not implemented in RT PLC.
To apply changes, upload the Solution to the PLC.

Export of devices at a K-Bus channel

Export of the K-Bus devices at a K-Bus channel to CSV is useful for creating documentation. It can be performed by right click on the channel and selecting Export Item:

In the export dialog window select the output file path, to overwrite an existing file check the Overwrite existing option.

Column Separator - Columns will be separated by the selected character - Semicolon ";", Colon "," or Tab " "
Include Header - In the header the selected items will be listed - "Name" to "Note"
Include Footer- In the footer the selected items will be listed - "Name" to "Note"

Name - Name of the data points at the channel
Autogen Name - Name entered for automatic variable generation, or mapped variable name
Enable - If the channel is enabled for communication
Comm. Value Mapped type - BuiltIn, Bit or Array
ST Type - Selected data type
Array Length - If the mapped type is Array, the array length can be exported
Group - Communication group attached to this datapoint
Read/Write Interval - How frequently the datapoint is updated at the bus
Datapoint Role Property - Attribute - virtual variables (green background) or Data - physical data point
Transform - Attribute - Configured transformation
ID - ID generated for this data point
Note - Note at this data point