Description of options

Option H6
Serial communication Cummins GSC
Multi-line 2 version 2
4189340360C
SW version 2.4X.X

Description of option

Functional description
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Parameter list

Modbus communication

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Table of contents

1. WARNINGS AND LEGAL INFORMATION........................................................................ 3

LEGAL INFORMATION AND RESPONSIBILITY .................................................................................... 3
ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE AWARENESS ..................................................................................... 3
SAFETY ISSUES ............................................................................................................................ 3
DEFINITIONS ................................................................................................................................ 3
2. DESCRIPTION OF OPTION .............................................................................................. 4
H6 OPTION ................................................................................................................................... 4
TERMINAL DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................... 4
W IRINGS...................................................................................................................................... 5
3. FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION........................................................................................... 7
ENGINE TYPE ............................................................................................................................... 7
ENGINE TYPE SELECTION .............................................................................................................. 7
COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ............................................................................................................. 7
ALARM ......................................................................................................................................... 8
DISPLAYED VALUES ...................................................................................................................... 8
MODBUS COMMUNICATION .......................................................................................................... 10
4. PARAMETER LIST .......................................................................................................... 11
ENGINE COMMUNICATION SETTINGS ............................................................................................ 11
5. MODBUS COMMUNICATION ......................................................................................... 13
A: CUMMINS QSX15 PROTOCOL ................................................................................................. 13
B: CUMMINS QSK45 OR QSK60 PROTOCOL................................................................................ 14

This manual is valid for standard multi-line 2 GPU/GPC/PPU units with firmware version
2.40.0 or later.

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1. Warnings and legal information

Legal information and responsibility

DEIF takes no responsibility for installation or operation of the generator set. If there is any doubt
about how to install or operate the generator set controlled by the unit, the company responsible
for the installation or the operation of the set must be contacted.

The units are not to be opened by unauthorised personnel. If opened anyway, the
warranty will be lost.

Electrostatic discharge awareness

Sufficient care must be taken to protect the terminals against static discharges during the
installation. Once the unit is installed and connected, these precautions are no longer necessary.

Safety issues
Installing the unit implies work with dangerous currents and voltages. Therefore, the installation
should only be carried out by authorised personnel who understand the risks involved in working
with live electrical equipment.

Be aware of the hazardous live currents and voltages. Do not touch any AC
measurement inputs as this could lead to injury or death.

Definitions
Throughout this document a number of notes and warnings will be presented. To ensure that these
are noticed, they will be highlighted in order to separate them from the general text.

Notes

The notes provide general information which will be helpful for the reader to
bear in mind.

Warning

The warnings indicate a potentially dangerous situation which could result in

death, personal injury or damaged equipment, if certain guidelines are not
followed.

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2. Description of option

H6 option
Option H6 is a hardware option, and therefore a separate PCB is installed in slot #8 in addition to
the standard-installed hardware.

Function ANSI no.

Serial engine communication -

Terminal description
Engine side modbus connections
The PCB for the ECM communication module is placed in slot #8.

Term. Function Description

133 DATA + (A) Modbus RTU, RS485 option H6,
132 GND Cummins Engine Interface Communication
131 DATA - (B)
130 Not used
129 DATA + (A)
128 Not used
127 DATA - (B)
126 Not used

Terminals 29 and 33 are internally connected.

Terminals 31 and 35 are internally connected.

External modbus connections

The PCB for the modbus card is placed in slot #2, if the controller unit is equipped with option H2
(modbus).

Term. Function Description

29 DATA + (A) Modbus RTU, RS485
30 GND
31 DATA - (B)
32 Not used
33 DATA + (A)
34 Not used
35 DATA - (B)
36 Not used

Terminals 29 and 33 are internally connected.

Terminals 31 and 35 are internally connected.

Only modbus can be used to transmit the data to the PLC. Profibus cannot be
used.

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Wirings

Principle diagram

Display

Option GPU, GPC Option

H6 or PPU H2

QSxxx Modbus

ECM PLC or computer

Cummins gen-set

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Connection diagram

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3. Functional description

This communication extracts information from the Electronic Control Module (ECM) of a
Cummins engine equipped with the ECM module. The values can be used as display values,
alarms/shutdown alarms and values to be transmitted through modbus.

Engine type
The Cummins Engine Interface Communication (EIC) supports two protocols depending on the
Generator drive Control System (GCS).

It is possible to read data from the engine types QSX15, QSX45 and QSX60. The specific
engine type can be set up via the display or via the PC utility software.

Engine type selection

The proper communication is selected via the utility software in the dialog box shown below. It
can also be selected in the display in menu 4770.

If OFF is selected it means that no communication is selected.

Communication system
The Cummins protocol is based on a modbus system where the controller unit is the master
unit. The Baud rate is fixed by Cummins at 9600 Baud. The Cummins GCS (Generator drive
Control System) has a fixed slave address (i.e. ID) at 01. The Baud rate and ID cannot be
changed in the controller.

Please refer to the Cummins user manuals for more information about the
Cummins protocols technical description and details.

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Alarm
A number of alarms can be configured. Please refer to the Designers Reference Handbook for
information about this configuration.

The following items can be configured to an alarm:

Menu number Alarm Comment

4790 Communication error

4800 EIC warning Corresponds to the Cummins bit data

Common warning lamp/driver command
4810 EIC shutdown Corresponds to the Cummins bit data
Common shutdown lamp/driver command
4820 Overspeed Actual RPM

4830/4840 Coolant temperature Actual temperature

(2 levels)

4850/4860 Oil pressure (2 levels) Actual pressure

If the alarm must activate a relay output, please notice that the number of
configurable relay outputs is option dependent.

Displayed values
The table shows which values can be displayed in the view menu. That is in V1, V2 and V3.

For information about the menu structure of the ML-2, please see the Designers
Reference Handbook.

In the GPU without option G2 on V1 is available.

The display values corresponding to the engine communication have a description beginning
with EIC.

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Error messages
The following error messages can occur:

Message Description
Engine I. value N.A. The value is not available for the present engine type
Value selected error The value cannot be read due to sensor error, sub-system or
module error
N.A. The available value changes to N.A. due to communication
error

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Object selection
The view lines can be configured with the available values:

Object Cummins Cummins

QSX15 QSK45/QSK60
EIC Engine speed Available Available
EIC Engine coolant temperature Available Available
EIC Engine oil pressure Available Available
EIC Engine oil temperature Available Not available
EIC Fuel temperature Not available Available
EIC Air inlet temperature Available Available
EIC Fuel rate Available Available
EIC Air inlet pressure Available Available
EIC Fuel delivery pressure Available Available
EIC Coolant pressure Not available Available
EIC Blowby flow Not available Available
EIC Fuel rail pressure Not available Available
EIC Timing rail pressure Not available Available
EIC Aftercooler water inlet temp. Not available Available

Menu 4780 (EIC unit) affects the display value. This menu does not affect the
data readable by the modbus communication (option H2).

Modbus communication
If the modbus option (H2) is installed, then the data can be transmitted to a PLC or a computer.

Please refer to the option H2 technical documentation for more information

about our standard external modbus communication from the controller unit
ML-2 to an external PLC (or computer).

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4. Parameter list

For information about the structure of the parameter descriptions, please see
the Designers Reference Handbook.

Engine communication settings

4770 Engine interface communication

No. Setting Min. setting Max. setting Factory
setting
4771 Engine I. comm. Type OFF OFF
QSX15
QSK45/QSK60

4780 EIC unit

No. Setting Min. setting Max. setting Factory
setting
4781 EIC unit Unit Bar/Celsius Psi/Fahrenheit Bar/Celsius

4790 Engine interface communication error

No. Setting Min. setting Max. setting Factory
setting
4791 EI comm. error Delay 0.0 s 100.0 s 0.0 s
4792 EI comm. error Relay output A R0 (none) Option R0 (none)
4793 EI comm. error Relay output B R0 (none) dependent R0 (none)
4794 EI comm. error Enable OFF ON OFF

4800 EIC warning

No. Setting Min. setting Max. setting Factory
setting
4801 EIC warning Delay 0.0 s 100.0 s 0.0 s
4802 EIC warning Relay output A R0 (none) Option R0 (none)
4803 EIC warning Relay output B R0 (none) dependent R0 (none)
4804 EIC warning Enable OFF ON OFF

Corresponds to the Cummins bit data Common Warning Lamp/Relay Driver

Command.

4810 EIC shutdown

No. Setting Min. setting Max. setting Factory
setting
4811 EIC shutdown Delay 0.0 s 100.0 s 0.0 s
4812 EIC shutdown Relay output A R0 (none) Option R0 (none)
4813 EIC shutdown Relay output B R0 (none) dependent R0 (none)
4814 EIC shutdown Enable OFF ON OFF

Corresponds to the Cummins bit data Common Shutdown Lamp/Relay Driver

Command.

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4820 EIC overspeed

No. Setting Min. setting Max. setting Factory
setting
4821 EIC overspeed Set point 0 RPM 2000 RPM 1600 RPM
4822 EIC overspeed Delay 0.0 s 100.0 s 2.0 s
4823 EIC overspeed Relay output A R0 (none) Option R0 (none)
4824 EIC overspeed Relay output B R0 (none) dependent R0 (none)
4825 EIC overspeed Enable OFF ON OFF

4830 EIC coolant temp.1

No. Setting Min. setting Max. setting Factory
setting
4831 EIC coolant t. 1 Set point -40 deg. 210 deg. 100 deg.
4832 EIC coolant t. 1 Delay 0.0 s 100.0 s 5.0 s
4833 EIC coolant t. 1 Relay output A R0 (none) Option R0 (none)
4834 EIC coolant t. 1 Relay output B R0 (none) dependent R0 (none)
4835 EIC coolant t. 1 Enable OFF ON OFF

4840 EIC coolant temp. 2

No. Setting Min. setting Max. setting Factory
setting
4841 EIC coolant t. 2 Set point -40 deg. 210 deg. 110 deg.
4842 EIC coolant t. 2 Delay 0.0 s 100.0 s 5.0 s
4843 EIC coolant t. 2 Relay output A R0 (none) Option R0 (none)
4844 EIC coolant t. 2 Relay output B R0 (none) dependent R0 (none)
4845 EIC coolant t. 2 Enable OFF ON OFF

4850 EIC oil pressure 1

No. Setting Min. setting Max. setting Factory
setting
4851 EIC oil press. 1 Set point 0.0 bar 10.0 bar 2.0 bar
4852 EIC oil press. 1 Delay 0.0 s 100.0 s 5.0 s
4853 EIC oil press. 1 Relay output A R0 (none) R16 (relay 16) R0 (none)
4854 EIC oil press. 1 Relay output B R0 (none) R16 (relay 16) R0 (none)
4855 EIC oil press. 1 Enable OFF ON OFF

4860 EIC oil pressure 2

No. Setting Min. setting Max. setting Factory
setting
4861 EIC oil press. 2 Set point 0.0 bar 10.0 bar 1.0 bar
4862 EIC oil press. 2 Delay 0.0 s 100.0 s 5.0 s
4863 EIC oil press. 2 Relay output A R0 (none) R16 (relay 16) R0 (none)
4864 EIC oil press. 2 Relay output B R0 (none) R16 (relay 16) R0 (none)
4865 EIC oil press. 2 Enable OFF ON OFF

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5. Modbus communication

This chapter is to be considered as additional information for option H2. Please refer to the ECM
(Engine Communication Module) user manuals for more information about the ECM protocol
technical description and the details of each communication value.

A: Cummins QSX15 protocol

Data table (bytes, read only registers, function code 03h)

Object Protocol No. of Refresh
address bytes time (s)
(base 0)
Engine speed 21000 2 0.5
Coolant temperature 21001 2 0.5
Oil pressure 21002 2 0.5
Battery voltage 21003 2 0.5
Frequency adjust pot. 21004 2 0.5
Droop adjust pot. 21005 2 2.0
Ambient air absolute pressure 21006 2 2.0
Engine running time 21007 4 2.0
ECM on time 21009 4 2.0
Base frequency 21011 2 2.0
Base speed 21012 2 2.0
Final speed reference 21013 2 2.0
Estimated torque 21014 2 2.0
0.2V speed bias 21015 2 2.0
2.5V speed bias 21016 2 2.0
Fuel consumption rate 21017 2 2.0
Cumulative fuel consumption 21018 4 2.0
Governor gain adjust pot. 21020 2 2.0
Active warning fault events list_fault code 21032 32 5.0
Active shutdown fault events list_fault code 21048 32 5.0
Intake manifold absolute pressure 21512 2 2.0
Intake manifold temperature 21513 2 2.0
Fuel outlet absolute pressure 21514 2 2.0
Oil temperature 21515 2 2.0

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Data table (bits, read only, function code 01h)

Object Protocol No. of Refresh
address bits time (s)
(base 0)
Idle/rate switch state 11000 1 2.0
Run/stop switch state 11001 1 2.0
Remote emergency-stop input 11002 1 2.0
Coolant level switch state 11003 1 2.0
Common shutdown lamp/relay driver command 11004 1 2.0
Common warning lamp/relay driver command 11005 1 2.0
Fuel shut-off valve driver state 11006 1 2.0
Operator interface mode 11007 4 2.0

B: Cummins QSK45 or QSK60 protocol

Data table (read only registers, function code 03h)

Object Protocol No. of Refresh
address bytes time (s)
(base 0)
Engine speed 21000 2 0.5
Coolant temperature 21001 2 0.5
Oil pressure 21002 2 0.5
Battery voltage 21003 2 0.5
Frequency adjust pot. 21004 2 0.5
Droop adjust pot. 21005 2 2.0
Ambient air absolute pressure 21006 2 2.0
Engine running time 21007 4 2.0
ECM on time 21009 4 2.0
Base frequency 21011 2 2.0
Base speed 21012 2 2.0
Final speed reference 21013 2 2.0
Estimated torque 21014 2 2.0
0.2V speed bias 21015 2 2.0
2.5V speed bias 21016 2 2.0
Fuel consumption rate 21017 2 2.0
Cumulative fuel consumption 21018 4 2.0
Governor gain adjust pot. 21020 2 2.0
Active warning fault events list_fault code 21032 32 5.0
Active shutdown fault events list_fault code 21048 32 5.0
Blowby flow 21528 2 2.0
Intake manifold absolute pressure 21529 2 2.0
Intake manifold temperature 21530 2 2.0
Coolant absolute pressure 21531 2 2.0
Fuel pump absolute pressure 21532 2 2.0
Fuel rail absolute pressure 21533 2 2.0
Fuel inlet temperature 21534 2 2.0
Timing rail absolute pressure 21535 2 2.0
Aftercooler water inlet temperature 21536 2 2.0

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Data table (bits, read only, function code 01h)

Object Protocol No. of Refresh
address bits time (s)
(base 0)
Idle/rate switch state 11000 1 2.0
Run/stop switch state 11001 1 2.0
Remote emergency-stop input 11002 1 2.0
Coolant level switch state 11003 1 2.0
Common shutdown lamp/relay driver command 11004 1 2.0
Common warning lamp/relay driver command 11005 1 2.0
Fuel shut-off valve driver state 11006 1 2.0
Operator interface mode 11007 4 2.0

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