The obis crate provides parsers and utilities to work with the OBIS codes as defined by the IEC 62056-61 standard.

This crate is no_std, making it suitable for use in embedded environments and IoT use-cases.

Examples

IEC 62056-61 defines two kinds of OBIS codes. One is a full code with all groups present. This code is not particularly popular, but is unambiguous and does not require context for interpretation. In order to parse these codes, use the Code type:

use obis::Code;

let input = b"0-0:1.0.0*255";
let (code, _remainder) = Code::parse(input).expect("valid code should parse successfully");
assert_eq!(code.a, 0);
assert_eq!(code.c, 1);
assert_eq!(code.f, 255);

Note that the implementation today requires use of the delimiters that may be different from what may be used in your application. Issues describing different use cases and PRs to change the behaviour are welcome!

In the Annex A a reduced OBIS code is defined. This code allows for omission of certain parts of the OBIS code, but in doing so the interpretation of the codes becomes contextual. For instance, you may need to know if the identifier came from an electricity meter or from a gas meter to fully interpret the datum. These codes are much more widely used in the end-user facing world at least, so you most likely want to use ReducedCode as well:

use obis::ReducedCode;

let input = b"0-0:1.0.0(12345)";
let (code, remainder) = ReducedCode::parse(input).expect("valid code should parse successfully");
assert_eq!(code.a(), Some(0));
assert_eq!(code.f(), None);
// groups C and D are mandatory.
assert_eq!(code.c(), 1);
// The remainder can be further parsed as deescribed below.
assert_eq!(remainder, b"(12345)");

Note that both Code::parse and ReducedCode::parse produce a remainder of the buffer that has not been parsed. This is particularly useful in applications and when handling protocols that use OBIS codes, as they commonly insert an OBIS code into a broader syntax of the protocol. Returning a remainder allows the entire datum to be parsed in a single pass without needing to first figure out the constituting parts.