Fieldbus Foundation supports new IEC technical report
June 2012
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The Fieldbus Foundation today announced its support for a new International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) report that provides guidance to end users for selecting an industry-standard device integration technology encompassing all host systems, field instruments and device protocols.
The new technical report, IEC 61804-6 Ed 1: Function blocks (FB) for process control – Electronic Device Description Language (EDDL) – Part 6: Meeting the requirements for integrating fieldbus devices in engineering tools for field devices, explains the requirements for field device integration and how they are met using the EDDL standard (IEC 61804-3).
EDDL is a universal, proven and state-of-the-art method for accessing diagnostic, real-time and asset management information contained in more than 20 million field devices from the world’s leading instrumentation manufacturers. EDDL has the power to integrate field devices for optimal control strategies and consistent Human-Machine Interfaces (HMIs) across different platforms. The technology extends interoperability to the HMI and diagnostic data levels with improved visualisation and graphical capabilities.
The Fieldbus Foundation’s global marketing manager, Larry O’Brien, said, “This report is good news for automation end users because it illustrates how EDDL can satisfy key requirements for integrating the large amount of data provided by today’s fieldbus devices with the applications that must turn that data into useful information – not just Foundation fieldbus devices, but all devices that rely on EDDL technology.”
The IEC report is based on the recommendations of NAMUR, an international end user association of automation technology in the process industries. “NAMUR writes excellent recommendation documents, and NE105 provides a very effective outline of how information from multiple intelligent devices should be integrated in a process plant,’ concluded O’Brien.
For detail about EDDL technology and field device integration, please visit www.eddl.org
For more information contact Fieldbus Foundation, +27 (0)11 453 2468, [email protected], www.fieldbus.org
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