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IEC Fieldbus Standards for Data Link Layer and Application Layer have been published on January 27, 2000

IEC standards published:

  • 65C/223/FDIS - Digital data communications for measurement and control -
    Fieldbus for use in industrial control systems - Part 3: Data link service definition

  • 65C/224/FDIS - Digital data communications for measurement and control -
    Fieldbus for use in industrial control systems - Part 4: Data link protocol specification

  • 65C/225/FDIS - Digital data communications for measurement and control -
    Fieldbus for use in industrial control systems - Part 5: Application Layer service
    definition

  • 65C/226/FDIS - Digital data communications for measurement and control -
    Fieldbus for use in industrial control systems - Part 6: Application Layer protocol
    secification

All four documents comprise the following Fieldbus types:

    Type 1 (former IEC Fieldbus Technical Specifications, TS 61158-3/-4/-5/-6)
    Type 2 (Control Net)
    Type 3 (Profibus)
    Type 4 (Pnet)
    Type 5 (High Speed Ethernet Specification of the Fieldbus Foundation)
    Type 6 (SwiftNet)
    Type 7 (WorldFip)
    Type 8 (Interbus)

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23.07.2001


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