Fieldbus Technology

Applications of communication networks lead to radical changes in human life. Fieldbus technology is part of this development acting in close connection to systems control and in critical domains. Equipped with sensitive sensors, fieldbus technology becomes the backbone of many processes of our daily life. In automation technology, fieldbus systems are essential parts of modern applications. In airplanes and in near future also in automobiles, mechanical control is replaced by "x by wire” systems based on fieldbusses, a technique more efficient and flexible, but also cheaper. Moreover, fieldbus technology, used in factories, hospitals, laboratories for the collection of numerous data, enables a more efficient and reliable operation of these complex environments.This book is a collection of articles submitted to the fieldbus conference FeT'99 in Magdeburg, Germany. The articles were reviewed by an international program committee which decided to include some high quality articles not presented at the conference. The book comprises chapters dealing with important aspects of fieldbus technology and reflecting areas of main activity in science and industry: real-time aspects, networking, management, OPC, system aspects, realization, protocol specifications (supplements to introduced fieldbus systems), validation, profile development (i. e. specification of application semantics) and research projects. A further chapter reports on the European harmonization project NOAH.

INHALT LANG: Protocol Specifications Main Paradigms as a Basis for Current Fieldbus Concepts • Communication Profile for Embedded Networks • Shared Data on InterBus • Adding Multi-Master Capabilities to Interbus-S • Telecontrol Standard IEC 60870-6 TASE.2 Globally Adopted Network Interconnections Opportunities and Problems of Wireless Fieldbus Extensions • The Use of Radio Technologies in the Fieldbus Area – Using Interbus as an Example • Internet Technologies and Fieldbuses • Security Architecture for Field Area Networks Connected to Internet • P-NET-Management über das Internet • Wireless Data Transfer System for Oil Drawing Plants Profiles Profiles for Fieldbuses – Scope and Description Technologies • A Functional Profile for Laboratory Measurement Equipment Based on Measurement Bus and Profibus-DP/PA • Mapping of Fieldbus Protocols to Standardised Field Level Objects • Device Based Process Control in Foundation Fieldbus • CANopen Device Profile for Hydraulic Proportional Valves Validation Comparing the Networks CAN and ARINC 629 CP with Respect to the Quality of the Service Provided to an Automatic Control Application • Modelling and Evaluation of Systems for the Interconnection of Industrial Communications Networks • Use of Formal Specification and Design Language for Protocol Description – Field Report • CANopen Conformance Test • Formal Description Software for WorldFIP Industrial Fieldbus • Experiences in Different Fieldbuses Used together with PC-Based Control Systems Management Mapping of Fieldbus Components to WWW-Based Management Solutions • Integration of Fieldbus Objects into Computer-Aided Network Facility Management Systems • Enabling e-Services through Resource Management API’s on Multi-Vendor EIB Building Networks • Modulares Agent-Design für Feldbusmanagement • Linux-Gateway zur Fernwartung von Profibus-DP-Geräten • Tele-Diagnosis at Networked Automation Systems • Diagnosevon Feldbussen im Systemverbund • Engineering of Distributed Automation Systems Based on Novel Information Technologies and Methods • PROFIBUS goes Microsoft – Herstellerunabhängige Integration von Feldgeräten in Engineeringsysteme OLE for Process Control OPC A Modular OPC-Server Connecting Different Fieldbussystems and Internet Java Applets • OPC-Schnittstellen in einer offenen Systemumgebung – Praxis und Erfahrungen • OPC – Making the Fieldbus Interface Transparent System Aspects IEEE Utility Communications Architecture (UCA) applies mainstream standard Ethernet • A Component-Based Architecture for Integrating Fieldbus Systems into Distributed Control Applications • Decentralized automation concepts based on Ethernet-TCP/IP and CANopen • Considerations on a LonWorks/IP Gateway Implementation • The Importance of Being Competent: the Role of Competence Centres in the Fieldbus World Research Some Future Directions in Fieldbus Research and Development • IEEE1394 in Comparison with Other Bus Systems • On Interoperability and Intelligent Software Agents for Field Area Networks • Transmitting Voice on InterBus Real-Time Aspects Simulation of Communication Systems in Industrial Area • A Flexible Time-Triggered Communication System Based on the Controller Area Network: Experimental Results • Analysis of Switched Ethernet Networks with Different Topologies Used in Automation Systems • Analysis of the Worst-Case Real Token Rotation Time in PROFIBUS Networks Realisations Powerline Communication in der Feldebene • Design of Bus Media Redundancy in CAN • Programmable Process Interfaces for Smart Bus Nodes • Eine Feldbusarchitektur mit realzeitfähiger Fehlerkorrektur • Safety-Oriented INTERBUS – INTERBUS Safety • MultiPort RAM: a PC-Based Implementation of the Fieldbus Concept • Fieldbus Physical Layer in the Application NOAH Esprit 26951 Project ESPRIT Project NOAH – Introduction • Fieldbus Profile