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News Release from: Fieldbus Foundation
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 21 June 2007
Fieldbus interoperability specification
launched
Hosts successfully completing registration testing will be authorised to bear the Foundation's official product registration symbol.
The Fieldbus Foundation has released the FF-569 Version 2.0 Host Interoperability Support Test Profile and Procedures Specification The new release includes updated Foundation fieldbus host profiles and features defining interoperability requirements and test procedures leading to host registration
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 14 Nov 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Hosts successfully completing registration testing will be authorised to bear the Foundation's official product registration symbol.
Developed by the Fieldbus Foundation's System Integration and Maintenance (SIM) Working group, FF-569 Version 2.0 is the basis for the Foundation's new Host Profile Test and Registration Program.
The existing Host Interoperability Support Test (HIST) program will be superseded by the host registration program.
In the Foundation fieldbus automation infrastructure, host profiles are a key to system interoperability.
The profiles define required host features for different classes of hosts, including Class 61 Integrated Hosts, Class 62 Visitor Hosts, and Class 63/64 Bench Hosts.
Both automation suppliers and end users will benefit from host registration.
Like the current device registration process, host registration will strengthen fieldbus interoperability and system integration.
The updated host profile specification is easier to understand than current specifications, and eliminates inconsistent features in favor of defined host profiles.
Fieldbus Foundation Manager-Fieldbus Products, Stephen Mitschke, said, "The FF-569 Version 2.0 Host Profile Specification enhances the procedures for testing and enables registering Foundation fieldbus hosts".
"The updated host profile specifications were developed through the co-operation of leading device suppliers, host vendors, and end users".
"Every effort has been made to provide the industry with a robust solution for verifying fieldbus system interoperability".
The Fieldbus Foundation is in the process of developing a Host Test Kit that is scheduled for release in August.
The test kit will allow vendors to pre-test their host before submitting it for testing and registration by the Foundation.
The kit works in conjunction with the new specification to apply functional testing to host applications, and to verify that host features are properly implemented.
The Host Profile Registration Process (FF-525) will be available for download after the release of the Host Test Kit.
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