IEC TR 61158-1:2007 ED2

Industrial communication networks - Fieldbus specifications - Part 1: Overview and guidance for the IEC 61158 and IEC 61784 series

Scope

presents an overview and guidance for the IEC 61158 series. It explains the structure and content of the IEC 61158 series; relates the structure of the IEC 61158 series to the ISO/IEC 7498 OSI Basic Reference Model; shows the logical structure of the IEC 61784 series; shows how to use parts of the IEC 61158 series in combination with IEC 61784 series; provides explanations of some aspects of the IEC 61158 series that are common to the parts of the IEC 61158 5 series. It includes the following significant changes from the previous edition: deletion of the former Type 6 fieldbus, a placeholder for a Type 5 fieldbus data-link layer, and the Type 1 application layer for lack of market relevance; addition of new types of fieldbuses: types 11 to 20; generalization of the Type 1 radio, which is seldom used, to a more useful form; additional descriptions explaining the relation of IEC 61158 to the IEC 61784 family of companion profiles and the structure of these profile documents; division of parts 3 through 6 of the third edition into multiple parts numbered 3 1, 3 2, , 3 19; 4 1, 4 2, , 4 19; 5 2, 5 3, , 5 20; 6 2, 6 3, , 6 20; presentation of the service description concepts used in the many application layer service definitions: parts 5 2, 5 3, , 5 20.