February 15, 2023
7am - 9am Central Time Zone
Please register for FieldComm Group's annual member meeting using the form on this page. After completing the form you will be sent an email that will allow you to easily add the meeting to your preferred calendar and capture the link for this virtual meeting.
AGENDA
- Annual Business Review
- Officer and BOD Election Results
- Business Performance
- The 2022 FieldComm Group Plant of the Year - Wanhua Chemical Group
- Progress on Key FieldComm Group Initiatives
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Integration
- Outlook for 2023
2022 HIGHLIGHTS
HART Specifications (Apr 2022)
- HART Communication Protocol Specification 7.8
- Network Management 3.0.1
- Common Practice Commands 12.0.1
Ethernet-APL Specifications (Apr 2022)
- FCG_TS10186 {1.1} is an update to the Ethernet-APL Port Profile Specification, which contains minor changes to address feedback from conformance testing.
- FCG_TT10188 {1.4} is an update to the Ethernet-APL Data Test Specification.
- FCG_TT10187 {1.1} is an update to the Ethernet-APL EMC Test Specification.
- FCG_TT10189 {1.1} is an update to the Ethernet-APL Power Test Specification.
- Additional documents have been added to support the test procedures and installation of Ethernet-APL devices.
- FCG_AG10334 {1.1} Ethernet-APL Power CTS Method of Implementation
- FCG_AG10335 {1.0.4} Ethernet-APL Data Tests Method of Implementation
- FCG_AG10336 {1.1} Ethernet-APL Test Equipment
- FCG_AG10337 {1.0} Ethernet-APL Installation Drawing-Device Vendors
- FCG_AG10338 {1.0} Ethernet-APL Installation Drawing-Device End Users
FDI Specifications (Apr 2022)
- FDI 1.3 Updated Specifications
- New specs added:
FCG TS62769-8 {1.0} is a new specification, Part 8: EDD to OPC-UA Mapping, which defines how the internal view of a device model represented by the EDD can be transferred into an external view as an OPC-UA information model by mapping EDD constructs to OPC-UA objects.
FCG TS62769-102-2 {1.0} is a new specification, PSD for EtherNet/IP, which contains the protocol-specific definitions for the EtherNet/IP protocol.
FCG TS62769-151-1 {1.0} is a new specification, PSD for OPC UA, which contains the protocol-specific definitions for the OPC UA protocol.
- New specs added:
PA-DIM Specifications (Aug 2022)
FDI Developer Tools
FDI-IDE 1.5.1 (June 2022)
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Updated HART Standard DD Library (June 2022)
FDI CHC 1.5.1 (June 2022)
FDI EDD Engine X 1.2.0 (June 2022)
FDI Signing Tool 2.0.1.0 (June 2022)
HART Developer Tools
HART-IP Developer Kit 1.2 (Dec 2022)
How to Develop and Register a WirelessHART Device (February 8)
Presented by FieldComm Group and Centero
APL + HART: NOA from Vision to Reality (March 15)
Presented by Putman Media; sponsored by FieldComm Group
How to Develop and Register a WirelessHART Device + Use Cases (June 30)
Presented by FieldComm Group, Centero, Armstrong International and United Electric Controls
How Digital Transformation Drives OEE Improvements (October 19)
Presented by Processing Magazine, with Ted Masters as presenter
HART-IP/Ethernet-APL - Instrumentation Development Workshop (December 5)
Presented by FieldComm Group and member companies
Easing access to field device data, now and in the futuree (by Ted Masters, published in Control Magazine)
HART-IP Simplifies Ethernet-APL Transition (by Sean Vincent, published in Control Engineering)
Networking Technologies Streamline New and Retrofit Projects (Process and Control Magazine)
New Videos
Introduction to HART-IP® Security (23 minutes)
Transitioning to HART-IP® ( 5 minutes)
Seminars
Field Communication Technology (Sep. 12) - online
Presented by FieldComm Group - Japan
FOUNDATION Fieldbus FCTP Seminar (Dec. 13) - Tokyo, Japan
Presented by FieldComm Group - Japan
Tradeshows
MEORGA (March 23) - Frankfurt, Germany
FieldComm Group - Europe
Hannover Messe (May 30 - June 2) - Hannover, Germany
FieldComm Group
Automation Expo (August 16-19) - Mumbai, India
FieldComm Group - India Society
ACHEMA (August 22-26) - Frankfurt, Germany
FieldComm Group
MEORGA (September 14) - Ludwigshafen, Germany
FieldComm Group - Europe
Emerson Exchange (Oct. 24-28) - Grapevine, TX USA
FieldComm Group
JEMIMA (Oct. 26-28) - Osaka, Japan
FieldComm Group - Japan
SPS (Nov. 8-10) - Nuremberg, Germany
FieldComm Group - Europe