FOUNDATION Fieldbus Technical Specifications

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The FOUNDATION Fieldbus Technical Specifications is a complete, bookmarked, word-searchable software package that includes the latest FOUNDATION Fieldbus H1, High Speed Ethernet (HSE) and Physical Layer technical specifications. These specifications are essential for field device and controls manufacturers requiring implementation of fieldbus-based control solutions.

FOUNDATION Technical Specifications and the FOUNDATION for Safety Instrumented Functions Technical Specifications can be downloaded free of charge for members and includes the latest application guides, as well as technical and application notes.

FOUNDATION Fieldbus Technical Specifications

2014 Edition 1

Document Type	Document Title	Document Id	Release Date
Specifications	Common File Format	FF-103 FS 1.10	17-Apr-14
	Host Interoperability Support Test Profile and Procedures	FF-569 FS 3.0	21-Nov-13
	System Architecture	FF-581 FS 1.3	8-Oct-03
	Ethernet Presence	FF-586 FS 1.3	8-Oct-03
	Field Device Access Agent	FF-588 FS 1.4	1-Dec-05
	HSE System Management	FF-589 FS 1.3	8-Oct-03
	HSE Redundancy	FF-593 FS 1.3	1-Dec-05
	H1 Network Management	FF-801 FS 1.8	17-Oct-08
	HSE Network Management	FF-803 FS 1.3	8-Oct-03
	H1 Data Link Bridge Addendum	FF-806 FS 1.0	14-Mar-00
	31.25 kbit/s Physical Layer	FF-816 FS 2.0	20-Apr-11
	H1 Data Link Services	FF-821 FS 1.4	29-Jun-99
	H1 Data Link Protocol	FF-822 FS 1.5	5-Nov-01
	31.25kbit/s Physical Layer Conformance Test	FF-830 FS 2.0	1-Mar-11
	Fieldbus Power Supply Test Specification	FF-831 FS 1.0	6-Apr-04
	H1 Cable Test Specification	FF-844 FS 1.2	6-Jan-11
	Device Coupler Test Specification	FF-846 FS 1.3	29-Jun-12
	Fieldbus Message Specification	FF-870 FS 1.7	3-Oct-08
	Fieldbus Access Sublayer	FF-875 FS 1.5	8-Oct-03
	H1 System Management	FF-880 FS 1.6	1-Dec-05
	Software Download Addendum	FF-883 FS 1.3	17-Oct-08
	Function Block AP Part 1	FF-890 FS 1.10	2-Aug-12
	Function Block AP Part 2	FF-891 FS 1.10	2-Aug-12
	Function Block AP Part 3	FF-892 FS 1.11	2-Aug-12
	Function Block AP Part 4	FF-893 FS 1.3	2-Oct-08
	Function Block AP Part 5	FF-894 FS 1.1	13-Oct-08
	Device Description Language	FF-900 FS 6.0	21-Nov-13
	Device Description Interoperability Specification	FF-901 FS 1.2	21-Nov-13
	Transducer Block Common Structure	FF-902 FS 1.4	12-Nov-12
	Pressure Transducer Block	FF-903 FS 2.1	30-Aug-12
	Temperature Transducer Block	FF-904 FS 2.1	30-Aug-12
	Positioner Transducer Block	FF-906 FS 2.0	27-Nov-12
	Flow Transducer Block	FF-908 FS 1.1	27-Nov-12
	Transducer Blocks for ISA100.11a Devices	FF-911 FS 1.0	21-Nov-13
	Communication Profile	FF-940 FS 1.5	5-Nov-01
	HSE Profile	FF-941 FS 1.4	25-Mar-14
	Device ITK Profile	FF-946 FS 1.2	30-Apr-14
	FBAP for Wireless and Remote I/O	FF-633 FS 1.1	25-Mar-14
	Transducer Block for HSE-RIO Module	FF-915 FS 1.1	27-Mar-14
	Transducer Blocks for Wired and Wireless HART® Devices	FF-913 FS 1.0	20-Mar-12
	System Architecture for Wireless & Remote Input/Output (WIO)	FF-061 PS 1.4	21-Nov-13
Application Guides	Technical Overview	FD-043 3.0	7-Oct-03
	Instrinsically Safe Systems - FREE	AG-163 2.0	29-Jul-04
	Wiring and Installation - FREE	AG-140 1.0	12-Feb-99
	Function Block Capabilities in Hybrid/Batch Applications - FREE	AG-170 1.1	4-Dec-02
	System Engineering Guidelines - FREE	AG-181 3.1	10-Mar-10
Technical Notes	Device ID Format	TN-002 1.1	29-Jul-99
	Profile/Profile Revision	TN-003 1.6	17-Sept-12
	Maximum FMS PDU Length	TN-004 1.0	14-Aug-97
	Additional NM VCR	TN-005 1.0	14-Aug-97
	VCRListControlVariable	TN-006 1.0	14-Aug-97
	Standard Tables	TN-016 7.0	27-May-14
	Proper behavior when responding to CD	TN-017 1.0	3-Feb-09
	WIO Data Structures	TN-019 1.3	21-Nov-13
	Engineering Units Mapping from HART® to FOUNDATION™ Fieldbus	TN-021 1.0	28-Feb-12
Application Notes	DD Encoding of Multiple Views	AN-002 1.0	31-Jan-00
	Saving Data to Non-Volatile Memory	AN-003 1.0	24-Sep-04
	Device Replacement	AN-007 1.0	27-Jul-09
	Block Instantiation and Capability Level	AN-008 1.1	14-Mar-14
	Recovering the DD symbols.txt File	AN-009 1.0	4-Sep-08
	Common Lab Integration Test Requirements	AN-010 2.0	21-Nov-13
	Mode Use in Transducer Blocks	AN-012 1.0	13-May-09
	Integrated and Visitor Host Interoperability	AN-013 1.0	25-Aug-09
	A Practical Guide to Fieldbus Alarms	AN-014 1.1	5-Nov-12
	DD4 Optimization	AN-017 1.0	15-May-12
	State Table Definitions for Discrete Process Variables	AN-018 1.0	24-Apr-12

FOUNDATION for Safety Instrumented Functions (SIF) Technical Specifications

2012 Edition 1

Document Type	Document Title	Document Id	Release Date
Specifications	Architecture Overview	FF-805 FS 1.5	18-Sep-12
	Application Model	FF-807 FS 1.5	18-Sep-12
	Protocol Specification	FF-884 FS 1.5	26-Sep-12
	Function Blocks	FF-895 FS 2.0	17-Aug-12
	SIF Device ITK Profile	FF-976 FS 1.1	27-Aug-12
Application Notes	Macro Cycle Number (MCN) Calculation	AN-016 1.0	19-Sep-11
Software	CRC32 Code	SW-269	N/A

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