ISA103, Field Device Tool Interface

Scope

1) To form the core of the U.S. TAG to IEC SC65C WG14 and to assist TAG to select experts from the U.S. (The IEC has circulated and accepted document 65C/398/NP. An IEC PAS is published. SC 65C WG 14 was founded.)

2) To define the interfaces for both the vertical and the horizontal data flow, called Function Control and Data Access, in the framework of a Client-Server architecture. It shall allow application software and configuration tools to interact with field devices in a unified way, while hiding the manufacturer-specific interaction with devices or sub-systems in a software module.

3) This standard shall allow any field bus, device or sub-system specific software tool to be integrated as part of a universal life-cycle management tool of a plant automation system.

Purpose

1) To ensure the consistent management of a plant-wide control and automation technology, it is necessary to fully integrate fieldbuses, devices and sub-systems as seamless part of a wide range of automation tasks covering the whole automation life-cycle. The main aims are:

• Universal and central plant-wide tooling for the life-cycle management of heterogeneous fieldbus environments, multi-vendor devices and sub-systems independently of the automation domain (e.g. process, manufacturing)
• Integrated and consistent life-cycle data of the control system including the fieldbuses, devices and sub-systems ·
• Simple but still powerful vendor-independent integration of different automation devices and sub-systems into the life-cycle management tools of a control system.

2) The main application domains are industrial process control and manufacturing execution systems.

3) The benefits are savings in operation, engineering and maintenance of the control systems.

Links

ISA103-FDT Flyer

Ashok Acharya Information Member GE Energy Phone: (540) 387-8426	Amit Ajmeri Information Member Yokogawa Corp of America Phone: (281) 340-3817 Fax: (281) 340-3971
Sebastien Cabaret Information Member GE Energy Products France Phone: +33 0 84 59 16 13	Richard Caro Information Member CMC Associates Phone: (978) 206-1449 Fax: (978) 246-1270
EM DelaHostria Information Member Rockwell Automation Phone: (440) 646-7324	Shannon Foos Voting Member Rockwell Automation Phone: (440) 646-3469
James (Jim) Jamison Voting Member Managing Director Spectra Energy Ltd Phone: (403) 776-8308	Stanly Johnson Jeyaraj Information Member SABIC- Saudi European Petrochemical Co Phone: +966 5 68849466 Fax: +966 3 3415060
Klaus-Peter Lindner Voting Member Endress+Hauser Process Solutions AG Phone: +41 79 335 66 38 Fax: +41 61 715 2802	Mart Louisse Information Member Aramco Phone: +31882622358
Patty Penney Information Member Dow Chemical Co Phone: (409) 238-5828	Uy Pham Information Member ChevronTexaco Phone: (713) 432-3281
Rick Shauger Information Member PMV-USA Phone: (281) 292-7500 Fax: (281) 292-7760	Patrick Skweres Information Member SIS-TECH Phone: (281) 499-2141
Dave Smith Voting Member Wunderlich-Malec Phone: (281) 201-5515	Ian Verhappen Voting Member Chair Industrial Automation Networks Inc Phone: (403) 829-1077
Christian Verney Information Member Schneider Electric Phone: +33686400786	Jean Vieille Information Member Control Chain Group Phone: +33 6 74 45 47 27
Scott Wilkerson Voting Member Flowserve Corp Phone: (434) 522-4146	Linda Wolffe Staff Contact ISA Phone: (919) 990-9257 Fax: (919) 549-8288
Qi YAN Information Member Emerson Phone: 13918009479	Zhang Yu Information Member Institute of Automation Phone: 86-23-68252940 Fax: 86-23-68252924