IEC 61158-5-15:2007 provides user programs with a means to access the fieldbus communication environment. In this respect, the FAL can be viewed as a "window between corresponding application programs." This standard provides common elements for basic time-critical and non-time-critical messaging communications between application programs in an automation environment and material specific to Type 15 fieldbus. The term "time-critical" is used to represent the presence of a time-window, within which one or more specified actions are required to be completed with some defined level of certainty. Failure to complete specified actions within the time window risks failure of the applications requesting the actions, with attendant risk to equipment, plant and possibly human life. It includes the following significant changes with respect to the previous edition deletion of the former Type 6 fieldbus, and the placeholder for a Type 5 fieldbus data-link layer, for lack of market relevance; addition of new types of fieldbuses; division of this part into multiple parts numbered.
WITHDRAWN
IEC 61158-5:2003 ED3
WITHDRAWN
IEC PAS 62030:2004 ED1
WITHDRAWN
IEC 61158-5:2003/COR1:2004 ED3
WITHDRAWN
IEC 61158-5-15:2007 ED1
99.60
Withdrawal effective
Aug 5, 2010
PUBLISHED
IEC 61158-5-15:2010 ED2