IEC 61158-6-4:2023 ED4

Industrial communication networks - Fieldbus specifications - Part 6-4: Application layer protocol specification - Type 4 elements IEC 61158-6-4:2023 ED4

Publication date:   Mar 24, 2023

Scope

IEC 61158-6-4:2023 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 4 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.