1) The document discusses device configuration tools and standards including EDDL, FDT, and FDI. 2) It provides a history of device configuration and the roadmap that led to cooperation between groups to develop a single common standard. 3) The goals of the cooperation were to develop a solution that is applicable to all device communication technologies, network topologies, and is compatible with existing device descriptions while becoming an international standard.

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Products Solutions Services
Profibus and Profinet device configuration
Phil Waterworth
Project Engineer
Endress+Hauser Ltd
Phil.waterworth@uk.endress.com
Tel: 0161 286 5171
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Agenda
• The history of device configuration tools
• EDDL and FDT
• Field Device Integration (FDI) Cooperation
• Platform example – FDT
• Live demo
• Configuration of Profibus PA
• Configuration of Profinet devices
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Device configuration – the easy part of the project…!!?
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Electronic Device Description Language or Field device Tool
Plant
Sensors, Actuators, Remote I/Os, Drives, Apparatus, Vessels,
Piping, Pumps,
Process Control Technology Equipment
Process Control
System with embedded
PAM
Plant
Sensors, Actuators, Remote I/Os, Drives, Apparatus, Vessels,
Piping, Pumps,
Process Control Technology Equipment
Process Control
System
Plant asset
management
 EDDL based system
 Proprietary operating language
 Operating system independent
 EDD (driver) supplied by each device
manufacturer in line with a proprietary standard
 FDT based system
 Open platform – vendor independent
 Complies with published FDT standard
 DTM (driver) written by each device manufacturer in
line with the published standard
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Device configuration road map
1993
1994
2002
• 1993 HART communication foundation formed, EDDL standardised
• 1994 FF and PNO adopted EDDL (independently and differently)
• 2002 FF, HCF, PNO enhance EDDL and add diagnostics – IEC 61804-2
• 2003 FDT group formed (informal cooperation)
• 2004 EDDL Cooperation team founded – HCF, FF, PI + OPC Foundation
• 2005 FDT Group founded as an International Association
• 2007 FDI Standardisation project launched
• 2011 FDI cooperation formed with FDT, FF, HCF, PI, OPC Foundation2003
2003/4
2005
2007
2011
2016+
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Why start this cooperation?
• Process automation end users ask for a single solution
• Current FDT and EDDL technologies have partial overlap causing a competitive situation.
• Current situation is confusing because of conflicting messages
• Suppliers face expensive development
• Most suppliers are member of both ECT organisation and FDT Group. They must invest in parallel
to support both technologies.
(2007)
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Common objectives
• Applicable to any field device communication technology
• Applicable for all network topologies.
• Backward compatibility with existing EDDL based device descriptions and DTM’s.
• Open specification that will become an international standard.
• Platform and operating system independent.
(2007)
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End user benefits
• Single and consistent solution irrespective of supplier to achieve interoperability.
• Compatibility with installed base.
• Shared strategy and development by all suppliers ensures integration of all devices.
• Clear technology direction shared by all suppliers ends uncertainties.
(2007)
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EDDL based FDI hosts will support existing EDD’s
• FDI Host
• New FDI device packages are
imported
• Existing EDD files can be
imported
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FDT2 based FDI hosts will support existing DTM’s
• FDT2 Host
• New FDI device packages are
imported using an FDI DTM
• Existing DTM’s files continue to
be used
• Existing EDD files can be
imported using an interpreter
DTM
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Field Device Tool (FDT) platforms
• What are they – how do they work?
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The FDT Group
• The FDT Group formed in 2005
• open
• independent
• non-profit
• association of 82 international companies
• Owner of the FDT Technology
• Responsible for maintenance, further development, and promotion
of FDT Technology
• Responsible for certification and compliance testing of FDT products
• Dedicated to establishing and maintaining FDT Technology as an
international standard with broad acceptance within the automation
industry
• Open to all companies that wish to participate www.fdtgroup.org
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FDT Group members
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What is FDT/DTM?
• FDT / DTM
• FDT = Field Device Tool (frame application)
• Follows a published standard specification
• DTM = Device Type Manager (device driver)
• Compatible with an FDT frame application
• Open standardised technology
independent of device or system supplier
• Independent of device type
sensor, actuator, remote I/O, drives, etc.
• Full support of installed base
• Independent of communication protocol
Ethernet, HART, PROFIBUS, Foundation Fieldbus, etc.
• Vertical integration by nested communication
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How does FDT/DTM technology work?
The network topology is built up using a
combination of CommDTM’s and Device
DTM’s
5
7
Ethernet
1
2
Profibus DP
6
6
DTM 4
DTM 6
CommDTM 5
DTM 3
DTM 7
Ethernet
CommDTM 2
Profibus PA
43
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ProfiBUS connection options
Field controller
DP
PA
PCMCIA Card ProfiUSBGateway PCI Card
Process
control
Device configuration
Ethernet
Diagnostic
module
Device DTM
Comm DTM
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ProfiNET connection options
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DTM example - valve positioner
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DTM example - motor controller
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DTM example - network diagnostics
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DTM example - pressure transmitter
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Live demo
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• Using and FDT Frame application – FieldCare – to configure:
• Profibus PA devices via a Profinet Power Hub gateway (Proxy)
• Profinet devices with a direct connection over ethernet

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Further information
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• EDDL – Electronic Device Description Language
www.eddl.org
• FDT Group
Fdtgroup.org
• FDI Cooperation
www.fdi-cooperation.com