The document discusses how Fieldbus Foundation has improved usability of FOUNDATION fieldbus over time. New features in ITK6 and Host Profile Registration (HPR) have enhanced configuration, commissioning, maintenance and device replacement by reducing errors and complexity. HPR in particular helps ensure consistency across systems. Upcoming initiatives like "Project Gemstone" aim to further enhance templates, replacement workflows and other areas to reinvent fieldbus and make it smarter and easier to use.

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Advances in FOUNDATION
fieldbus provide improved
usability
Jonas Berge

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Released
2007
Introducing Three Revolutionary Products
- iPhone (1st generation)
Widescreen iPod with touch
controls
Revolutionary mobile phone
Breakthrough Internet
communicator
YouTube 4:47

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Quiz: Which was the first phone with web
browser?
Apple iPhone
Nokia 9000 Communicator
Motorola Razr
Released
1996
• Not easy to navigate
• People not yet
Internet savvy
• No habit of
searching web

4. 44 Advances in FOUNDATION fieldbus provide improved usability
Quiz: Which was the first phone with
music player?
Apple iPhone
Nokia 9000 Communicator
Sony Ericsson W800
Released
2005
• Had to rip CDs and
copy files
• Not easy to
find/search songs

5. 55 Advances in FOUNDATION fieldbus provide improved usability
Quiz: Which was the first phone where
you can install applications?
Apple iPhone
Handspring (Palm) Treo 180
Sony Ericsson W800
Released
2002
• Apps not easy to buy
• Not easy to use
• “too small”

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iPhone Ease-of-Use
- Human Centered Design
iTunes store
Wider screen
Multi-touch gestures
Threaded text messaging
YouTube as application
Power of Context:
The time was right;
people were ready
for computer,
Internet, synching,
and dependent on
the web

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“We’re Gonna Reinvent the Phone”

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Past Fieldbus Learning Curve
Different from 4-20 mA
Had to download DD
from the Internet
– Computer skills
– Internet skills
Had to load DD on the
system
– System skills
Can’t see signal with
multimeter
Too Difficult
Download errors
Configuration errors
Cryptic device error
codes
Had to change system
configuration at device
replacement
Scattered parameters
with cryptic names
Conservative design
process and
constraints
This was a
problem in
before but
isn’t today

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Fieldbus Ease of Use
Better but not so different...

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Key Feature Enhancements till Date
Selection Configuration Commissioning Maintenance Replacement
Error Free
Download
Field
Diagnostic
Specification
Host Profile Test and Registration
Device
Replacement
Guideline and
Specifications
Device Level Methods and Views

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Commissioning:
- Faster, but...
User Experience
– Download offline configuration results in errors
– Multiple downloads typically resolve errors, but this
increases overall commissioning time
Analysis
– Devices apply checks to maintain consistency during
download
– Device expects a specific order for parameter
download
– Some parameters should not be written during an
automated download

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ITK6 Profile Improves Commissioning
New “no_download” lists inform host which
parameters should not be part of an automated
download
– Described in EDD
– e.g. calibration parameters
– e.g. vendor specific behavioral parameters
New deferral of inter-parameter checks
– Disables consistency checks during automated
download
– Once completed, device re-evaluates configuration
– Reduces errors due to parameter order mismatch
New parameter BLOCK_ERR_DESC_n
– Provides more detail to the configuration block error

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Maintenance
- Rationalized with diagnostics, but...
User Experience
– Diagnostic data is represented in different forms,
making integration difficult
Analysis
– A common structured approach across networks is
necessary to bring the right information to the right
person in context

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ITK6 NAMUR NE107 Improves Self-
Monitoring and Diagnosis of Field Devices
Diagnosis results must be reliable
Diagnosis results must always be viewed in
the context of the application.
Internal diagnosis must be categorized into 4
standard “status signals”
Configuration must be free, as reactions will
depend on the user's requirements
Detailed information can be read out by the
device specialist

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Role-Based Diagnostics
1
Asset Management
Maintenance Station
Process Control
Engineering Station
HSE Control Network
H1 Process Network
Plant
operators
Plant maintenance
engineering

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Device Replacement
- Interoperability works, but...
User Experience
– Replacing devices requires access to system software
Analysis
– Replacement devices are sometimes newer than the
device used before
– A new type or version of device requires the DD to be
loaded and the tag to be updated

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ITK6 Improves Device Replacement
Fieldbus Foundation published an application
note for suppliers to define rules for ‘Like’ device
replacement
New parameter COMPATIBILITY_REV declare
compatibility rules
Enables systems to use an updated device that
was commissioned with a prior version device
version
Simplify the 2 a.m. device replacement scenario

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Device Setup and Diagnostics
- Device management improved, but...
User Experience
– Users must browse through many blocks to get an
overview of health from all diagnostics
– Users must go to many blocks to completely configure
the device
Analysis
– Traditional DD accessed the blocks one by one

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ITK6/HPR Graphically Enhanced EDDL
Integrating Data from Multiple Blocks
Easier overview
Drill down for details

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EDDL Wizards Across Blocks

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Host Profile Registration
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
1H 2H 1H 2H 1H 2H 1H 2H 1H 2H
Host
Interoperability
Support Test
(HIST)
Host 6Xb Profile Test/Registration
Host 6Xa Profile Test/Registration
Valid through June 2010

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“Project Gemstone”
Next wave of usability improvements
– Device templates
– Device replacement
– Etc.
ITK7
HPR compliance level ‘C’

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Summary

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Summary
New features improve configuration,
commissioning, maintenance and replacement
Reduce complexity while increasing
interoperability and productivity
HPR assures features are consistent across
systems

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Existing Fieldbus Users
Upgrade your fieldbus system to latest version to
take advantage of these features

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We’re Reinventing Fieldbus
Smart
ITK4
ITK5
HIST
ITK6
HPR
61b
smart
Not so smart
easy
to
use
hard
to
use
Gems
tone