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Communication Protocols
A communications protocol is the set of standard rules for data representation, signaling, authentication and error detection required to send information over a communications channel.The complexity of information transmission in a computer net or!"relia#le transmission of #its across a channel, routing, and directing information to the correct destination ithin the destination computers operating system"demands an overarching concept of ho to organi$e information delivery. %o unique set of rules satisfies the various constraints communication channels and net or! organi$ation place on information transmission. &or example, random access issues in 'thernet are not present in ide(area net or!s such as the Internet. A protocol is a set of rules that governs ho information is delivered. &or example, to use the telephone net or!, the protocol is to pic! up the phone, listen for a dial tone, dial a num#er having a specific num#er of digits, ait for the phone to ring, and say hello. In radio, the station uses amplitude or frequency modulation ith a specific carrier frequency and transmission #and idth, and you !no to turn on the radio and tune in the station. In technical terms, no one protocol or set of protocols can #e used for any communication situation. )e that as it may, communication engineers have found that a common thread runs through the organization of the various protocols. This grand design of information transmission organi$ation runs through all modern net or!s today. *hat has #een defined as a net or!ing standard is a layered, hierarchical protocol organi$ation. Protocols are organi$ed #y function and level of detail.

Protocols are organi$ed according to the level of detail required for information transmission. Protocols at the lo er levels concern relia#le #it transmission. +igher level protocols concern ho #its are organi$ed to represent information, hat !ind of information is defined #y #it sequences, hat soft are needs the information, and ho the information is to #e interpreted. )odies such as the I''' ,Institute for 'lectronics and 'lectrical 'ngineers- and the I.O ,International .tandards Organi$ation- define standards such as this. /espite #eing a standard, it does not constrain protocol implementation so much that innovation and competitive individuality are ruled out.

Communication Protocols Instrumentation Systems

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Fieldbus
&ield #us ,or field #us- is the name of a family of industrial computer net or! protocols used for real(time distri#uted control, no standardi$ed as I'0 12234. A complex automated industrial system " such as a manufacturing assem#ly line " usually needs an organi$ed hierarchy of controller systems to function. In this hierarchy there is usually a +uman 5achine Interface ,+5I- at the top, here an operator can monitor or operate the system. This is typically lin!ed to a middle layer of programma#le logic controllers ,P60- via a non time critical communications system ,e.g. 'thernet-. At the #ottom of the control chain is the field#us hich lin!s the P60s to the components hich actually do the or! such as sensors, actuators, electric motors, console lights, s itches, valves and contactors. &ield#us is an industrial net or! system for real(time distri#uted control. It is a ay to connect instruments in a manufacturing plant. &ield#us or!s on a net or! structure hich typically allo s daisy(chain, star, ring, #ranch, and tree net or! topologies. Previously computers ere connected using 7.(898 ,serial connections- #y hich only t o devices could communicate. This ould #e the equivalent of the currently used :(8; mA communication scheme hich requires that each device has its o n communication point at the controller level, hile the field#us is the equivalent of the current 6A%( type connections, hich require only one communication at the controller level and allo multiple ,2;;<s- of analog and digital points to #e connected at the same time. This reduces #oth the length of the ca#le required and the num#er of ca#les required. &urthermore, since devices that communicate through field#us require a 5icroprocessor, multiple points are typically provided #y the same device. .ome field#us devices no support control schemes such as PI/ control on the device side instead of forcing the controller to do the processing. =edit> 0ost advantage A ma?or advantage of field#us implementation is the capital expenditure ,0AP'@- savings associated ith ca#le eliminationA multiple devices share ire(pairs in order to communicate over the #us net or! and savings are also availa#le through speedier commissioning.=citation needed> It should #e ho ever noted that the need for ca#le connections is higher in field#uses than in :(8;mA installation. This might ma!e field#uses more costly. Bsers have no found that ongoing maintenance and process control system performance are also very significantly enhanced through adopting field#us systems, hich results in operations expense savings ,OP'@-.=citation needed>

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The &ield#us &oundation is an organi$ation dedicated to a single international, interopera#le field#us standard. It as esta#lished in .eptem#er 2CC: #y a merger of *orld&IP %orth America and the Interopera#le .ystems Pro?ect ,I.P-. The &ield#us foundation is a not(for(profit corporation that consists of more than 93; of the orld<s suppliers and end users of process control and manufacturing automation products. *or!ing together, these companies have made contri#utions to the I'0DI.A field#us standards development. Bnli!e proprietary net or! protocols, &OB%/ATIO% field#us is not o ned #y any individual company, or controlled #y a single nation or regulatory #ody. &oundation strives to design an open, interopera#le =field#us> that is #ased on the International Organi$ation for .tandardi$ation<s Open .ystems Interconnection ,O.IDI.O- seven(layer communications model. The &OB%/ATIO% specification is compati#le ith the officially sanctioned .P3; standards pro?ect of the Instrumentation, .ystems, and Automation .ociety ,I.A- and the International 'lectrotechnical 0ommission ,I'0-. &OB%/ATIO% +2

FOUNDATION H1 is intended primarily for process control, field-level interface and device integration. !nning at "1.#$ %&it's, t(e tec(nology interconnects devices s!c( as transmitters and act!ators on a field net)or%. H1 is designed to operate on e*isting t)isted pair instr!ment ca&ling )it( po)er and signal on t(e same )ire. Fi&er optic media is optional. It also s!pports Intrinsic +afety ,I+- applications.

FOUNDATION H1 devices comprise a f!nction &loc% application, act as a p!&lis(er and s!&scri&er of process varia&les, transmit alarms and trends, and provide server f!nctionality for (ost access and management f!nctions. Devices can act as a sc(ed!ler and time master for reg!lating comm!nication on a field&!s segment. T(ey are also !sed for &!s interfaces in process control systems or in lin%ing devices. .apa&le of controlling &!s comm!nications and many connections to m!ltiple devices, t(ey s!pport &ot( client and server applications. H1 tec(nology ena&les field instr!ments and ot(er devices to e*ec!te control f!nctions red!cing t(e load on plant comp!ters and )or%stations. +ince t(e H1 net)or% is digital, I'O conversion s!&systems are eliminated. T(e Field&!s Fo!ndation tests and registers t(e devices to ens!re interopera&ility of registered instr!ments from m!ltiple vendors. T(is ena&les t(e end !ser to select t(e &est instr!ments for t(e application regardless of t(e (ost system s!pplier. eports from leading adopters of t(e FOUNDATION protocol demonstrate t(e advantages of control in t(e field )it( t(e H1 sol!tion. For e*ample, end !sers in t(e petroc(emical ind!stry (ave reali/ed !p to a "0 percent red!ction in operating costs d!e to advanced diagnostics. Users (ave also seen t(at t(e all-digital H1 comm!nications net)or% is far less s!scepti&le to electrical noise t(an traditional 1-#0

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mA analog systems. H1 tec(nology en2oys )idespread acceptance t(ro!g(o!t t(e process ind!stries, and is incl!ded in t(e international I3. standard ,I3. 411$5-.

Disadvantages
There are disadvantages to using field#us compared to the :(8; mA analog signal standard ,or to :(8; mA ith +A7T-E

&ield#us systems are more complex, so users need to #e more extensively trained or more highly qualified The price of field#us components is higher &ield#us test devices are more complex compared to a ,high(spec- multimeter that can #e used to read and simulate analog :(8; mA signals .lightly longer reaction times ith field#us, depending on the system /evice manufacturers have to offer different versions of their devices ,e.g. sensors, actuators- due to the num#er of different ,incompati#le- field#us standards. This can add to the cost of the devices and to the difficulty of device selection and availa#ility. One or more field#us standards may predominate in future and others may #ecome o#solete. This increases the investment ris! hen implementing field#us. In process control systems, the mar!et is dominated #y &OB%/ATIO% field#us and P7O&I)B. PA.=citation needed> )oth technologies use the same physical layer ,8( ire manchester(encoded current modulation at 92.83 !+$- #ut are not interchangea#le. As a general guide, applications hich are controlled and monitored #y P60s ,programma#le logic controllers- tend to ards P7O&I)B., and applications hich are controlled and monitored #y a /0. ,digitalDdistri#uted control system- tend to ards &OB%/ATIO% &ield#us. P7O&I)B. technology is made availa#le through Profi#us International ith headquarters in Karlsruhe, Fermany. &OB%/ATIO% &ield#us technology is o ned and distri#uted #y the &ield#us &oundation of Austin, Texas.

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