This part of IEC 61784 defines a set of protocol specific communication profiles based
primarily on the IEC 61158 series, to be used in the design of devices involved in
communications in factory manufacturing and process control.
Each profile selects specifications for the communications protocol stack at a device. It
contains a minimal set of required services at the Application Layer and specification of
options in intermediate layers defined through references. If no Application Layer is included,
then a minimal set of required services at the Data-link layer is specified. The appropriate
references to the protocol specific types are given in each communication profile family or
associated profiles.
Each profile selects an appropriate consistent and compatible subset of services and
protocols from the total available set that is defined and modeled in IEC 61158. For the
selected subset of services and protocols, the profile also describes any possible or
necessary constrains in parameter values.
BS EN 61784-1:2008 history
2014BS EN 61784-1:2014 Industrial communication networks. Profiles. Fieldbus profiles
2010BS EN 61784-1:2010 Industrial communication networks. Profiles. Fieldbus profiles
2008BS EN 61784-1:2008 Industrial communication networks - Profiles -Part 1: Fieldbus profiles
2004BS EN 61784-1:2004 Digital data communications for measurement and control - Profile sets for continuous and discrete manufacturing relative to fieldbus use in industrial control systems
1999BS EN 61491:1999 Electrical equipment of industrial machines - Serial data link for real-time communication between controls and drives