IEC TR 62453-41:2009

Field device tool (FDT) interface specification - Part 41: Object model integration profile - Common object model

IEC/TR 62453-41:2009(E), is a technical report. It defines how the common FDT principles are implemented based on the MS COM technology, including the object behavior and object interaction via COM interfaces and specifies the technology specific implementation of the protocol specific functionality and communication services. Althoug it is informative, when this part is applied its requirements shall be implemented as specified. It specifies FDT version 1.2.1.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 17-Aug-2009
• ICS: 25.040.40 - Industrial process measurement and control
• ICS: 35.100.05 - Multilayer applications
• ICS: 35.110 - Networking
• Technical Committee: SC 65E - Devices and integration in enterprise systems
• Current Stage: DELPUB - Deleted Publication
• Completion Date: 26-Apr-2016

Relations

• Revised: IEC TR 62453-41:2016 - Field device tool (FDT) interface specification - Part 41: Object model integration profile - Common object model
• Effective Date: 05-Sep-2023

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD.11
INTRODUCTION.13
1 Scope.14
2 Normative references .14
3 Terms, definitions, symbols, abbreviated terms and conventions .14
3.1 Terms and definitions .14
3.2 Abbreviations .15
3.3 Conventions .15
4 Implementation concept.15
4.1 Technological orientation .15
4.2 Implementation of abstract FDT object model.16
4.2.1 General .16
4.2.2 FDT Frame Application (FA) .16
4.2.3 Device Type Manager (DTM) .17
4.2.4 Presentation object.17
4.2.5 FDT-Channel object.17
4.3 Object interaction .18
4.3.1 Parameter interchange via XML.18
4.3.2 Examples of usage .19
4.4 Implementation of DTM data persistence and synchronization.21
4.4.1 Persistence overview.21
4.4.2 Persistence interfaces .22
4.5 DTM state machine .22
5 General concepts .25
5.1 General .25
5.2 Overview of task related FDT interfaces .25
5.3 Return values of interface methods .28
5.4 Dual interfaces .28
5.5 Unicode.28
5.6 Asynchronous versus synchronous behavior .28
5.7 ProgIds .29
5.8 Implementation of DTM, DTM device type and hardware identification
information .29
5.8.1 Device identification .29
5.8.2 Protocol specific transformation style sheet (xsl) .31
5.8.3 Semantic identification information .31
5.8.4 Device assignment .31
5.8.5 Regular expression specification .32
5.9 Implementation of slave redundancy .32
5.9.1 General .32
5.9.2 Topology import/export .32
6 Implementation of FDT services: FDT interfaces.33
6.1 Overview of the FDT interfaces .33
6.2 FDT objects.33
6.2.1 FDT object model .33
6.2.2 Avalability of interface methods .36

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6.3 Device Type Manager.40
6.3.1 Interface IDtm.40
6.3.2 Interface IDtm2.49
6.3.3 Interface IDtmActiveXInformation .51
6.3.4 Interface IDtmApplication.52
6.3.5 Interface IDtmChannel.54
6.3.6 Interface IDtmDocumentation .55
6.3.7 Interface IDtmDiagnosis .56
6.3.8 Interface IDtmImportExport.58
6.3.9 Interface IDtmInformation .60
6.3.10 Interface IDtmInformation2 .61
6.3.11 Interface IDtmOnlineDiagnosis .62
6.3.12 Interface IDtmOnlineParameter .63
6.3.13 Interface IDtmParameter .66
6.3.14 Interface IFdtCommunicationEvents .67
6.3.15 Interface IFdtCommunicationEvents2 .70
6.3.16 Interface IFdtEvents .71
6.3.17 Interface IDtmHardwareIdentification .74
6.3.18 Interface IDtmSingleDeviceDataAccess .76
6.3.19 Interface IDtmSingleInstanceDataAccess .79
6.4 DTM ActiveXControl .81
6.4.1 Interface IDtmActiveXControl.81
6.4.2 Init.81
6.4.3 PrepareToRelease.82
6.5 FDT Channel.83
6.5.1 Interface IFdtChannel .83
6.5.2 Interface IFdtChannelActiveXInformation.85
6.5.3 Interface IFdtCommunication .88
6.5.4 Interface IFdtChannelSubTopology.95
6.5.5 Interface IFdtChannelSubTopology2.99
6.5.6 Interface IFdtChannelScan .99
6.5.7 Interface IFdtFunctionBlockData.101
6.6 Channel ActiveXControl .103
6.6.1 Interface IFdtChannelActiveXControl .103
6.6.2 Interface IFdtChannelActiveXControl2 .105
6.7 Block Type Manager.106
6.7.1 Interface IBtm.106
6.7.2 Interface IBtmInformation .107
6.7.3 Interface IBtmParameter.107
6.8 BTM ActiveXControl .108
6.8.1 General .108
6.8.2 Interface IBtmActiveXControl.108
6.9 Frame Application .109
6.9.1 Interface IDtmEvents .109
6.9.2 Interface IDtmEvents2 .118
6.9.3 Interface IDtmScanEvents .119
6.9.4 Interface IDtmAuditTrailEvents .121
6.9.5 Interface IFdtActiveX .123
6.9.6 Interface IFdtActiveX2 .124

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6.9.7 Interface IFdtBulkData.127
6.9.8 Interface IFdtContainer.129
6.9.9 Interface IFdtDialog .132
6.9.10 Interface IFdtTopology.133
6.9.11 Interface IDtmRedundancyEvents.139
6.9.12 Interface IDtmSingleDeviceDataAccessEvents .140
6.9.13 Interface IDtmSingleInstanceDataAccessEvents.143
6.9.14 Interface IFdtBtmTopology.144
7 FDT sequence charts .145
7.1 DTM peer to peer communication .145
7.1.1 General .145
7.1.2 Establish a peer-to-peer connection between DTM and device . 145
7.1.3 Asynchronous connect for a peer-to-peer connection . 145
7.1.4 Asynchronous disconnect for a peer-to-peer connection . 146
7.1.5 Asynchronous transaction for a peer-to-peer connection. 146
7.2 Nested communication .147
7.2.1 General .147
7.2.2 Generate system topology .148
7.2.3 Establish a system connection between DTM and device.150
7.2.4 Asynchronous transaction for a system connection. 151
7.3 Topology scan.153
7.3.1 Scan network.153
7.3.2 Cancel topology scan .153
7.3.3 Provisional scan result notifications.154
7.3.4 Scan for communication hardware . 155
7.3.5 Manufacturer specific device identification.156
7.4 Registration of protocol specific FDT schemas .158
7.5 Configuration of a fieldbus master .160
7.6 Starting and releasing applications.161
7.7 Channel access.162
7.8 DCS Channel assignment.163
7.9 Printing of DTM specific documents.167
7.10 Printing of Frame Application specific documents . 168
7.10.1 General .168
7.10.2 Processing a document .169
7.10.3 Rules for use of DTM specific style sheets . 171
7.11 Propagation of changes.172
7.12 Locking .174
7.12.1 Locking for non-synchronized DTMs .174
7.12.2 Locking for synchronized DTMs .175
7.13 Instantiation and release .177
7.13.1 Instantiation of a new DTM .177
7.13.2 Instantiation of an existing DTM.177
7.13.3 Instantiation of a DTM ActiveX user interface.178
7.13.4 Release of a DTM user interface .179
7.14 Persistent storage of a DTM .179
7.14.1 State machine of instance data.179
7.14.2 Saving instance data of a DTM .181
7.14.3 Reload of a DTM object for another instance .182

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7.14.4 Copy and versioning of a DTM instance.182
7.15 Audit trail.183
7.16 Comparison of two instance data sets . 185
7.16.1 Comparison without user interface.185
7.16.2 Comparison with user interface .185
7.17 Failsafe data access.186
7.18 Set or modify device address with user interface . 187
7.19 Set or modify known device addresses without user interface. 188
7.20 Display or modify all child device addresses with user interface . 189
7.21 Device initiated data transfer.190
7.22 Starting and releasing DTM user interface in modal dialog .191
7.23 Parent component handling redundant slave .193
7.24 Initialization of a Channel ActiveX control.194
7.24.1 General .194
7.24.2 Supports IFdtChannelActiveXcontrol2.195
7.24.3 Does not support IFdtChannelActiveXControl2 .195
7.25 DTM upgrade .196
7.25.1 General .196
7.25.2 Saving data from a DTM to be upgraded.196
7.25.3 Loading data in the replacement DTM .197
7.26 Usage of IDtmSingleDeviceDataAccess::ReadRequest / Write Request . 198
7.27 Instantiation of DTM and BTM .199
8 Installation issues.201
8.1 Registry and device information .201
8.1.1 Visibility of business objects of a DTM.201
8.1.2 Component categories.201
8.1.3 Registry entries .202
8.1.4 Installation issues.202
8.1.5 Microsoft’s standard component categories manager. 203
8.1.6 Building a Frame Application-database of supported devices. 203
8.1.7 DTM registration.203
8.2 Paths and file information.204
8.2.1 Path information provided by a DTM.204
8.2.2 Paths and persistency .204
8.2.3 Multi-user systems .205
9 Description of data types, parameters and structures .205
9.1 Ids.205
9.2 Data type definitions.205
Annex A (normative) FDT IDL .207
Annex B (normative) Mapping of services to interface methods. 223
Annex C (normative) FDT XML schemas.231
Annex D (informative) FDT XML styles – Documentation .310
Annex E (informative) FDT XSL Transformation.314
Annex F (normative) Channel schema .316
Annex G (normative) FDT version interoperability guide .318
Annex H (informative) Implementation with .Net technology.323
Annex I (informative) Trade names .325

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Bibliography.326

Figure 1 – Part 41 of the IEC 62453 series .13
Figure 2 − Frame Application interfaces.16
Figure 3 − DTM interfaces .17
Figure 4 − FDT Client/server relationship via XML .18
Figure 5 − Data access and storage.20
Figure 6 − Communication .20
Figure 7 − Documentation.21
Figure 8 − Parameter verification in case of failsafe devices .21
Figure 9 − State machine of a DTM.23
Figure 10 − Device identification.29
Figure 11 − Structural overview .30
Figure 12 − Interfaces of FDT objects – DTM and DtmActiveXControl.34
Figure 13 − Interfaces of FDT object – Frame Application.35
Figure 14 − FDT objects – FDT-Channel.35
Figure 15 − FDT objects – BTM and BtmActiveXControl .36
Figure 16 − Peer to peer connection between DTM and device .145
Figure 17 − Asynchronous connect (peer to peer).146
Figure 18 − Asynchronous disconnect (peer to peer) . 146
Figure 19 − Asynchronous transaction (peer to peer) .147
Figure 20 − System-topology .148
Figure 21 − Generation of system topology by Frame Application .149
Figure 22 – Generation of system topology – Participation of DTM .150
Figure 23 – System connection (across communication hierarchy). 151
Figure 24 − Asynchronous transactions (system connection) . 152
Figure 25 − Scan network topology.153
Figure 26 − Cancel topology scan.154
Figure 27 − Provisional topology scan.155
Figure 28 − Scan for communication hardware .156
Figure 29 − Manufacturer specific device identification .158
Figure 30 − Add protocol specific schemas to Frame Applications schema sub path . 159
Figure 31 − Frame Application reads protocol specific device identification information
of DTMDeviceTypes.160
Figure 32 − Bus master configuration.161
Figure 33 − Starting and releasing applications.162
Figure 34 − Channel access .163
Figure 35 − DCS channel assignment single DTM.164
Figure 36 − Sequence of channel assignement for a single DTM . 165
Figure 37 − Modular DTM structure.166
Figure 38 − Channel assignment for modular DTMs.167
Figure 39 − Printing of DTM specific documents . 168
Figure 40 − Printing of Frame Application specific documents.169

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