IEC 61158-5-3:2010

Industrial communication networks - Fieldbus specifications - Part 5-3: Application layer service definition - Type 3 elements

IEC 61158-5-3:2010(E) defines in an abstract way the externally visible service provided by Type 3 fieldbus Applicatio Layer in terms of an abstract model for defining application resources (objects) capable of being manipulated by users via the use of the FAL service, the primitive actions and events of the service; the parameters associated with each primitive action and event, and the form which they take; and the interrelationship between these actions and events, and their valid sequences. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2007 and constitutes a technical revision. The main change with respect to the previous edition is the correction in 6.2.3.2.3.2 (referencing the error-codes in IEC 61158-6-3, 5.3.17 to maintain the codes only in one place).

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 05-Aug-2010
• ICS: 25.040.40 - Industrial process measurement and control
• ICS: 35.100.70 - Application layer
• ICS: 35.110 - Networking
• Technical Committee: SC 65C - Industrial networks
• Drafting Committee: WG 9 - TC 65/SC 65C/WG 9
• Current Stage: DELPUB - Deleted Publication
• Start Date: 18-Aug-2014
• Completion Date: 26-Oct-2025

Relations

• Revised: IEC 61158-5-3:2014 - Industrial communication networks - Fieldbus specifications - Part 5-3: Application layer service definition - Type 3 elements
• Effective Date: 05-Sep-2023
• Revises: IEC 61158-5-3:2007 - Industrial communication networks - Fieldbus specifications - Part 5-3: Application layer service definition - Type 3 elements
• Effective Date: 05-Sep-2023

Overview

IEC 61158-5-3:2010 - part of the IEC 61158 fieldbus family - defines the Application Layer service for Type 3 fieldbus elements in an abstract, implementation‑neutral way. The standard specifies the externally visible services provided by the Fieldbus Application Layer (FAL): an abstract model for application resources (objects), the Application Service Elements (ASEs), service primitives (actions and events), their parameters and formats, and the valid sequences and interrelationships between these primitives. Edition 2.0 (2010) supersedes the 2007 edition with a technical correction referencing error‑codes to IEC 61158‑6‑3 to centralize error definitions.

Key topics and technical requirements

• Application model and objects (APOs): Abstract representation of application resources and how they are accessed and manipulated via FAL services.
• Application Service Elements (ASEs): Definition of ASEs and Data type ASE that specify data structures and semantics for application interaction.
• FAL primitives and events: Formal listing of primitive actions, events, associated parameters and status values, plus valid sequences for safe, interoperable behavior.
• Communication model: Coverage of DP concepts (Distributed Peripheral/DP communication models), AREP/AR roles, publisher/subscriber associations and mapping of communication relationships to application relationships.
• Conformance and classes: Definitions of conformance classes, permitted services by AREP role, and application characteristics needed for conformance testing and certification.
• Error handling: Centralized reference to error codes (see IEC 61158‑6‑3) to ensure consistent diagnostics across implementations.
• State machines and timing: State diagrams and timing relationships relevant to synchronized/isochronous modes and input/output/PLL interactions.

Practical applications

• Implementing the application layer in fieldbus device firmware and protocol stacks.
• Designing interoperable field devices and controllers that use Type 3 fieldbus services.
• Developing conformance and interoperability test suites and certification procedures.
• System engineering and network architecture for industrial automation systems requiring deterministic communication and standardized object access.
• Integrating publisher/subscriber and master/slave (DP) communication patterns in manufacturing and process control environments.

Who should use this standard

• Fieldbus protocol implementers and stack vendors
• Device manufacturers (I/O modules, sensors, actuators, controllers)
• System integrators and automation engineers
• Test laboratories and certification bodies
• Standards and product architects responsible for interoperability and compliance

Related standards

• IEC 61158 series (fieldbus specifications) - other parts define lower layers, protocol specifics and Type assignments.
• IEC 61158‑6‑3 - referenced for centralized error‑code definitions used by IEC 61158‑5‑3.

Keywords: IEC 61158-5-3, fieldbus, application layer, Type 3, FAL service, ASE, DP communication, application objects, field device interoperability, industrial communication networks.

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IEC 61158-5-3 ®
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Part 5 3: Application layer service definition – Type 3 elements

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD.11
INTRODUCTION.13
1 Scope.14
1.1 General .14
1.2 Overview .14
1.3 Specifications.15
1.4 Conformance.15
2 Normative references .15
3 Terms, definitions, abbreviations, symbols and conventions .16
3.1 Referenced terms and definitions .16
3.2 Fieldbus Application Layer type 3 – specific terms and definitions .17
3.3 Abbreviations and symbols.25
3.4 Conventions .25
4 Concepts .32
5 Data type ASE.32
6 Communication model specification.32
6.1 DP concepts.32
6.2 ASEs.52
6.3 Summary of FAL classes .430
6.4 Permitted FAL services by AREP role. 431
6.5 Conformance classes .435
6.6 Application characteristics.436
Bibliography.438

Figure 1 – Example of DP communication with a single controlling device .35
Figure 2 – Example of DP communication with several controlling devices .35
Figure 3 – Example of DP communication between field devices .36
Figure 4 – DP-slave model (modular DP-slave).38
Figure 5 – DP-slave model (compact DP-slave) .39
Figure 6 – Overview of application processes .40
Figure 7 – DP-slave model (modular DP-slave).41
Figure 8 – Application Service Elements (ASEs) .43
Figure 9 – Application Process with application Objects (APOs) .44
Figure 10 – Access to a remote APO .45
Figure 11 – Access to a remote APO for publisher/subscriber association .46
Figure 12 – Example of one AR with two AREPs.47
Figure 13 – Relation of a simple process data object to the real object .53
Figure 14 – Relation of a combined process data object to the real objects.55
Figure 15 – Sequence of an isochronous DP cycle with one DP-master (class 1).86
Figure 16 – Additional time relationships in a DP system operating in isochronous

mode .88
Figure 17 – DP system with optimized isochronous DP cycle .89
Figure 18 – Buffered synchronized isochronous mode at the DP-master (class 1).91

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Figure 19 – Enhanced synchronized isochronous mode at the DP-master (class 1) .92
Figure 20 – Input, output and PLL state machine interaction .92
Figure 21 – PLL state diagram .98
Figure 22 – OUTPUT state diagram .102
Figure 23 – INPUT state diagram.106
Figure 24 – Treatment of an alarm in the DP system. 139
Figure 25 – Load Region state diagram for erasable memory.237
Figure 26 – Load region state diagram for non erasable memory .238
Figure 27 – Function invocation state diagram .270
Figure 28 – System architecture .284
Figure 29 – Assignment of communication relationship to application relationship . 291
Figure 30 – MS0 application relationship .297
Figure 31 – Output buffer model of a DP-slave without sync functionality.298
Figure 32 – Output buffer model of a DP-slave with sync functionality .298
Figure 33 – Input buffer model of a DP-slave without freeze functionality.299
Figure 34 – Input buffer model of a DP-slave with freeze functionality.299
Figure 35 – MS1 application relationship .300
Figure 36 – MS2 application relationship .300
Figure 37 – Example of inter-network communication . 302
Figure 38 – Example without inter-network addressing. 302
Figure 39 – First example with inter-network addressing. 303
Figure 40 – Second example with inter-network addressing . 304
Figure 41 – MS3 application relationship .305
Figure 42 – MM1 application relationship .305
Figure 43 – MM2 application relationship .306
Figure 44 – Cycle time of the DP system .437

Table 1 – Requirements and features of fieldbus DP.34
Table 2 – Status values of the service primitives.51
Table 3 – Access Rights MS1 .54
Table 4 – Access Rights MS2 .54
Table 5 – Access Rights MS1 .57
Table 6 – Access Rights MS2 .57
Table 7 – SCL matching rules .58
Table 8 – Read .58
Table 9 – Write .60
Table 10 – Data transport .61
Table 11 – Format (simple input data description).65
Table 12 – Consistency (simple input data description).65
Table 13 – Format (simple output data).67
Table 14 – Consistency (simple output data).67
Table 15 – Format (extended input data) .68
Table 16 – Consistency (extended input data) .69

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Table 17 – Format (extended output data) .70
Table 18 – Consistency (extended output data) .71
Table 19 – Set Input .72
Table 20 – Read Input .72
Table 21 – Get Input .74
Table 22 – New Input.75
Table 23 – Set Output.76
Table 24 – Final.77
Table 25 – Read Output.77
Table 26 – Get Output .78
Table 27 – Clear Flag .78
Table 28 – New Flag.79
Table 29 – New Output .79
Table 30 – Clear Flag .79
Table 31 – Global Control .80
Table 32 – Clear Command .80
Table 33 – Sync Command .80
Table 34 – Freeze Command .81
Table 35 – New publisher data.81
Table 36 – Get publisher data.82
Table 37 – New Flag.82
Table 38 – SYNCH .83
Table 39 – SYNCH Delayed.83
Table 40 – DX Finished .84
Table 41 – SYNCH Event.84
Table 42 – Status .84
Table 43 – Primitives issued by the AL to the PLL state machine.94
Table 44 – Primitives issued by the user to the PLL state machine .94
Table 45 – Allowed values of Status .94
Table 46 – Primitives issued by the user to the input state machine.95
Table 47 – Primitives issued by the user to the output state machine.95
Table 48 – Primitives issued by the PLL to the output state machine .95
Table 49 – Primitives issued by the output to the PLL state machine .95
Table 50 – Primitives issued by the PLL to the input state machine .95
Table 51 – Primitives issued by the output to the input state machine.96
Table 52 – Primitives issued by the output state machine to the AL .96
Table 53 – Primitives issued by the AL to the output state machine .96
Table 54 – Primitives issued by the input state machine to the AL .96
Table 55 – Primitives issued by the AL to the input state machine .96
Table 56 – PLL state table .99
Table 57 – OUTPUT state table .103
Table 58 – INPUT state table.107
Table 59 – Identifier status .109

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Table 60 – Channel type .110
Table 61 – IO type .111
Table 62 – Status type .111
Table 63 – Status specifier .112
Table 64 – Status specifier .113
Table 65 – Module status.113
Table 66 – Status specifier .114
Table 67 – Link status.114
Table 68 – Link error.115
Table 69 – Set Slave Diag .116
Table 70 – Ext Diag Flag .117
Table 71 – Get Slave Diag .119
Table 72 – Read Slave Diag .128
Table 73 – New Slave Diag.138
Table 74 – Alarm type.140
Table 75 – Add Ack.141
Table 76 – Alarm specifier .141
Table 77 – Alarm notification .142
Table 78 – Alarm Ack.143
Table 79 – Prm data type.148
Table 80 – Supported feature .158
Table 81 – Supported profile feature.158
Table 82 – Role .159
Table 83 – Check user Prm.160
Table 84 – Prm structure .161
Table 85 – MS1 Command.164
Table 86 – Check user Prm result .165
Table 87 – Status values .166
Table 88 – Check Ext user Prm.167
Table 89 – Check Ext user Prm result .170
Table 90 – Status values .171
Table 91 – Check Cfg .171
Table 92 – Check Cfg result.172
Table 93 – Status values .173
Table 94 – Set Cfg.173
Table 95 – Get Cfg .174
Table 96 – Set Slave Add .175
Table 97 – Initiate.176
Table 98 – Abort .179
Table 99 – Instance .179
Table 100 – MS0 init DP-slave.180
Table 101 – MS1 init DP-slave.180
Table 102 – MS2 init DP-slave.181

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Table 103 – DP-slave started.181
Table 104 – Alarm limit .182
Table 105 – DP-slave stopped .182
Table 106 – Reset DP-slave .183
Table 107 – DP-slave fault.183
Table 108 – Application ready DP-slave.183
Table 109 – Start subscriber .184
Table 110 – Stop subscriber .184
Table 111 – Publisher active.185
Table 112 – Status.186
Table 113 – Init DP-master Cl1 .186
Table 114 – DP-master Cl1 started .187
Table 115 – Alarm limit .188
Table 116 – DP-master Cl1 stopped .188
Table 117 – Reset DP-master Cl1.188
Table 118 – DP-master Cl1 fault .189
Table 119 – DP-master Cl1 reject .189
Table 120 – Set mode DP-master Cl1 .190
Table 121 – DP-master Cl1 mode changed .191
Table 122 – Load bus Par DP-master Cl1 .192
Table 123 – Mark DP-master Cl1 .193
Table 124 – Abort DP-master Cl1 .193
Table 125 – Read value DP-master Cl1 .194
Table 126 – Delete SC DP-master Cl1 .194
Table 127 – DP-master Cl1 event .195
Table 128 – Init DP-master Cl2 .196
Table 129 – Reset DP-master Cl2.197
Table 130 – DP-master Cl2 fault .197
Table 131 – DP-master Cl2 reject .197
Table 132 – DP-master Cl2 closed.198
Table 133 – DP-master Cl2 event .198
Table 134 – USIF state .199
Table 135 – Data rate .203
Table 136 – USIF state .204
Table 137 – Isochronous mode .204
Table 138 – Slave type .207
Table 139 – Alarm mode.208
Table 140 – Get Master Diag .211
Table 141 – MDiag identifier .211
Table 142 – Start Seq .212
Table 143 – Area code (start seq).213
Table 144 – Download .214
Table 145 – Upload.215

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Table 146 – End Seq .216
Table 147 – Act Para Brct.217
Table 148 – Area code (Act Para Brct).217
Table 149 – Act param.218
Table 150 – Area code (Act param) .219
Table 151 – Activate .219
Table 152 – Access rights MS1.221
Table 153 – Access rights MS2.222
Table 154 – Load region state .222
Table 155 – Initiate load .224
Table 156 – Default values for the parameter Intersegment Request Timeout . 225
Table 157 – Push segment .226
Table 158 – Pull segment .228
Table 159 – Terminate load .230
Table 160 – Primitives issued by the user to the Load Region state machine.232
Table 161 – Primitives issued by the Load Region state machine to the user. 233
Table 162 – Primitives issued by the Function Invocation to the Load Region state
machine.233
Table 163 – Primitives issued by the Load Region to the Function Invocation state
machine.234
Table 164 – Load Region state definitions .234
Table 165 – Load Region function table .235
Table 166 – Load Region state table for erasable memory. 238
Table 167 – Load Region state table for non erasable memory . 250
Table 168 – Access rights MS1.255
Table 169 – Access rights MS2.255
Table 170 – Function Invocation state.256
Table 171 – Load Region object in use .256
Table 172 – Access rights MS1.257
Table 173 – Access rights MS2.258
Table 174 – Load Region object in use .258
Table 175 – Start .259
Table 176 – Stop .260
Table 177 – Resume.261
Table 178 – Reset .262
Table 179 – Get FI state .263
Table 180 – Call .264
Table 181 – Primitives issued by the user to the Function Invocation state machine . 266
Table 182 – Primitives issued by the Function Invocation state machine to the user . 267
Table 183 – Primitives issued by the Load Region to the Function Invocation state
machine.267
Table 184 – Primitives issued by the Function Invocation to the Load Region state
machine.268
Table 185 – Function Invocation state definitions.268

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Table 186 – Function definitions .269
Table 187 – Function Invocation state table .270
Table 188 – CS status .286
Table 189 – Summertime .286
Table 190 – Synchronization active.287
Table 191 – Announcement hour .287
Table 192 – Summertime .288
Table 193 – Accuracy .288
Table 194 – Set time.289
Table 195 – Sync interval violation .290
Table 196 – Parameter of Initiate service without inter-network addressing. 303
Table 197 – Parameter of Initiate service with inter-network addressing (first example) . 303
Table 198 – Parameter of Initiate service with inter-network addressing (second
example).304
Table 199 – AR type .310
Table 200 – Sync supported .312
Table 201 – Freeze supported .312
Table 202 – Group identifier .314
Table 203 – DPV1 enabled .314
Table 204 – Fail safe .315
Table 205 – WD base .315
Table 206 – No Add change.317
Table 207 – Alarm mode supported .320
Table 208 – Isochronous mode supp.324
Table 209 – Isochronous mode .324
Table 210 – Alarm mode.325
Table 211 – Time device type .326
Table 212 – S_SAP_index .329
Table 213 – D_addr .330
Table 214 – Service_activate.330
Table 215 – Role_in_service.331
Table 216 – Indication_mode .332
Table 217 – Max_DLSDU_length_req_low .332
Table 218 – Max_DLSDU_length_req_high.333
Table 219 – Max_DLSDU_length_ind_low .333
Table 220 – Max_DLSDU_length_ind_high .334
Table 221 – S_SAP_index .339
Table 222 – D_SAP_index .339
Table 223 – D_addr .340
Table 224 – Service_activate.340
Table 225 – Role_in_service.341
Table 226 – Indication_mode .341
Table 227 – Max_DLSDU_length_req_low .342

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Table 228 – Max_DLSDU_length_req_high.342
Table 229 – Max_DLSDU_length_ind_low .343
Table 230 – Max_DLSDU_length_ind_high .343
Table 231 – Sync.344
Table 232 – Freeze.345
Table 233 – DPV1 enabled .346
Table 234 – Fail safe .346
Table 235 – Enable publisher.347
Table 236 – WD base .347
Table 237 – Alarm mode.348
Table 238 – Fail safe .358
Table 239 – S_SAP_index .365
Table 240 – D_SAP_index .366
Table 241 – D_addr .366
Table 242 – Service_activate.366
Table 243 – Role_in_service.367
Table 244 – Max_DLSDU_length_req_low .367
Table 245 – Max_DLSDU_length_req_high.367
Table 246 – Max_DLSDU_length_ind_low .368
Table 247 – Max_DLSDU_length_ind_high .368
Table 248 – DLL init DP-slave .369
Table 249 – Load ARL DP-slave .370
Table 250 – Get ARL DP-slave .376
Table 251 – Set ARL isochronous mode .382
Table 252 – Load ARL DP-master Cl1 .383
Table 253 – Get ARL DP-master Cl1.386
Table 254 – ARL Slave update DP-master Cl1.388
Table 255 – Load ARL DP-master Cl2 .390
Table 256 – Get ARL DP-master Cl2.391
Table 257 – Load CRL DP-slave .392
Table 258 – Load CRL DXB link entries .394
Table 259 – Get CRL DP-slave .395
Table 260 – Load CRL DP-master Cl1 .397
Table 261 – Get CRL DP-master Cl1 .410
Table 262 – CRL Slave activate.423
Table 263 – CRL Slave new Prm .
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