IEC TR 61804-4:2006

Function blocks (FB) for process control - Part 4: EDD interoperability guideline

is a guideline to support EDD interoperability.This Technical Report is intended to ensure that field device developers use the EDDL constructs consistently and that the EDD applications have the same interpretations of the EDD. It supplements the EDDL specification to promote EDDL application interoperability and improve EDD portability between EDDL applications.

General Information

• Status: Replaced
• Publication Date: 07-Dec-2006
• ICS: 25.040.40 - Industrial process measurement and control
• Technical Committee: SC 65E - Devices and integration in enterprise systems
• Drafting Committee: WG 7 - TC 65/SC 65E/WG 7
• Current Stage: DELPUB - Deleted Publication
• Completion Date: 07-Oct-2015

Relations

• Replaced By: IEC 61804-4:2015 - Function blocks (FB) for process control and electronic device description language (EDDL) - Part 4: EDD interpretation
• Effective Date: 05-Sep-2023
• Revised: IEC 61804-4:2020 - Devices and integration in enterprise systems - Function blocks (FB) for process control and electronic device description language (EDDL) - Part 4: EDD interpretation
• Effective Date: 05-Sep-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

TECHNICAL IEC
REPORT TR 61804-4
First edition
2006-12
Function blocks (FB) for process control –
Part 4:
EDD interoperability guideline
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IEC/TR 61804-4:2006(E)
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TECHNICAL IEC
REPORT TR 61804-4
First edition
2006-12
Function blocks (FB) for process control –
Part 4:
EDD interoperability guideline
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD.4
INTRODUCTION.6

1 Scope.7
2 Normative references.7
3 Terms, definitions, abbreviated terms and acronyms .7
3.1 Terms and definitions .7
3.2 Abbreviated terms and acronyms .8
4 User interface support .8
4.1 Overview .8
4.2 Menu conventions for applications .8
4.3 Menu conventions for PC-based applications .8
4.4 Menu conventions for all applications.16
4.5 User interface extensions .16
4.6 Layout rules.21
4.7 Default menu styles .29
5 Additional user interface elements .30
5.1 Overview .30
5.2 Graph and chart.31
5.3 IMAGE .45
5.4 GRID.46
6 EDDL data description .47
6.1 Variables .47
6.2 EDDL application stored device data.48
7 EDDL built-in library.57
7.1 User interface built-ins.57

Annex A (informative) Technology specific guidance.59

Figure 1 – Example of an EDD application for diagnostics .13
Figure 2 – Example of an EDD application for process variables.14
Figure 3 – Example of an EDD application for primary variables .14
Figure 4 – Example of an EDD application for process-related device features.15
Figure 5 – Example of an EDD application for device features .15
Figure 6 – Example of an EDD application for a variable of type BIT_ENUMERATED.20
Figure 7 – Example of an EDD for an overview menu .22
Figure 8 – Example of an EDD application for an overview window .22
Figure 9 – Example of an EDD using COLUMNBREAK .22
Figure 10 – Example of an EDD application for an overview window .23
Figure 11 – Example of an EDD application for an overview window .23
Figure 12 – Example of an EDD application for an overview window .24
Figure 13 – Example of an EDD for in-line graphs and charts .24
Figure 14 – Example of an EDD application for an in-line graph .25
Figure 15 – Example of an EDD for full-width graphs and charts .25

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Figure 16 – Example of an EDD application for a full-width graph .26
Figure 17 – Example of an EDD for nested containers .27
Figure 18 – Example of an EDD application for nested containers.27
Figure 19 – Example of an EDD for EDIT_DISPLAYS .28
Figure 20 – Example of an EDD application for EDIT_DISPLAYS.28
Figure 21 – Example of an EDD for images .29
Figure 22 – Example of an EDD application for images.29
Figure 23 – HEIGHT and WIDTH attributes for CHART and GRAPH .31
Figure 24 – EMPHASIS attribute to differentiate one or more SOURCEs or
WAVEFORMs .32
Figure 25 – Example of a chart with one curve in a dialogue .34
Figure 26 – Graph and the visual elements.37
Figure 27 – Result of the EDD example .47
Figure 28 – Example of a file declaration .49
Figure 29 – Example of comparing valve signatures .50
Figure 30 – Example of more complex file declaration .51
Figure 31 – Example of reviewing the stored radar signals.52

Table 1 – List of defined menu identifiers .9
Table 2 – List of defined menu identifiers .30
Table 3 – Image formats .45

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FUNCTION BLOCKS (FB) FOR PROCESS CONTROL –

Part 4: EDD interoperability guideline

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IEC 61804-4, which is a Technical Report, has been prepared by subcommittee 65C: Digital
communications, of IEC technical committee 65: Industrial-process measurement and control.
The text of this Technical Report is based on the following documents:
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Full information on the voting for the approval of this Technical Report can be found in the
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This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
The list of all the parts of the IEC 61804 series, under the general title Function blocks (FB) for
process control, can be found on the IEC website.
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