Industrial communication networks - Fieldbus specifications - Part 5-14: Application layer service definition - Type 14 elements (IEC 61158-5-14:2010)

The fieldbus application layer (FAL) provides user programs with a means to access the fieldbus communication environment. In this respect, the FAL can be viewed as a “window between corresponding application programs.” This standard provides common elements for basic time-critical and non-time-critical messaging communications between application programs in an automation environment and material specific to Type 14 fieldbus. The term “time-critical” is used to represent the presence of a time-window, within which one or more specified actions are required to be completed with some defined level of certainty. Failure to complete specified actions within the time window risks failure of the applications requesting the actions, with attendant risk to equipment, plant and possibly human life. This standard defines in an abstract way the externally visible service provided by the Type 14 fieldbus application layer in terms of a) an abstract model for defining application resources (objects) capable of being manipulated by users via the use of the FAL service, b) the primitive actions and events of the service; c) the parameters associated with each primitive action and event, and the form which they take; and d) the interrelationship between these actions and events, and their valid sequences. The purpose of this standard is to define the services provided to a) the FAL user at the boundary between the user and the application layer of the fieldbus reference model, and b) Systems Management at the boundary between the application layer and Systems Management of the fieldbus reference model.

Industrielle Kommunikationsnetze - Feldbusse - Teil 5-14: Dienstfestlegungen des Application Layer (Anwendungsschicht) - Typ 14-Elemente (IEC 61158-5-14:2010)

Réseaux de communication industriels - Spécifications des bus de terrain - Partie 5-14: Définition des services des couches d'application - Eléments de type 14 (CEI 61158-5-14:2010)

Industrijska komunikacijska omrežja - Specifikacije za procesno vodilo - 5-14. del: Definicija opravil na aplikacijskem nivoju - Elementi tipa 14 (IEC 61158-5-14:2010)

Aplikacijski nivo procesnih vodil (FAL) omogoča uporabniškim programom dostop do komunikacijskega okolja procesnih vodil. Glede na to je mogoče aplikacijski nivo procesnih vodil šteti za »okno med ustreznimi aplikacijami«. Ta standard določa skupne elemente za osnovne časovno kritične in časovno nekritične sporočilne komunikacije med aplikacijami v avtomatizacijskem okolju in material, specifičen za procesna vodila tipa 14. Izraz »časovno kritičen« se uporablja za predstavitev prisotnosti časovnega okna, v okviru katerega se zahteva dokončanje enega ali več opredeljenih dejanj z določeno stopnjo gotovosti. Zaradi neuspešnega dokončanja opredeljenih dejanj v časovnem oknu je možna odpoved aplikacij, ki zahtevajo dejanja, pri čemer so ogroženi oprema, obrat in morda človeška življenja. Ta standard na abstrakten način določa zunanje vidno opravilo, ki ga zagotavlja aplikacijski nivo procesnih vodil tipa 14 v zvezi z a) abstraktnim modelom za določanje aplikacijskih virov (objektov), ki jih uporabniki lahko spreminjajo prek opravila aplikacijskega nivoja procesnih vodil, b) primitivnimi dejanji in dogodki opravila; c) parametri, povezanimi z vsakim primitivnim dejanjem in dogodkom, in obliko, ki jo prevzamejo; ter d) medsebojno povezavo med temi dejanji in dogodki ter njihovimi veljavnimi zaporedji. Namen tega standarda je opredeliti opravila, ki se zagotavljajo za a) uporabnika aplikacijskega nivoja procesnih vodil na meji med uporabnikom in aplikacijskim nivojem referenčnega modela procesnih vodil ter b) upravljanje sistemov na meji med aplikacijskim nivojem in upravljanje sistemov referenčnega modela procesnih vodil.

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SIST EN 61158-5-14:2012
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SIST EN 61158-5-14:2008
Industrijska komunikacijska omrežja - Specifikacije za procesno vodilo - 5-14. del:
Definicija opravil na aplikacijskem nivoju - Elementi tipa 14 (IEC 61158-5-14:2010)
Industrial communication networks - Fieldbus specifications - Part 5-14: Application layer
service definition - Type 14 elements (IEC 61158-5-14:2010)
Industrielle Kommunikationsnetze - Feldbusse - Teil 5-14: Dienstfestlegungen des
Application Layer (Anwendungsschicht) - Typ 14-Elemente (IEC 61158-5-14:2010)
Réseaux de communication industriels - Spécifications des bus de terrain - Partie 5-14:
Définition des services des couches d'application - Eléments de type 14 (CEI 61158-5-
14:2010)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 61158-5-14:2012
ICS:
25.040.40 Merjenje in krmiljenje Industrial process
industrijskih postopkov measurement and control
35.100.70 Uporabniški sloj Application layer
35.110 Omreževanje Networking
SIST EN 61158-5-14:2012 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 61158-5-14

NORME EUROPÉENNE
June 2012
EUROPÄISCHE NORM

ICS 25.040.40; 35.100.70; 35.110 Supersedes EN 61158-5-14:2008


English version


Industrial communication networks -
Fieldbus specifications -
Part 5-14: Application layer service definition -
Type 14 elements
(IEC 61158-5-14:2010)


Réseaux de communication industriels -  Industrielle Kommunikationsnetze -
Spécifications des bus de terrain - Feldbusse -
Partie 5-14: Définition des services des Teil 5-14: Dienstfestlegungen des
couches d'application - Application Layer (Anwendungsschicht) -
Eléments de type 14 Typ 14-Elemente
(CEI 61158-5-14:2010) (IEC 61158-5-14:2010)





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Foreword
The text of document 65C/606/FDIS, future edition 2 of IEC 61158-5-14, prepared by SC 65C, "Industrial
networks", of IEC/TC 65, "Industrial-process measurement, control and automation" was submitted to the
IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as EN 61158-5-14:2012.

The following dates are fixed:
(dop) 2012-12-28
• latest date by which the document has
to be implemented at national level by
publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national (dow) 2015-03-28

standards conflicting with the
document have to be withdrawn

This document supersedes EN 61158-5-14:2008.
EN 61158-5-14:2012 includes the following significant technical change with respect to EN 61158-5-
14:2008:
— updated Normative references and Bibliography;
— corrections of the edit error;
— specification changes for CPF3;
— update of the requirements for all conformance classes;
— update of the requirements for all conformance services.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC [and/or CEN] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent
rights.

Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 61158-5-14:2010 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards indicated:
IEC 61131-1 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 61131-1.
IEC/TR 61158-1:2007 NOTE  Harmonized as CLC/TR 61158-1:2008 (not modified).
IEC 61158-3-14 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 61158-3-14.
IEC 61158-6-14 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 61158-6-14.

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Annex ZA
(normative)

Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications

The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are
indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated
references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.

NOTE  When an international publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant EN/HD
applies.

Publication Year Title EN/HD Year

IEC 61131-3 - Programmable controllers - EN 61131-3 -
Part 3: Programming languages


IEC 61158-4-14 - Industrial communication networks - Fieldbus EN 61158-4-14 -
specifications -
Part 4-14: Data-link layer protocol
specification - Type 14 elements


IEC 61588 - Precision clock synchronization protocol for - -
networked measurement and control systems


ISO/IEC 646 - Information technology - ISO 7-bit coded - -
character set for information interchange


ISO/IEC 7498-1 - Information technology - Open Systems - -
Interconnection - Basic Reference Model:
The Basic Model


ISO/IEC 8822 - Information technology - Open Systems - -
Interconnection - Presentation service
definition


ISO/IEC 8824-1 - Information technology - Abstract Syntax - -
Notation One (ASN.1): Specification of basic
notation


ISO/IEC 9545 - Information technology - Open Systems - -
Interconnection - Application Layer structure


ISO/IEC 10731 - Information technology - Open Systems - -
Interconnection - Basic reference model -
Conventions for the definition of OSI services

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IEC 61158-5-14
®
Edition 2.0 2010-08
INTERNATIONAL
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Part 5-14: Application layer service definition – Type 14 elements


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CONTENTS
FOREWORD.4
INTRODUCTION.6
1 Scope.7
1.1 Overview .7
1.2 Specifications.8
1.3 Conformance.8
2 Normative references .8
3 Terms, definitions, symbols, abbreviations and conventions .9
3.1 ISO/IEC 7498-1 terms .9
3.2 ISO/IEC 8822 terms .9
3.3 ISO/IEC 9545 terms .9
3.4 ISO/IEC 8824-1 terms .9
3.5 Fieldbus application-layer specific definitions .9
3.6 Abbreviations and symbols.12
3.7 Conventions .13
4 Concepts .16
5 Data type ASE.16
5.1 Overview .16
5.2 Formal definition of data type objects .16
5.3 FAL defined data types.17
5.4 Data type ASE service specification .38
6 Communication model specification.39
6.1 General .39
6.2 ASEs.39
6.3 Application relationship .88
6.4 Summary of application layer services.91
Bibliography.92

Figure 1 – Application layer entity.39
Figure 2 – Received message processing procedure .64
Figure 3 – AR ASE conveys APDUs between AP .88

Table 1 – Attribute of variable normalised 2 octet .25
Table 2 – Encoding of variable normalised 2 octet .25
Table 3 – Attribute of normalised 4 Octet .26
Table 4 – Encodinge of normalised 4 Octet.26
Table 5 – Attribute of variable normalised 2 octet .26
Table 6 – Encoding of variable normalised 2 octet .27
Table 7 – Attribute of variable normalised 4 Octet.27
Table 8 – Encoding of variable normalised 4 Octet .27
Table 9 – Attribute of unipolar 2 octet .28
Table 10 – Encoding of unipolar 2 octet .28
Table 11 – Attribute of Fixed point value 2 Octet.28

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Table 12 – Encoding of Fixed point value 2 Octet .29
Table 13 – Attribute of Fixed point value 4 Octet.29
Table 14 – Encoding of Bit sequence 2 Octet.29
Table 15 – Encoding of Nibble 4 Octet .30
Table 16 – Attribute of multiple time constant 2 octets .35
Table 17 – Attribute of multiple time constant 4 octets .35
Table 18 – Attribute of fraction time constant 2 octets.36
Table 19 – Encoding of reciprocal time constant 2 octets.36
Table 20 – Management object base.42
Table 21 – Access group assignment.56
Table 22 – Access rights assignment .57
Table 23 – Services for domain object .57
Table 24 – Service for report object .59
Table 25 – FAL management entity services.66
Table 26 – EM_DetectingDevice service parameters.67
Table 27 – EM_OnlineReply service parameters .68
Table 28 – EM_GetDeviceAttribute service parameters.69
Table 29 – EM_ActiveNotification service parameters .71
Table 30 – EM_ConfiguringDevice service primitives .72
Table 31 – EM_SetDefaultValue service parameter .74
Table 32 – Parameters for domain download service .76
Table 33 – Parameters for domain upload service.78
Table 34 – EventRoport service parameters.79
Table 35 – AcknowledgeEventReport service parameters .80
Table 36 – ReportConditionChanging service parameters .81
Table 37 – Read service parameters.82
Table 38 – Write service parameters.83
Table 39 – VariableDistribute service parameters .84
Table 40 – FRTVariableDistribute service parameters.85
Table 41 – FRTRead service parameters .86
Table 42 – FRTWrite service parameters .87
Table 43 – Summary of application layer services.91

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INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
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INDUSTRIAL COMMUNICATION NETWORKS –
FIELDBUS SPECIFICATIONS –

Part 5-14: Application layer service definition –
Type 14 elements


FOREWORD
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NOTE 1 Use of some of the associated protocol types is restricted by their intellectual-property-right holders. In
all cases, the commitment to limited release of intellectual-property-rights made by the holders of those rights
permits a particular data-link layer protocol type to be used with physical layer and application layer protocols in
type combinations as specified explicitly in the profile parts. Use of the various protocol types in other
combinations may require permission of their respective intellectual-property-right holders.
International Standard IEC 61158-5-14 has been prepared by subcommittee 65C: Industrial
networks, of IEC technical committee 65: Industrial-process measurement, control and
automation.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2007. This edition
constitutes a technical revision.
The main changes with respect to the previous edition are listed below:
• updated Normative references and Bibliography;

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• corrections of the edit error;
• specification changes for CPF3;
• update of the requirements for all conformance classes;
• update of the requirements for all conformance services.
The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
65C/606/FDIS 65C/620/RVD

Full information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found in the report on
voting indicated in the above table.
This publication has been drafted in accordance with ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
A list of all parts of the IEC 61158 series, published under the general title Industrial
communication networks – Fieldbus specifications, can be found on the IEC web site.
The committee has decided that the contents of this publication will remain unchanged until
the stability date indicated on the IEC web site under "http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data
related to the specific publication. At this date, the publication will be:
• reconfirmed;
• withdrawn;
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
NOTE 2 The revision of this standard will be synchronized with the other parts of the IEC 61158 series.

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INTRODUCTION
This part of IEC 61158 is one of a series produced to facilitate the interconnection of
automation system components. It is related to other standards in the set as defined by the
“three-layer” fieldbus reference model described in IEC/TR 61158-1.
The application service is provided by the application protocol making use of the services
available from the data-link or other immediately lower layer. This standard defines the
application service characteristics that fieldbus applications and/or system management may
exploit.
Throughout the set of fieldbus standards, the term “service” refers to the abstract capability
provided by one layer of the OSI Basic Reference Model to the layer immediately above. Thus,
the application layer service defined in this standard is a conceptual architectural service,
independent of administrative and implementation divisions.

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INDUSTRIAL COMMUNICATION NETWORKS –
FIELDBUS SPECIFICATIONS –

Part 5-14: Application layer service definition –
Type 14 elements



1 Scope
1.1 Overview
The fieldbus application layer (FAL) provides user programs with a means to access the
fieldbus communication environment. In this respect, the FAL can be viewed as a “window
between corresponding application programs.”
This standard provides common elements for basic time-critical and non-time-critical
messaging communications between application programs in an automation environment and
material specific to Type 14 fieldbus. The term “time-critical” is used to represent the
presence of a time-window, within which one or more specified actions are required to be
completed with some defined level of certainty. Failure to complete specified actions within
the time window risks failure of the applications requesting the actions, with attendant risk to
equipment, plant and possibly human life.
This standard defines in an abstract way the externally visible service provided by the Type
14 fieldbus application layer in terms of
a) an abstract model for defining application resources (objects) capable of being
manipulated by users via the use of the FAL service,
b) the primitive actions and events of the service;
c) the parameters associated with each primitive action and event, and the form which they
take; and
d) the interrelationship between these actions and events, and their valid sequences.
The purpose of this standard is to define the services provided to
a) the FAL user at the boundary between the user and the application layer of the fieldbus
reference model, and
b) Systems Management at the boundary between the application layer and Systems
Management of the fieldbus reference model.
This standard specifies the structure and services of the Type 14 fieldbus application layer, in
conformance with the OSI Basic Reference Model (ISO/IEC 7498-1) and the OSI application
layer structure (ISO/IEC 9545).
FAL services and protocols are provided by FAL application-entities (AE) contained within the
application processes. The FAL AE is composed of a set of object-oriented application service
elements (ASEs) and a layer management entity (LME) that manages the AE. The ASEs
provide communication services that operate on a set of related application process object
(APO) classes. One of the FAL ASEs is a management ASE that provides a common set of
services for the management of the instances of FAL classes.
Although these services specify, from the perspective of applications, how request and
responses are issued and delivered, they do not include a specification of what the requesting
and responding applications are to do with them. That is, the behavioral aspects of the
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send/receive is specified. This permits greater flexibility to the FAL users in standardizing
such object behavior. In addition to these services, some supporting services are also defined
in this standard to provide access to the FAL to control certain aspects of its operation.
1.2 Specifications
The principal objective of this standard is to specify the characteristics of conceptual
application layer services suitable for time-critical communications, and thus supplement the
OSI Basic Reference Model in guiding the development of application layer protocols for time-
critical communications.
A secondary objective is to provide migration paths from previously-existing industrial
communications protocols. It is this latter objective which gives rise to the diversity of services
standardized as the various types of IEC 61158.
This specification may be used as the basis for formal Application Programming-Interfaces.
Nevertheless, it is not a formal programming interface, and any such interface will need to
address implementation issues not covered by this specification, including
a) the sizes and octet ordering of various multi-octet service parameters, and
b) the correlation of paired request and confirm, or indication and response, primitives.
1.3 Conformance
This standard does not specify individual implementations or products, nor do they constrain
the implementations of application layer entities within industrial automation systems.
There is no conformance of equipment to this application layer service definition standard.
Instead, conformance is achieved through implementation of conforming application layer
protocols that fulfill the Type 14 application layer services as defined in this standard.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document.
For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition
of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
IEC 61131-3, Programmable controllers – Part 3: Programming languages
IEC 61158-4-14, Industrial communication networks – Fieldbus specifications – Part 4-14:
Data-link layer protocol specification – Type 14 elements
IEC 61588, Precision clock synchronization protocol for networked measurement and control
systems
ISO/IEC 646, Information technology – ISO 7–bit coded character set for information
interchange
ISO/IEC 7498-1, Information technology – Open Systems Interconnection – Basic Reference
Model: The Basic Model
ISO/IEC 8822, Information technology – Open Systems Interconnection – Presentation
service definition
ISO/IEC 8824-1, Information technology – Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1):
Specification of basic notation

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ISO/IEC 9545, Information technology – Open Systems Interconnection – Application Layer
structure
ISO/IEC 10731, Information technology – Open Systems Interconnection – Basic Reference
Model – Conventions for the definition of OSI services
3 Terms, definitions, symbols, abbreviations and conventions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms as defined in these
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