Industrial communication networks - Fieldbus specifications - Part 5-15: Application layer service definition - Type 15 elements (IEC 61158-5-15:2010)

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. 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.

Industrielle Kommunikationsnetze - Feldbusse - Teil 5-15: Dienstfestlegungen des Application Layer (Anwendungsschicht) - Typ 15-Elemente (IEC 61158-5-15:2010)

Réseaux de communication industriels - Spécifications des bus de terrain - Partie 5-15: Définition des services des couches d'application - Eléments de type 15 (CEI 61158-5-15:2010)

L'IEC 61158-5-15:2010 vise à définir les services mis en place pour
a) l’utilisateur de FAL à la frontière entre l’utilisateur et la Couche application du Modèle de référence de bus de terrain; et
b) la Gestion des systèmes au niveau de la frontière entre la Couche application et la Gestion des systèmes selon le Modèle de référence de bus de terrain.
La présente partie de l’IEC 61158 spécifie la structure et les services de la couche application de bus de terrain IEC type 15, en conformité au modèle de référence de base OSI (ISO/IEC 7498) et à la structure de couche application OSI (ISO/IEC 9545).

Industrijska komunikacijska omrežja - Specifikacije za procesno vodilo - 5-15. del: Definicija opravil na aplikacijskem nivoju - Elementi tipa 15 (IEC 61158-5-15:2010)

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. Ta standard določa strukturo in opravila aplikacijskega nivoja procesnih vodil tipa 14 v skladu z osnovnim referenčnim modelom OSI (ISO/IEC 7498-1) in strukturo aplikacijskega nivoja OSI (ISO/IEC 9545). Opravila in protokole aplikacijskega nivoja procesnih vodil zagotavljajo aplikacijski osebki (AE) aplikacijskega nivoja procesnih vodil znotraj aplikacijskih procesov. Aplikacijski osebek aplikacijskega nivoja procesnih vodil sestavljata sklop objektno usmerjenih aplikacijskih opravilnih elementov (ASE) in osebek za upravljanje nivojev (LME), ki upravlja aplikacijski osebek. Aplikacijski opravilni elementi zagotavljajo komunikacijska opravila, ki delujejo na sklopu povezanih razredov objektov aplikacijskega procesa (APO). Med aplikacijske opravilne elemente aplikacijskega nivoja procesnih vodil spada aplikacijski opravilni element za upravljanje, ki zagotavlja skupen sklop opravil za upravljanje primerkov razredov aplikacijskega nivoja procesnih vodil.

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SIST EN 61158-5-15:2012
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SIST EN 61158-5-15:2008
Industrijska komunikacijska omrežja - Specifikacije za procesno vodilo - 5-15. del:
Definicija opravil na aplikacijskem nivoju - Elementi tipa 15 (IEC 61158-5-15:2010)
Industrial communication networks - Fieldbus specifications - Part 5-15: Application layer
service definition - Type 15 elements (IEC 61158-5-15:2010)
Industrielle Kommunikationsnetze - Feldbusse - Teil 5-15: Dienstfestlegungen des
Application Layer (Anwendungsschicht) - Typ 15-Elemente (IEC 61158-5-15:2010)
Réseaux de communication industriels - Spécifications des bus de terrain - Partie 5-15:
Définition des services des couches d'application - Eléments de type 15 (CEI 61158-5-
15:2010)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 61158-5-15:2012
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 61158-5-15:2012 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 61158-5-15

NORME EUROPÉENNE
June 2012
EUROPÄISCHE NORM

ICS 25.040.40; 35.100.70; 35.110 Supersedes EN 61158-5-15:2008


English version


Industrial communication networks -
Fieldbus specifications -
Part 5-15: Application layer service definition -
Type 15 elements
(IEC 61158-5-15:2010)


Réseaux de communication industriels -  Industrielle Kommunikationsnetze -
Spécifications des bus de terrain - Feldbusse -
Partie 5-15: Définition des services des Teil 5-15: Dienstfestlegungen des
couches d'application - Application Layer (Anwendungsschicht) -
Eléments de type 15 Typ 15-Elemente
(CEI 61158-5-15:2010) (IEC 61158-5-15:2010)





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Foreword
The text of document 65C/606/FDIS, future edition 2 of IEC 61158-5-15, 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 61158-5-15:2012.

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 61158-5-15:2008.
EN 61158-5-15:2012 includes the following significant technical change with respect to EN 61158-5-
15:2008:
— editorial corrections.
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 61158-5-15:2010 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.

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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/TR 61158-1 2010 Industrial communication networks - Fieldbus CLC/TR 61158-1 2010
specifications -
Part 1: Overview and guidance for the
IEC 61158 and IEC 61784 series


IEC 61158-6-15 2010 Industrial communication networks - Fieldbus EN 61158-6-15 2012
specifications -
Part 6-15: Application layer protocol
specification - Type 15 elements


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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CONTENTS
FOREWORD.5
INTRODUCTION.7
1 Scope.8
1.1 Overview .8
1.2 Specifications.9
1.3 Conformance.9
1.4 Type overview .10
2 Normative references .10
3 Terms and definitions, abbreviations, symbols and conventions .11
3.1 Terms and definitions .11
3.2 Abbreviations and symbols.19
3.3 Conventions .20
4 Concepts .23
4.1 Common concepts.23
4.2 Client/server specific concepts .23
4.3 Publish/subscribe specific concepts .32
5 Data type ASE.41
5.1 General .41
5.2 Formal definition of data type objects .41
5.3 FAL defined data types.41
5.4 Data type ASE service specification .54
6 Client/server communication model specification.54
6.1 ASEs.54
6.2 ARs .113
6.3 Summary of FAL classes .116
6.4 Permitted FAL services by AREP role. 116
7 Publish/subscribe communication model specification . 118
7.1 ASEs.118
7.2 ARs .137
7.3 Summary of FAL classes .139
7.4 Permitted FAL services by AREP role and sub-role . 139
Bibliography.140

Figure 1 – Client/server stacks.24
Figure 2 – Client/server communication on different buses or networks .24
Figure 3 – Client/server APOs services conveyed by the FAL .25
Figure 4 – Interpretation as distinct tables .26
Figure 5 – Interpretation as overlapping tables .27
Figure 6 – APO and real objects, non obvious possible interpretation .27
Figure 7 – ASE service conveyance.29
Figure 8 – Client/server confirmed interaction .30
Figure 9 – Client/server AR confirmed service primitives (positive case) .31
Figure 10 – Client/server AR confirmed service primitives (negative case).31
Figure 11 – Client/server unconfirmed interaction .32

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Figure 12 – Client/server AR unconfirmed service primitives.32
Figure 13 – Publish/subscribe communications stacks .33
Figure 14 – Publish/subscribe data-centric exchanges between decoupled network
objects.34
Figure 15 – Publish/subscribe APOs services conveyed by the FAL.35
Figure 16 – Examples of publish/subscribe configurable behaviors via QoS.36
Figure 17 – Pull model interactions .38
Figure 18 – Push model interactions .39
Figure 19 – Publish/subscribe model interactions.40
Figure 20 – Status bit sequence numbering .44
Figure 21 – ObjectId .48
Figure 22 – Bitmap .52
Figure 23 – ParameterSequence.54
Figure 24 – FAL ASEs .55
Figure 25 – Client/server encapsulated interface mechanism .102
Figure 26 – Publish/subscribe class derivations and relationships. 118
Figure 27 – FAL ASEs and classes .119
Figure 28 – Publish/subscribe service request composition. 129

Table 1 – Common client/server APOs.25
Table 2 – Class identification .49
Table 3 – Assigned vendor IDs .50
Table 4 – Bitmap “1234/12:00110” .53
Table 5 – Filter service parameters.58
Table 6 – Read discretes service parameters.60
Table 7 – Read coils service parameters .63
Table 8 – Write single coil service parameters .65
Table 9 – Write multiple coils service parameters .66
Table 10 – Broadcast write single coil service parameters .68
Table 11 – Broadcast write multiple coils service parameters.69
Table 12 – Read input registers service parameters.71
Table 13 – Read holding registers service parameters .76
Table 14 – Write single holding register service parameters.78
Table 15 – Write multiple holding registers service parameters .79
Table 16 – Mask write holding register service parameters .81
Table 17 – Read/write holding registers service parameters .83
Table 18 – Read FIFO service parameters.85
Table 19 – Broadcast write single holding register service parameters.86
Table 20 – Broadcast write multiple holding registers service parameters .87
Table 21 – Read file service parameters .94
Table 22 – Write file service parameters .98
Table 23 – Device identification categories .104
Table 24 – Read device ID code .105

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Table 25 – Conformity level .106
Table 26 – Requested vs. returned known objects .107
Table 27 – Read device identification service parameters.109
Table 28 – FAL class summary .116
Table 29 – Services by AREP role .117
Table 30 – Issue service parameters .121
Table 31 – Heartbeat service parameters.122
Table 32 – VAR service parameters.124
Table 33 – VAR service parameters.126
Table 34 – ACK service parameters.128
Table 35 – Header service parameters .131
Table 36 – INFO_DST service parameters .132
Table 37 – INFO_REPLY service parameters.133
Table 38 – INFO_SRC service parameters.135
Table 39 – INFO_TS service parameters .136
Table 40 – PAD service parameters.137
Table 41 – FAL class summary .139
Table 42 – Services by AREP role and sub-role. 139

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INDUSTRIAL COMMUNICATION NETWORKS –
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Part 5-15: Application layer service definition –
Type 15 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 61158-5-15 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:
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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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Part 5-15: Application layer service definition –
Type 15 elements



1 Scope
1.1 Overview
In network communications, as in many fields of engineering, it is a fact that “one size does
not fit all.” Engineering design is about making the right set of trade-offs, and these trade-offs
must balance conflicting requirements such as simplicity, generality, ease of use, richness of
features, performance, memory size and usage, scalability, determinism, and robustness.
These trade-offs must be made in light of the types of information flow (e.g. periodic, one-to-
many, request-reply, events), and the constraints imposed by the application and execution
platforms.
The Type 15 fieldbus provides two major communication mechanisms that complement each
others to satisfy communication requirements in the field of automation: the Client/Server and
the Publish/Subscribe paradigms. They can be used concurrently on the same device.
Type 15 Client/Server operates in a Client/Server relationship. Its application layer service
definitions and protocol specifications are independent of the underlying layers, and have
been implemented on a variety of stacks and communication media, including EIA/TIA-232,
EIA/TIA-422, EIA/TIA-425, HDLC (ISO 13239), fiber, TCP/IP, Wireless LANs and Radios.
Type 15 Publish/Subscribe operates in a Publish/Subscribe relationship. Its application layer
service definitions and protocol specifications are independent of the underlying layers and
can be configured to provide reliable behavior and support determinism. The most common
stack is UDP/IP.
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 part of IEC 61158 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 15 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 part of IEC 61158 defines in an abstract way the externally visible service provided by
the Type 15 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.

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The purpose of this part of IEC 61158 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 part of IEC 61158 specifies the structure and services of the Type 15 IEC f
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