Profi Standardization Activities

  A number of standardization activities are progressing with Profi technology. Here’s a breakdown of the completed, ongoing and new activities in standardization:

Completed activities:

• Profibus in IEC 61158 Ed. 4 and IEC 61784-1
• Profinet (IO and CBA) in IEC 61158 Ed. 4 and IEC 61784-1/-2
• Profidrive in IEC 61800-7 (generic drive interface)
• Profisafe in IEC 61784-3-3 (functional safety)
• Profinet Security in IEC 62443 (available as PAS document)
• ISA 61804-series FBs for process control and EDDL (adopted from IEC)
  o ISA/TR 61804-4 EDDL guideline
  o ISA 61804-3 EDDL with enhancements of the ECT (EDDL Cooperation Team) Phase 1

Ongoing activities:

• Profinet Security in ISA SP99 and IEC 61784-4
• Profinet and Profibus installation guide in IEC 61918 and IEC 61784-5-3
• Profile ”Low Voltage Switch Gear” in IEC 61915
• PTCP for Profinet I/O in IEEE 1588 V2 and IEEE 802.1as
• MRP for Profinet I/O in IEC 62439 (high availability)

New activities:

• Wireless Sensor Actuator Network in ISA SP100
• I/O-Link in IEC

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