Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Fieldbus Foundation Brings More Info Through HSE With Wireless & Remote I/O Solutions For Developers

Fieldbus Foundation released the WIO specifications yesterday. You can read the news release here. Basically what this means is that the Foundation has made tools and resources available for the development of wiress and remote I/O gateways to FOUNDATION Fieldbus HSE. With WIO, we now have the ability to bring in the valuable diagnostic information from wireless devices, regardless of whether they are WirelessHART® or ISA 100.11a, into the open and standardized infrastructure of FOUNDATION fieldbus.

Combined with the ability to handle remote I/O, this greatly extends the range and capabilities of FOUNDATION technology to encompass many more devices throughout the entire plant or facility, regardless of their communications technology.The business value lies in taking the large amounts data from these devices through HSE and turning it into useful information in an open environment.You will be able to enjoy the benefits of wireless networking and remote I/O along with the powerful infrastructure of FOUNDATION technology.

WIO technology establishes open, non-proprietary specifications for a wired HSE backhaul network, a wireless HSE backhaul integrating various wireless gateways, and an interface to wireless field device networks. Tools and resources now available to support the development of WIO devices include:

High Speed Ethernet Wireless and Remote I/O Specification: Defines a series of interoperable gateways to bring control I/O (both analog and discrete) back to plant automation systems over an international standard, high-speed network.

HSE Interoperability Test Kit (HSE ITK): Tests the functionality of an HSE device and its conformance with the FOUNDATION fieldbus function block and transducer block specifications.The HSE ITK’s test cases have been updated to Device ITK Profile 6.0 and now support the VC++ 2008 (v9) standard.The test kit also employs an all-new, intuitive user interface and updated HSE test function device application.

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