CEI EN IEC 61158-1 PDF

This part of IEC 61158 specifies the generic concept of fieldbuses.

This document also presents an overview and guidance for the IEC 611581 series by:

• explaining the structure and content of the IEC 61158 series;

• relating the structure of the IEC 61158 series to the ISO/IEC 7498-1 OSI Basic Reference Model;

• showing the logical structure of the IEC 617842 series;

• showing how to use parts of the IEC 61158 series in combination with the IEC 61784 series;

• providing explanations of some aspects of the IEC 61158 series that are common to the type specific parts of the IEC 61158-5 series including the application layer service description concepts and the generic fieldbus data types.

1 In the following pages of this document, “IEC 61158” will be used as a qualifier for “IEC 61158 (all parts)”.

2 In the following pages of this document, “IEC 61784” will be used as a qualifier for “IEC 61784 (all parts)”.