Vendor-neutral instruction covers key aspects of Foundation technology

AUSTIN, Texas, August 18, 2009 – The Fieldbus Foundation today announced it will offer Foundationfieldbus developer training during October 2009 at its headquarters in Austin, Texas. The vendor-neutral “Introduction to Foundation Fieldbus” and “Advanced Principles of Foundation Fieldbus” courses cover all key aspects of open, non-proprietary Foundation fieldbus technology.

New specification release supports advanced field diagnostics capabilities

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 4, 2009 — The Fieldbus Foundation has announced that its Foundation fieldbus Positioner Transducer Block final specification is now available. The new specification release supports the implementation of advanced field diagnostics capabilities benefiting end-users of Foundation fieldbus technology.

Karlsruhe, May 12th 2009 — The Steering Committee of the Electronic Device Description Language (EDDL) Cooperation Team (ECT) announces, that their technical team has achieved important milestones in its effort to develop a common solution for field device integration (FDI). The FDI Project Team has successfully worked over the past 18 months to identify use cases encompassing all facets of plant operations: from start up and commissioning; to ongoing maintenance activities and plant operations. It has also drafted an architecture concept migrating participating technologies to a common device integration standard.

Fieldbus parameter names and definitions to be included in standardized device specifications

AUSTIN, Texas, June 3, 2009 — The Fieldbus Foundation today announced it has signed a copyright agreement with PROLIST® INTERNATIONAL. The agreement allows PROLIST to publish Foundationfieldbus parameter names and definitions in its standardized process control device/system specifications and database.

ACTC Undertakes Quantitative Evaluation of Foundation Fieldbus Control in the Field (CIF)

GLASGOW, Scotland, June 2, 2009 — The Fieldbus Foundation, through its EMEA Operations, has joined the Applied Control Technology Consortium (ACTC), based in Glasgow, Scotland. ACTC is wholly owned and managed by Industrial Systems and Control Ltd., a specialised control engineering consultancy with close links with the Industrial Control Centre at the University of Strathclyde, Scotland.

AUSTIN, Texas, May 20, 2009 – The Fieldbus Foundation today announced it will offer Foundationfieldbus developer training during June 2009 at STC Brielle, located in the Netherlands. The vendor-neutral “Introduction to Foundation Fieldbus” and “Advanced Principles of Foundation Fieldbus” courses cover all key aspects of open, non-proprietary Foundation fieldbus technology.

HANNOVER, Germany, April 21, 2009 — The Fieldbus Foundation, conducting a press briefing at the INTERKAMA+ 2009 Trade Fair in Hannover, Germany, made the following announcements:

Host testing solution has been enhanced with powerful performance features

AUSTIN, Texas, April 9, 2009 – The Fieldbus Foundation today announced the release of its updated Foundation fieldbus Host Test Kit (HTK) DD Application Module (Version 1.1.0). This powerful test kit, driven by the foundation's End User Advisory Council (EUAC), includes hardware and software for testing the functionality of a fieldbus host and its conformance with the Foundation host profile specifications.

Host registration provides new level of consistency in multi-vendor fieldbus environment

AUSTIN, Texas, April 8, 2009 - The Fieldbus Foundation today announced that two initial FOUNDATION fieldbus host systems have passed its new Host Profile Registration Process. The registered hosts include Yokogawa's STARDOM™ Network-based Control System and CENTUM® VP Integrated Production Control System, and ABB's System 800xA Extended Automation Product.