EN 61499-4:2013

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-julij-2013
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SIST EN 61499-4:2006
Funkcijski bloki - 4. del: Pravila za ustreznostne profile (IEC 61499-4:2013)
Function blocks - Part 4: Rules for compliance profiles (IEC 61499-4:2013)
Verteilte Funktionsbausteine für die Automatisierungstechnik - Teil 4: Regeln für
normgerechte Profile (IEC 61499-4:2013)
Blocs fonctionnels - Partie 4: Règles pour les profils de conformité (CEI 61499-4:2013)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 61499-4:2013
ICS:
25.040.40 Merjenje in krmiljenje Industrial process
industrijskih postopkov measurement and control
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 61499-4
NORME EUROPÉENNE
May 2013
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 25.040.40 Supersedes EN 61499-4:2006

English version
Function blocks -
Part 4: Rules for compliance profiles
(IEC 61499-4:2013)
Blocs fonctionnels -  Verteilte Funktionsbausteine für die
Partie 4: Règles pour les profils de Automatisierungstechnik -
conformité Teil 4: Regeln für normgerechte Profile
(CEI 61499-4:2013) (IEC 61499-4:2013)

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Ref. No. EN 61499-4:2013 E
Foreword
The text of document 65B/854/FDIS, future edition 2 of IEC 61499-4, prepared by SC 65B, "Measurement
and control devices", of IEC TC 65, "Industrial-process measurement, control and automation" was
submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as EN 61499-4:2013.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has (dop) 2013-12-06
to be implemented at national level by
publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
(dow) 2016-03-06
• latest date by which the national
standards conflicting with the

document have to be withdrawn
This document supersedes EN 61499-4:2006.
Table B.1 has been updated for consistency with Table 8 of EN 61499-1:2013.
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 61499-4:2013 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 61499-1 2012 Function blocks - EN 61499-1 2013
Part 1: Architecture
IEC 61499-2 2012 Function blocks - EN 61499-2 2013
Part 2: Software requirements
ISO/IEC Directives 2011 Rules for the structure and drafting of - -
Part 2 International Standards

IEC 61499-4 ®
Edition 2.0 2013-01
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
Function blocks –
Part 4: Rules for compliance profiles

Blocs fonctionnels –
Partie 4: Règles pour les profils de conformité

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
PRICE CODE
INTERNATIONALE
CODE PRIX L
ICS 25.040.40 ISBN 978-2-83220-625-6

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 Contents of compliance profiles . 7
4.1 Structure of compliance profiles . 7
4.2 General provisions of a compliance profile . 7
4.2.1 Scope . 7
4.2.2 References to normative documents . 8
4.2.3 Terms and definitions . 8
4.3 Portability provisions . 8
4.4 Interoperability provisions. 8
4.5 Configurability provisions . 8
4.6 Test requirements . 8
4.7 Annexes . 8
Annex A (informative) Example compliance profile . 9
Annex B (informative) Example device configurability classes . 10
Bibliography . 11

Figure 1 – Topics addressed by compliance profiles . 5

Table 1 – Contents of compliance profiles . 7
Table B.1 – Device configurability classes (informative) . 10

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FUNCTION BLOCKS –
Part 4: Rules for compliance profiles

FOREWORD
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International Standard IEC 61499-4 has been prepared by subcommittee 65B: Measurement
and control devices, of IEC technical committee 65: Industrial-process measurement, control
and automation.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2005. This edition
constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous
edition:
Table B.1 has been updated for consistency with Table 8 of IEC 61499-1:2013.

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The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
65B/854/FDIS 65B/862/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 the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
A list of all parts of the IEC 61499 series, published under the general title Function blocks,
can be found on the IEC website.
Terms defined in IEC 61499-1, IEC 61499-2 and this standard are italicized.
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.
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FUNCTION BLOCKS –
Part 4: Rules for compliance profiles

1 Scope
This part of IEC 61499 defines rules for the development of compliance profiles, which specify
the features of IEC 61499-1 and 61499-2 to be implemented in order to promote the following
attributes of IEC 61499-based systems, devices and software tools:
• interoperability of devices from multiple suppliers;
• portability of software between software tools of multiple suppliers; and
• configurability of devices from multiple vendors by software tools of multiple suppliers.
These attributes are illustrated in Figure 1.
portability
Software tool 1 Software tool 2
…other tools and devices.
configurability
interoperability
Device 1 Device 2
Sensor/ Sensor/
Actuator Actuator
Link #1 Link #2
IEC  274/13
NOTE 1 The sensor/actuator links designated #1 and #2 in Figure 1 may be non-interoperable. However, it is
intended that systems complying with a particular profile may show the transfer of events and data from sensors on
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