IEC 61499-4:2005

INTERNATIONAL IEC
STANDARD 61499-4
First edition
2005-08
Function blocks –
Part 4:
Rules for compliance profiles
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INTERNATIONAL IEC
STANDARD 61499-4
First edition
2005-08
Function blocks –
Part 4:
Rules for compliance profiles
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD.3
1 Scope.5
2 Normative references .5
3 Terms and definitions .6
4 Contents of compliance profiles.6
4.1 Structure of compliance profiles .6
4.2 General provisions of a compliance profile .7
4.2.1 Scope.7
4.2.2 References to normative documents.7
4.2.3 Terms and definitions .7
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

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International Standard IEC 61499-4 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 65:
Industrial-process measurement and control.
This standard cancels and replaces IEC/PAS 61499-4 published in 2002.
This first edition constitutes a technical revision.
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IEC 61499 consists of the following parts, under the general title Function blocks:
Part 1: Architecture
Part 2: Software tool requirements
Part 3: Tutorial information
Part 4: Rules for compliance profiles
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the data related to the specific publication. At this date, the publication will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
A bilingual edition of this standard may be issued at a later date.

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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  1170/05
Figure 1 – Topics addressed by compliance profiles
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
one link to actuators on another link using appropriately configu
...