IEC 62769-2:2021

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Field device integration (FDI) –
Part 2: FDI Client
Intégration des appareils de terrain (FDI) –
Partie 2: Client FDI
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IEC 62769-2 ®
Edition 2.0 2021-02
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
colour
inside
Field device integration (FDI) –

Part 2: FDI Client
Intégration des appareils de terrain (FDI) –

Partie 2: Client FDI
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
INTERNATIONALE
ICS 25.040.40; 35.100.05 ISBN 978-2-8322-9309-6

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 10
INTRODUCTION . 12
1 Scope . 13
2 Normative references . 13
3 Terms, definitions, abbreviated terms and conventions . 14
3.1 Terms and definitions . 14
3.1.1 Terms used for Services . 14
3.1.2 Terms used for Device Access Services . 15
3.2 Abbreviated terms . 15
3.3 Conventions . 15
4 Overview . 16
5 FDI Client . 17
5.1 Device Access Services . 17
5.1.1 General . 17
5.1.2 Device Model . 17
5.1.3 Node model . 19
5.1.4 Services . 26
5.1.5 Base Property Services . 30
5.1.6 Device Model Services . 31
5.1.7 Locking Services . 44
5.1.8 Direct Access Services . 46
5.1.9 Data types . 48
5.2 Hosting Services . 53
5.2.1 General . 53
5.2.2 Services . 53
5.2.3 Parameter Type Definitions . 65
6 UIP . 67
6.1 UIP Services . 67
6.1.1 Services . 67
6.1.2 Parameter type definitions . 70
6.2 UIP instantiation rules . 72
6.3 UIP state machine. 72
6.3.1 States . 72
6.3.2 State transitions . 73
6.4 UIP permissions and restrictions . 74
6.4.1 Introduction . 74
6.4.2 Access to local file system . 74
6.4.3 Export/Import of files . 74
6.4.4 Inter-Process Communication (IPC) . 74
6.4.5 Open files based on MIME Type . 75
6.4.6 Access to resources . 75
6.5 UIP deployment . 75
6.5.1 UIP downloads from FDI Server . 75
6.5.2 UIP management on FDI Client. 76
7 Actions . 77

7.1 General . 77
7.2 Sequence diagram . 77
7.3 FDI Action schema definition. 80
8 User Interface Description (UID) . 81
8.1 Overview. 81
8.2 UID execution . 83
Annex A (normative) XML schema . 87
A.1 General . 87
A.2 AbortRequestT . 87
A.3 AccessT . 87
A.4 AcknowledgementRequestT . 88
A.5 ActionListT . 88
A.6 AbortingNotificationT . 89
A.7 ActionRequestT . 89
A.8 ActionResponseT . 90
A.9 ActionT . 91
A.10 AxisListT . 92
A.11 AxisT . 92
A.12 BitEnumerationItemListT . 93
A.13 BitEnumerationItemT . 93
A.14 ButtonListT . 94
A.15 ChartT . 94
A.16 ChartTypeT . 95
A.17 ColorNameT . 96
A.18 ColorT. 97
A.19 ColorValueT . 97
A.20 ColumnBreakT . 97
A.21 DateTimeDataT . 98
A.22 DelayMessageRequestT . 98
A.23 DiagramLineT . 99
A.24 EnumerationItemListT . 100
A.25 EnumerationItemT . 100
A.26 FormatSpecifierT . 101
A.27 GraphT . 101
A.28 GridT . 102
A.29 HandlingT . 102
A.30 ImageT . 103
A.31 InfoRequestT . 104
A.32 InputRequestT . 104
A.33 InputResponseT . 105
A.34 InputValueT . 105
A.35 InputValueTypeT . 106
A.36 LabelHelpT . 106
A.37 LabelT . 107
A.38 LineTypeT . 107
A.39 MenuT . 108
A.40 MenuReferenceT . 110
A.41 MenuStyleT. 111
A.42 NumericDataT . 111

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A.43 NumericTemplateT . 112
A.44 OptionListT . 112
A.45 OrientationT . 113
A.46 ParameterInputRequestT . 113
A.47 ParameterListT . 114
A.48 ParameterT . 114
A.49 PluginT . 116
A.50 RangeListT . 116
A.51 RangeT . 117
A.52 ResponseT . 117
A.53 RowBreakT . 117
A.54 ScalingT . 118
A.55 SelectionRequestT . 118
A.56 SelectionResponseT . 119
A.57 SeparatorT . 119
A.58 SizeT . 119
A.59 ParameterClassT . 120
A.60 ActionClassT . 121
A.61 SourceListT . 123
A.62 SourceT . 124
A.63 StringDataT . 124
A.64 StringTemplateT . 125
A.65 StringOptionListT . 125
A.66 StringOptionT . 126
A.67 StringT . 126
A.68 TimeScaleT. 127
A.69 UidLayoutInformation . 127
A.70 UidRequestT . 128
A.71 UidResponseT . 128
A.72 UiElementSizeableT . 129
A.73 UiElementT . 129
A.74 UiTemplateT . 130
A.75 VariantT . 131
A.76 VariantOptionListT . 132
A.77 VariantOptionT . 132
A.78 VectorListT . 133
A.79 VectorT . 133
A.80 WaveformListT . 134
A.81 WaveformT . 134
A.82 WaveformTypeT . 135
A.83 WaveformTypeHorizontalT . 135
A.84 WaveformTypeVerticalT . 135
A.85 WaveformTypeYTT . 136
A.86 WaveformTypeXYT . 137
A.87 WaveformKeyPointListT . 138
A.88 WaveformVectorT . 138
A.89 WaveformVectorElementListT . 139
A.90 WaveformVectorElementT. 139
Annex B (informative) Action example . 141

Annex C (informative) Typical FDI Client use cases . 150
C.1 General . 150
C.2 Bulk operations . 150
C.3 Progress bar support . 150
Bibliography . 152

Figure 1 – FDI architecture diagram . 13
Figure 2 – Overall structure of a Device . 18
Figure 3 – Structure of Blocks . 19
Figure 4 – Device Model NodeClasses . 19
Figure 5 – Example: Variable hierarchy representing a RECORD . 24
Figure 6 – Variable hierarchy representing a VALUE_ARRAY of RECORDs. 25
Figure 7 – UIP state machine . 73
Figure 8 – FDI Action sequence diagram . 78
Figure 9 – User Interface Descriptions . 82
Figure 10 – User Interface Description sequence diagram . 84
Figure B.1 – Action example (step 1) . 144
Figure B.2 – Action example (step 2) . 145
Figure B.3 – Action example (step 3) . 146
Figure B.4 – Action example (step 4) . 147
Figure B.5 – Action example (step 5) . 148
Figure B.6 – Action example (step 6) . 149
Figure C.1 – Progress bar support . 151

Table 1 – BaseNodeClass Attributes . 20
Table 2 – Object NodeClass Attributes . 20
Table 3 – Variable NodeClass Attributes . 21
Table 4 – Parsing of the initial bytes . 23
Table 5 – Service Definition Table . 26
Table 6 – StatusCode Bit Assignments . 28
Table 7 – DataValue InfoBits . 28
Table 8 – Service result codes . 29
Table 9 – Operation level result codes . 29
Table 10 – GetDeviceAccessInterfaceVersion Service parameters . 31
Table 11 – GetOnlineAccessAvailability Service parameters . 31
Table 12 – Browse Service parameters . 32
Table 13 – CancelBrowse Service parameters . 33
Table 14 – Read Service parameters . 34
Table 15 – Read Service result codes . 34
Table 16 – Read operation result codes . 35
Table 17 – CancelRead Service parameters . 36
Table 18 – Write Service parameters . 37
Table 19 – Write operation result codes . 37

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Table 20 – CancelWrite Service parameters . 38
Table 21 – CreateSubscription Service parameters . 39
Table 22 – CreateSubscription Service result codes . 39
Table 23 – Subscribe Service parameters . 40
Table 24 – Subscribe operation result codes . 42
Table 25 – Unsubscribe Service Parameters . 42
Table 26 – Unsubscribe operation result codes . 42
Table 27 – DeleteSubscription Service parameters . 43
Table 28 – DataChangeCallback Service parameters . 43
Table 29 – DataChangeCallback result codes . 44
Table 30 – InitLock Service parameters . 45
Table 31 – InitLock Service result codes . 45
Table 32 – ExitLock Service parameters . 45
Table 33 – ExitLock Service result codes . 45
Table 34 – InitDirectAccess Service parameters . 46
Table 35 – InitDirectAccess Service result codes . 47
Table 36 – ExitDirectAccess Service parameters . 47
Table 37 – ExitDirectAccess Service result codes . 47
Table 38 – Transfer Service parameters . 48
Table 39 – Transfer Service result codes . 48
Table 40 – Base data types . 48
Table 41 – Identifiers assigned to Attributes . 49
Table 42 – NodeSpecifier . 50
Table 43 – DataValue . 50
Table 44 – InnerErrorInfo . 51
Table 45 – LocalizedText Definition . 51
Table 46 – LocaleId Examples . 52
Table 47 – Range Data Type Structure . 52
Table 48 – EUInformation Data Type Structure . 53
Table 49 – EnumValueType Definition . 53
Table 50 – GetClientTechnologyVersion Service parameters . 54
Table 51 – OpenUserInterface Service parameters . 54
Table 52 – LogAuditTrailMessage Service parameters . 55
Table 53 – SaveUserSettings Service parameters . 56
Table 54 – LoadUserSettings Service parameters . 56
Table 55 – Trace Service parameters . 56
Table 56 – ShowMessageBox Service parameters . 57
Table 57 – ShowProgressBar Service parameters . 57
Table 58 – UpdateShowProgressBar Service parameters . 58
Table 59 – EndShowProgressBar Service parameters . 58
Table 60 – StandardUIActionItemsChange Service parameters . 59
Table 61 – SpecificUIActionItemsChange Service parameters . 59
Table 62 – InitExportFile Service parameters . 60

Table 63 – WriteExportFile Service parameters . 60
Table 64 – FinishExportFile Service parameters . 61
Table 65 – InitImportFile Service parameters . 61
Table 66 – ReadImportFile Service parameters . 62
Table 67 – FinishImportFile Service parameters . 62
Table 68 – InitOpenDefaultApplication Service parameters . 63
Table 69 – WriteOpenDefaultApplication Service parameters . 64
Table 70 – FinishOpenDefaultApplication Service parameters . 64
Table 71 – GetHostingProperties Service parameters . 65
Table 72 – GetHostingProperties Key Value Pairs . 65
Table 73 – DefaultResult definition . 66
Table 74 – ButtonSet definition . 66
Table 75 – AcknStyle definition . 66
Table 76 – Activate Service parameters . 67
Table 77 – Deactivate Service parameters . 68
Table 78 – SetSystemLabel Service parameters . 68
Table 79 – SetTraceLevel Service parameters . 69
Table 80 – GetStandardUIActionItems Service parameters . 69
Table 81 – GetSpecificUIActionItems Service parameters . 70
Table 82 – InvokeStandardUIAction Service parameters . 70
Table 83 – InvokeSpecificUIAction Service parameters . 70
Table 84 – TraceLevel definition . 71
Table 85 – StandardUIAction definition . 71
Table 86 – StandardUIActionItem definition . 72
Table 87 – SpecificUIActionItem definition . 72
Table 88 – UIP states . 73
Table 89 – UIP state transitions . 73
Table A.1 – Elements of AbortRequestT . 87
Table A.2 – Enumerations of AccessT. 88
Table A.3 – Elements of AcknowledgementRequestT . 88
Table A.4 – Elements of ActionListT . 88
Table A.5 – Elements of ActionRequestT . 90
Table A.6 – Elements of ActionResponseT . 91
Table A.7 – Elements of ActionT . 91
Table A.8 – Elements of AxisListT . 92
Table A.9 – Attributes of AxisT . 93
Table A.10 – Elements of AxisT . 93
Table A.11 – Elements of BitEnumerationItemListT . 93
Table A.12 – Elements of BitEnumerationItemT . 94
Table A.13 – Elements of ButtonListT . 94
Table A.14 – Elements of ChartT . 95
Table A.15 – Enumerations of ChartTypeT . 96
Table A.16 – Enumerations of ColorNameT . 97

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Table A.17 – Enumerations of DateTimeDataT. 98
Table A.18 – Elements of DelayMessageRequestT . 99
Table A.19 – Attributes of DiagramLineT . 99
Table A.20 – Elements of DiagramLineT . 100
Table A.21 – Elements of EnumerationItemListT . 100
Table A.22 – Elements of EnumerationItemT . 101
Table A.23 – Elements of GraphT . 102
Table A.24 – Elements of GridT . 102
Table A.25 – Enumerations of HandlingT . 103
Table A.26 – Attributes of ImageT . 104
Table A.27 – Elements of ImageT . 104
Table A.28 – Elements of InfoRequestT . 104
Table A.29 – Elements of InputRequestT . 105
Table A.30 – Elements of InputResponseT . 105
Table A.31 – Elements of InputValueT . 106
Table A.32 – Elements of InputValueTypeT . 106
Table A.33 – Elements of LabelHelpT . 107
Table A.34 – Elements of LabelT . 107
Table A.35 – Enumerations of LineTypeT . 108
Table A.36 – Attributes of MenuT . 109
Table A.37 – Elements of MenuT . 110
Table A.38 – Attributes of MenuReferenceT . 110
Table A.39 – Elements of MenuReferenceT . 110
Table A.40 – Enumerations of MenuStyleT . 111
Table A.41 – Enumerations of NumericDataT . 112
Table A.42 – Elements of NumericTemplateT . 112
Table A.43 – Elements of OptionListT . 113
Table A.44 – Enumerations of OrientationT . 113
Table A.45 – Elements of ParameterInputRequestT . 113
Table A.46 – Elements of ParameterListT . 114
Table A.47 – Elements of ParameterT. 115
Table A.48 – Elements of PluginT . 116
Table A.49 – Elements of RangeListT . 117
Table A.50 – Elements of RangeT . 117
Table A.51 – Enumerations of ScalingT . 118
Table A.52 – Elements of SelectionRequestT . 118
Table A.53 – Elements of SelectionResponseT . 119
Table A.54 – Enumerations of SizeT . 120
Table A.55 – Enumerations of ParameterClassT . 121
Table A.56 – Enumerations of ActionClassT . 123
Table A.57 – Elements of SourceListT . 124
Table A.58 – Elements of SourceT . 124
Table A.59 – Enumerations of StringDataT . 125
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