IEC 61158-6-14:2007

IEC 61158-6-14
Edition 1.0 2007-12
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
Industrial communication networks – Fieldbus specifications –
Part 6-14: Application layer protocol specification – Type 14 elements

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IEC 61158-6-14
Edition 1.0 2007-12
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
Industrial communication networks – Fieldbus specifications –
Part 6-14: Application layer protocol specification – Type 14 elements

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
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ICS 35.100.70; 25.040.40 ISBN 2-8318-9489-1

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD.7

INTRODUCTION.9

1 Scope.10

1.1 General .10

1.2 Specifications .10

1.3 Conformance.10

2 Normative references .11

3 Terms, definitions, symbols, abbreviations and conventions .11
3.1 Referenced terms and definitions .11
3.2 Fieldbus application layer specific terms and definitions .13
3.3 Abbreviations and symbols .15
3.4 Conventions .16
4 Abstract syntax.18
4.1 Fixed format PDU description .18
4.2 Object definitions in FAL management ASE.26
4.3 Definition of objects used in EPA application access entity.32
5 Transfer syntax.35
5.1 Encodingof basic data types .35
5.2 Encoding of EPA APDU header .41
5.3 Encoding of FAL management entity service parameters.41
5.4 Encoding of AAE Services .48
6 Structure of FAL protocol state machines .55
7 AP-Context state machine .55
7.1 Primitives exchanged between ALU and ALE.55
7.2 Protocol state machine descriptions .56
7.3 State transitions .56
7.4 Function descriptions .63
8 FAL management state machines .63
8.1 Primitives .63
8.2 Protocol state machine descriptions .65
8.3 State transitions .65
8.4 Function descriptions .67

9 Application access entity protocol machine.73
9.1 Primitives .73
9.2 AAE state machine .74
9.3 Event ASE protocol machine .77
9.4 Domain ASE protocol machine .78
10 Application relationship state machine.82
10.1 Primitives .82
10.2 AREP state description.84
10.3 State transitions .84
10.4 Function descriptions .85
11 DLL mapping protocol machine.86
11.1 Concept.86
11.2 Primitives .86

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11.3 State description .87

11.4 State transitions .87

11.5 Function description .88

Bibliography.89

Figure 1 – State transition diagram .17

Figure 2 – Exchanged primitives of protocol state machine .55

Figure 3 – ACE protocol state machine .56

Figure 4 – FME protocol state machine .65

Figure 5 – AAE state transition diagrams .75
Figure 6 – Event ASE state transition diagrams .77
Figure 7 – Domain ASE state transition diagram .79
Figure 8 – AREP state transition diagrams.84
Figure 9 – ESME state transition.87

Table 1 – State machine description elements .17
Table 2 – Definition of EPA MOB header object .26
Table 3 – Definition of EPA device descriptor object .26
Table 4 – Definition of the time synchronization object.27
Table 5 – Definition of maximum response time object.28
Table 6 – Definition of the EPA communication scheduling management object .28
Table 7 – Definition of the device application information object .28
Table 8 – Definition of FB application information header.29
Table 9 – Definition of domain application information header.29
Table 10 – Definition of EPA link object header.30
Table 11 – Definition of FB application information object .30
Table 12 – Definition of EPA link object .31
Table 13 – Definition of domain application information object .31
Table 14 – Definition of domain object .32
Table 15 – Definition of simple variable object .33
Table 16 – Definition of event object .33

Table 17 – Definition of EPA socket mapping object .34
Table 18 – Definition of EPA socket timer object .34
Table 19 – Definition of ErrorType object .35
Table 20 – Encoding of Boolean value TRUE.35
Table 21 – Encoding of Boolean value FALSE .35
Table 22 – Encoding of Unsigned8 data type .35
Table 23 – Encoding of Unsigned16 data type .36
Table 24 – Encoding of Unsigned32 data type .36
Table 25 – Encoding of Unsigned64 data type .36
Table 26 – Encoding of Int8 data type .37
Table 27 – Encoding of Int16 data type .37
Table 28 – Encoding of Int32 data type .37

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Table 29 – Encoding of Int64 data type .37

Table 30 – Encoding of Real type .38

Table 31 – Encoding of VisibleString data type .38

Table 32 – Encoding of OctetString data type .38

Table 33 – Encoding of BitString data type .39

Table 34 – Encoding of TimeOfDay data type .39

Table 35 – Encoding of BinaryDate data type.40

Table 36 – Encoding of TimeDifference data type .41

Table 37 – Encoding of EPA application layer service message header .41
Table 38 – Encoding of EM_DetectingDevice request parameters.42
Table 39 – Encoding of EM_OnlineReply request parameters .42
Table 40 – Encoding of EM_GetDeviceAttribute request paramete
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