IEC 61784-5-12:2018

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IEC 61784-5-12 ®
Edition 2.0 2018-08
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
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Industrial communication networks – Profiles –

Part 5-12: Installation of fieldbuses – Installation profiles for CPF 12

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
ICS 25.040.40; 35.100.40 ISBN 978-2-8322-5942-9

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 4
INTRODUCTION . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references . 7
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms . 7
4 CPF 12: Overview of installation profiles . 7
5 Installation profile conventions . 8
6 Conformance to installation profiles . 8
Annex A (normative) CP 12/1 + CP 12/2 (EtherCAT™) specific installation profile . 10
A.1 Installation profile scope . 10
A.2 Normative references . 10
A.3 Installation profile terms, definitions, and abbreviated terms . 10
A.3.1 Terms and definitions . 10
A.3.2 Abbreviated terms . 10
A.3.3 Conventions for installation profiles . 10
A.4 Installation planning . 10
A.4.1 General . 10
A.4.2 Planning requirements . 11
A.4.3 Network capabilities. 11
A.4.4 Selection and use of cabling components . 14
A.4.5 Cabling planning documentation . 19
A.4.6 Verification of cabling planning specification . 19
A.5 Installation implementation . 19
A.5.1 General requirements . 19
A.5.2 Cable installation . 19
A.5.3 Connector installation . 19
A.5.4 Terminator installation . 19
A.5.5 Device installation . 20
A.5.6 Coding and labelling . 20
A.5.7 Earthing and bonding of equipment and devices and shield cabling . 20
A.5.8 As-implemented cabling documentation . 20
A.6 Installation verification and installation acceptance test . 20
A.6.1 General . 20
A.6.2 Installation verification . 20
A.6.3 Installation acceptance test . 21
A.7 Installation administration . 21
A.8 Installation maintenance and installation troubleshooting . 22

Figure 1 – Standards relationships . 6

Table A.1 – Network characteristics for balanced cabling based on Ethernet . 12
Table A.2 – Network characteristics for optical fibre cabling . 13
Table A.3 – Information relevant to copper cable: CP12/1, CP12/2 fixed cables . 14
Table A.4 – Information relevant to copper cable: CP12/1, CP12/2 flexible cables . 15
Table A.5 –Information relevant to copper cable: CP12/1, CP12/2 special cables . 15

Table A.6 – Information relevant to optical fibre cables . 16
Table A.7 – Connectors for balanced cabling CPs based on Ethernet . 17
Table A.8 – Optical fibre connecting hardware . 17
Table A.9 – Relationship between FOC and fibre types (CP 12/1 and CP 12/2) . 17

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FOREWORD
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International Standard IEC 61784-5-12 has been prepared by subcommittee 65C: Industrial
networks, of IEC technical committee 65: Industrial-process measurement, control and
automation.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2010 and
Amendment 1:2015. This edition constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous
edition:
a) addition of connectors (see A.4.4.2.2);
b) alignment with IEC 61918:2018.
This standard is to be used in conjunction with IEC 61918:2018.

The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
65C/924/FDIS 65C/925/RVD
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the report on voting indicated in the above table.
This document has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
A list of all parts of the IEC 61784-5 series, published under the general title Industrial
communication networks – Profiles – Installation of fieldbuses, can be found on the IEC
website.
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INTRODUCTION
This International Standard is one of a series produced to facilitate the use of communication
networks in industrial control systems.
IEC 61918:2018provides the
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