FOUNDATION fieldbus High-Speed Ethernet

By Control Engineering Staff March 7, 2001

Austin, Tex. -FOUNDATION fieldbus High-Speed Ethernet (HSE), at 100 Mbit/sec, was released in final specifications (1.0) in March 2000; a testing kit for HSE linking devices-to subsystems of H1 (31.25 kbit/sec) devices-was available December 2000. HSE, Type 5 of the IEC 61158 Fieldbus standard, includes Publisher/Subscriber services. HSE/H1 aim to integrate sensor, process/discrete control, and hybrid/batch control subsystems with supervisory, ERP, and other applications. Fieldbus Foundation www.fieldbus.org

At a glance…

  • 100 Mbit/sec final specs in March `00

  • Test kit for linking HSE to 31.25 kbit/sec H1 devices in Dec. `00

  • Type 5 IEC 61158

  • Publish/subscribe

  • Integrates process with enterprise

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