ISA Standards: Update on security, hazardous area equipment, EDDL

Recent standards developments at ISA include ISA99: Security for Industrial Automation & Control Systems, ISA12: Electrical Equipment for Hazardous Locations, and ISA104: Electronic Device Description Language (EDDL).

By Control Engineering Staff October 26, 2007

Recent standards developments at ISA include the following.

ISA99: Security for Industrial Automation & Control Systems

. The ISASP99 committee has made substantial progress on several fronts in its work to develop standards and guidelines for the electronic security of industrial automation and control systems.

ISA12: Electrical Equipment for Hazardous Locations

. ISA has published ANSI/ISA-12.12.01, “Nonincendive Electrical Equipment for Use in Class I and II, Division 2 and Class III, Divisions 1 and 2 Hazardous (Classified) Locations.” The standard provides minimum requirements for the design, construction, and marking of electrical equipment or parts of such equipment for use in Class I and Class II, Division 2 and Class III, Divisions 1 and 2 hazardous (classified) locations.

ISA104: Electronic Device Description Language – EDDL

. An ISA technical report supporting Electronic Device Description (EDD) interoperability has received final approval from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). ANSI/ISA-TR61804-4 (104.00.02)-2007, Function Blocks (FB) for Process Control – Part 4: Electronic Device Description (EDD) Interoperability Guideline, is the official United States adoption of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) technical report of the same title.

At least five

ISA standards-related meetings are scheduled in the next few months

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—Edited by Mark T. Hoske, editor in chief MHoske@cfemedia.com
Control Engineering News Desk
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