Fieldbuses Working Group

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Fieldbuses Working Group

Mandate

  The creation of this second Working Group on Fieldbuses was decided by the Controls Board at the meeting of 22 June 2000.

 The objective of this Working Group on Fieldbuses in Controls at CERN is to:

• review the evolution of the three fieldbuses standardized in 1996 (CAN, Profibus and WorldFIP) and extend the recommendation if necessary
• select a process control layer for WorldFIP (similar to Profibus PA which was defined for Profibus)
• study the availability of the sensors and actuators for the three recommended fieldbuses
• recommend fieldbus protocols if appropriate
• recommend cabling and connectors when they are not defined in the
  standards
• review the support given by CERN to the recommended fieldbuses
• estimate the possible potential of Ethernet for controls
• provide tools to guide future users in their early investigations.

Members and e-mail address

• G. Baribaud/SL - Chairman
• R. Barillère/IT, D. Blanc/ST, A. Bland/SL, D. Brahy/LHC, M. Beharrell/IT, R. Brun/LHC, E. Carlier/SL, P.Gayet/LHC, L. Guerrero/IT, F. Locci/PS, R. Rausch/SL.
• E-mail: fieldbus-wg@cern.ch

Recommendations

• Use of Fieldbuses at CERN.
• Recommandation of Fieldbuses Installation - PDF file [En - Fr].