When work on Foundation Fieldbus specification was completed in 1994, there were very few fieldbus products on the market and even fewer control systems that supported these devices. The function block team discussed the need to communicate the advantages of fieldbus to inform the industry of this technology. Thus, Tom Kinney (Foxboro), Marcos Peluso (SMAR), and Emerson's Terry Blevins worked together to present a fieldbus tutorial at ISA1995 conference. In this tutorial, they gave an overview of the technology to a standing room only audience.

For the next seven years, Marcos – who is now with Emerson – and Terry Blevins continued to host a fieldbus tutorial each year at ISA. In each tutorial, they focused on a different aspect of fieldbus installation and application. Much of the material from these tutorials is found in this 12-Part Presentation Series and will help you quickly get up-to-speed on fieldbus basics.

Part 1 - Fieldbus Overview
Coverage: Basic Concepts, Interoperability, Benefits from Fieldbus Installations, Availability of Fieldbus Devices
(2MB PDF)

Part 2 - Justifying Fieldbus
Coverage: Fieldbus Savings from Physical Installation, Commissioning, Maintenance
(1.10MB PDF)

Part 3 - Example Applications
Coverage: Example Application, World's First Installation, Fieldbus Installation at ARCO
(896KB PDF)

Part 4 - Installation of Fieldbus
Coverage: Foundation Physical Layer, Choosing Components and Layout, System Design, Field Checkout and Commissioning, Trouble Shooting a Fieldbus System
(6.35MB PDF)

Part 5 - Devices Available
Coverage: Examples of Fieldbus Devices, Manufacturers
(455KB PDF)

Part 6 - Fieldbus Standard
Coverage: Overview of IEC Fieldbus Standards, Fieldbus Foundation
(64KB PDF)

Part 7 - Fieldbus Communication
Coverage: Foundation Communications Stack, Communication Between Devices, Expected H1 Performance, High Speed Ethernet Support
(0.98MB PDF)

Part 8 - Fieldbus Function Blocks
Coverage: Standard Blocks, Block Examples
(2.50MB PDF)

Part 9 - Fieldbus Diagnostics
Coverage: Introduction, Level of Diagnostics, Function Block Diagnostics, Resource Block Diagnostics, Transducer Block Diagnostics
(2.05MB PDF)

Part 10 - Fieldbus EDDL
Coverage: EDDL Language, DD’s for Host, New EDDL Features, Examples
(1.80MB PDF)

Part 11 - HSE Fieldbus
Coverage: High Speed Ethernet(HSE), HSE Communications Stack, Linking Devices, Physical Wiring, Flexible Function Block, Examples
(1.34MB PDF)

Part 12 - Advanced Functionality
Coverage: Process Variability, Commissioning PID
(805KB PDF)

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