Industrial communication networks - Fieldbus specifications - Part 6-4: Application layer protocol specification - Type 4 elements (IEC 61158-6-4:2014)

IEC 61158-6-4-:2014 defines the protocol provided to define the wire-representation of the service primitives defined in IEC 61158-5-4, and define the externally visible behavior associated with their transfer. This standard specifies the protocol of the Type 4 fieldbus application layer, in conformance with the OSI Basic Reference Model (ISO/IEC 7498-1) and the OSI application layer structure (ISO/IEC 9545). This secod edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2007 and constitutes a technical revision. The main changes are: editorial improvements and corrections.

Industrielle Kommunikationsnetze - Feldbusse - Teil 6-4: Protokollspezifikation des Application Layer (Anwendungsschicht) - Typ 4-Elemente (IEC 61158-6-4:2014)

Réseaux de communication industriels - Spécifications des bus de terrain - Partie 6-4: Spécification du protocole de la couche application - Eléments de type 4 (CEI 61158-6-4:2014)

L'IEC 61158-6-4:2014 décrit le protocole mis en place pour définir la représentation filaire des primitives de service définies dans la CEI 61158-5-4 et définir le comportement visible de l'extérieur associé à leur transfert. La présente norme spécifie le protocole de la couche application de bus de terrain de Type 4, en conformité avec le modèle de référence de base OSI (ISO/CEI 7498-1) et la structure de la couche application OSI (ISO/CEI 9545). Cette deuxième édition annule et remplace la première édition parue en 2007. Elle constitue une révision technique. Les principales modifications sont: améliorations éditoriales et corrections éditoriales.

Industrijska komunikacijska omrežja - Specifikacije za procesna vodila - 6-4. del: Specifikacija protokola na aplikacijski ravni - Elementi tipa 4 (IEC 61158-6-4:2014)

Aplikacijski nivo procesnih vodil (FAL) omogoča uporabniškim programom dostop do komunikacijskega okolja procesnih vodil. Glede na to je mogoče aplikacijski nivo procesnih vodil obravnavati kot »okno med ustreznimi aplikacijami«. Ta standard določa skupne elemente za osnovne časovno kritične in časovno nekritične sporočilne komunikacije med aplikacijami v avtomatizacijskem okolju in material, specifičen za procesna vodila tipa 3. Izraz »časovno kritičen« se uporablja za predstavitev prisotnosti časovnega okna, v okviru katerega se zahteva dokončanje enega ali več opredeljenih dejanj z določeno stopnjo gotovosti. Zaradi neuspešnega dokončanja opredeljenih dejanj v časovnem oknu je možna odpoved aplikacij, ki zahtevajo dejanja, pri čemer so ogroženi oprema, obrat in morda človeška življenja.
Ta standard na abstrakten način določa na zunaj vidno opravilo, ki ga zagotavlja aplikacijski nivo procesnih vodil tipa 3 v smislu
a) abstraktne sintakse, ki določa podatkovne enote protokola aplikacijskega nivoja, ki se prenašajo med aplikacijskimi osebki, ki komunicirajo,
a) prenosne sintakse, ki določa podatkovne enote protokola aplikacijskega nivoja, ki se prenašajo med aplikacijskimi osebki, ki komunicirajo,
c) stroja stanja aplikacijskega konteksta, ki opredeljuje vedenje aplikacijskega opravila, vidnega med aplikacijskimi osebki, ki komunicirajo, in
d) strojev stanja aplikacijskega razmerja, ki opredeljujejo komunikacijsko vedenje med aplikacijskimi osebki, ki komunicirajo.
Namen tega standarda je opredeliti protokol, ki se zagotavlja za
a) določitev žične predstavitve primitivov opravil iz standarda IEC 61158-5-3 in
b) določitev zunanje vidnega vedenja, povezanega z njihovim prenosom.
Ta standard določa protokol aplikacijskega nivoja procesnih vodil tipa 3 v skladu z osnovnim referenčnim modelom OSI (ISO/IEC 7498-1) in strukturo aplikacijskega nivoja OSI (ISO/IEC 9545). Opravila in protokole aplikacijskega nivoja procesnih vodil zagotavljajo aplikacijski osebki (AE) aplikacijskega nivoja procesnih vodil znotraj aplikacijskih procesov. Aplikacijski osebek aplikacijskega nivoja procesnih vodil sestavljata sklop objektno usmerjenih aplikacijskih opravilnih elementov (ASE) in osebek za upravljanje nivojev (LME), ki upravlja aplikacijski osebek. Aplikacijski opravilni elementi zagotavljajo komunikacijska opravila, ki delujejo na sklopu povezanih razredov objektov aplikacijskega procesa (APO). Med aplikacijske opravilne elemente aplikacijskega nivoja procesnih vodil spada aplikacijski opravilni element za upravljanje, ki zagotavlja skupen
sklop opravil za upravljanje primerkov razredov aplikacijskega nivoja procesnih vodil. Čeprav ta opravila določajo način izdajanja in dostavljanja zahtev in odzivov z vidika aplikacij, ne zajemajo specifikacije v zvezi s tem, kako naj se nanje odzovejo aplikacije, ki te zahteve in odzive oddajajo. To pomeni, da vedenjski vidiki aplikacij niso določeni; določena je samo definicija, katere zahteve in odzive lahko pošiljajo/prejemajo. Tako se uporabnikom aplikacijskega nivoja procesnih vodil omogoči večja prilagodljivost pri standardizaciji takega vedenja objektov. Poleg teh opravil so v tem standardu opredeljena tudi nekatera podporna opravila, da se omogoči dostop do aplikacijskega nivoja procesnih vodil za nadzorovanje nekaterih vidikov njegovega delovanja.

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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 61158-6-4:2015
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SIST EN 61158-6-4:2008
Industrijska komunikacijska omrežja - Specifikacije za procesna vodila - 6-4. del:
Specifikacija protokola na aplikacijski ravni - Elementi tipa 4 (IEC 61158-6-4:2014)
Industrial communication networks - Fieldbus specifications - Part 6-4: Application layer
protocol specification - Type 4 elements (IEC 61158-6-4:2014)
Industrielle Kommunikationsnetze - Feldbusse - Teil 6-4: Protokollspezifikation des
Application Layer (Anwendungsschicht) - Typ 4-Elemente (IEC 61158-6-4:2014)
Réseaux de communication industriels - Spécifications des bus de terrain - Partie 6-4:
Spécification du protocole de la couche application - Eléments de type 4 (CEI 61158-6-
4:2014)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 61158-6-4:2014
ICS:
25.040.40 Merjenje in krmiljenje Industrial process
industrijskih postopkov measurement and control
35.100.70 Uporabniški sloj Application layer
35.110 Omreževanje Networking
SIST EN 61158-6-4:2015 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 61158-6-4

NORME EUROPÉENNE

EUROPÄISCHE NORM
October 2014
ICS 25.040.40; 35.100.70; 35.110 Supersedes EN 61158-6-4:2008
English Version
Industrial communication networks - Fieldbus specifications -
Part 6-4: Application layer protocol specification - Type 4
elements
(IEC 61158-6-4:2014)
Réseaux de communication industriels - Spécifications des Industrielle Kommunikationsnetze - Feldbusse - Teil 6-4:
bus de terrain - Partie 6-4: Spécification du protocole de la Protokollspezifikation des Application Layer
couche application - Eléments de type 4 (Anwendungsschicht) - Typ 4-Elemente
(CEI 61158-6-4:2014) (IEC 61158-6-4:2014)
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Foreword
The text of document 65C/764/FDIS, future edition 2 of IEC 61158-6-4, prepared by SC 65C
"Industrial networks" of IEC/TC 65 "Industrial-process measurement, control and automation" was
submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as EN 61158-6-4:2014.
The following dates are fixed:
(dop) 2015-06-23
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at
national level by publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
(dow) 2017-09-23
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with
the document have to be withdrawn

This document supersedes EN 61158-6-4:2008.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC [and/or CEN] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such
patent rights.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CENELEC by the European Commission
and the European Free Trade Association.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 61158-6-4:2014 was approved by CENELEC as a
European Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards indicated:
IEC 61158-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61158-1.
IEC 61158-4-4 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61158-4-4.
IEC 61784-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61784-1.
IEC 61784-2 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61784-2.

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Annex ZA
(normative)

Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are
indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated
references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE 1 When an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod),
the relevant EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2 Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is
available here: www.cenelec.eu.

Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 61158-3-4 -  Industrial communication networks - EN 61158-3-4 -
Fieldbus specifications -
Part 3-4: Data-link layer service definition -
Type 4 elements
IEC 61158-5-4 -  Industrial communication networks - EN 61158-5-4 -
Fieldbus specifications -
Part 5-4: Application layer service
definition - Type 4 elements
1) 2)
IEC 61158-6 2003 Digital data communications for EN 61158-6 2004
measurement and control - Fieldbus for
use in industrial control systems -
Part 6: Application layer protocol
specification
IEC 61158-6 series Industrial communication networks - EN 61158-6 series
Fieldbus specifications -
Part 6: Application layer protocol
specification
ISO/IEC 7498-1 -  Information technology - Open Systems - -
Interconnection - Basic Reference Model:
The Basic Model
ISO/IEC 8822 -  Information technology - Open Systems - -
Interconnection - Presentation service
definition
ISO/IEC 8824-1 -  Information technology - Abstract Syntax - -
Notation One (ASN.1): Specification of
basic notation

1) Superseded by the IEC 61158-6 series.
2) Superseded by the EN 61158-6 series (IEC 61158-6 series).

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Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
ISO/IEC 9545 -  Information technology - Open Systems - -
Interconnection - Application Layer
structure
ISO/IEC 10731 -  Information technology - Open Systems - -
Interconnection - Basic Reference Model -
Conventions for the definition of OSI
services

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 5
INTRODUCTION . 7
1 Scope . 8
1.1 General . 8
1.2 Specifications . 8
1.3 Conformance . 9
2 Normative references . 9
3 Terms, definitions, symbols, abbreviations and conventions . 9
3.1 Referenced terms and definitions . 9
3.2 Abbreviations and symbols . 11
3.3 Conventions . 11
4 FAL syntax description . 13
4.1 FAL-AR PDU abstract syntax . 13
4.2 Data types . 15
5 Transfer syntaxes . 15
5.1 APDU encoding . 15
5.2 Variable object encoding and packing . 19
5.3 Error codes . 22
6 FAL protocol state machines . 22
7 AP-context state machine . 23
8 FAL service protocol machine (FSPM) . 24
8.1 Primitives exchanged between FAL User and FSPM . 24
8.2 FSPM states . 24
9 Application relationship protocol machine (ARPM) . 29
9.1 Primitives exchanged between ARPM and FSPM . 29
9.2 ARPM States . 30
10 DLL mapping protocol machine (DMPM) . 32
10.1 Data-link Layer service selection . 32
10.2 Primitives exchanged between ARPM and DLPM . 32
10.3 Primitives exchanged between DLPM and data-link layer . 32
10.4 DLPM states . 33
11 Protocol options . 35
Bibliography . 36

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Figure 1 – State transition diagram . 12
Figure 2 – APDU header structure . 15
Figure 3 – Instruction subfield of ControlStatus . 16
Figure 4 – Errorcode subfield of ControlStatus . 16
Figure 5 – Remaining subfields of ControlStatus . 17
Figure 6 – DataFieldFormat encoding . 17
Figure 7 – Structure of request APDU body . 17
Figure 8 – Structure of response APDU body . 18
Figure 9 – Variable identifier . 18
Figure 10 – Code subfield of variable identifier . 18
Figure 11 – Summary of FAL architecture . 23
Figure 12 – FSPM proxy object state machine . 25
Figure 13 – FSPM real object state machine . 28
Figure 14 – ARPM state machine . 30
Figure 15 – DLPM state machine . 33

Table 1 – State machine description elements . 12
Table 2 – APDU header . 13
Table 3 – APDU body . 14
Table 4 – Transfer syntax for Array . 20
Table 5 – Transfer syntax for Structure . 21
Table 6 – Common variable object attributes . 21
Table 7 – Variable type identifiers . 21
Table 8 – FIFO variable object attributes . 22
Table 9 – Error codes . 22
Table 10 – Primitives exchanged between FAL-User and FSPM . 24
Table 11 – REQUEST.req FSPM constraints . 25
Table 12 – REQUEST.req FSPM actions . 25
Table 13 – RESPONSE.cnf FSPM constraints . 27
Table 14 – RESPONSE.cnf FSPM actions . 27
Table 15 – AR Send.ind proxy FSPM constraints . 28
Table 16 – AR Send.ind proxy FSPM actions . 28
Table 17 – AR Send.ind real FSPM constraints . 29
Table 18 – AR Send.ind real FSPM Actions . 29
Table 19 – Primitives issued by FSPM to ARPM . 29
Table 20 – Primitives issued by ARPM to FSPM . 30

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Table 21 – Primitives issued by ARPM to ARPM . 30
Table 22 – AR Send.req ARPM constraints . 30
Table 23 – AR Send.req ARPM actions . 30
Table 24 – AR Acknowledge.req ARPM constraints . 31
Table 25 – AR Acknowledge.req ARPM actions . 31
Table 26 – AR Send.ind ARPM constraints . 31
Table 27 – AR Send.req ARPM actions . 31
Table 28 – Primitives issued by ARPM to DLPM . 32
Table 29 – Primitives issued by DLPM to ARPM . 32
Table 30 – Primitives issued by DLPM to data-link layer . 33
Table 31 – Primitives issued by data-link layer to DLPM . 33
Table 32 – AR Send.req DLPM constraints . 33
Table 33 – AR Send.req DLPM actions . 34
Table 34 – AR Acknowledge.req DLPM constraints . 34
Table 35 – AR Acknowledge.req DLPM actions . 34
Table 36 – DL-UNITDATA.ind DLPM constraints . 34
Table 37 – DL-UNITDATA.ind DLPM actions . 35

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INDUSTRIAL COMMUNICATION NETWORKS –
FIELDBUS SPECIFICATIONS –

Part 6-4: Application layer protocol specification –
Type 4 elements


FOREWORD
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Attention is drawn to the fact that the use of the associated protocol type is restricted by its
intellectual-property-right holders. In all cases, the commitment to limited release of
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be used with other layer protocols of the same type, or in other type combinations explicitly
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NOTE Combinations of protocol types are specified in IEC 61784-1 and IEC 61784-2.
International Standard IEC 61158-6-4 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 2007. This edition
constitutes an technical revision.

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This edition includes the following significant changes with respect to the previous edition:
a) editorial improvements;
b) editorial corrections.
The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
65C/764/FDIS 65C/774/RVD

Full information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found in the report on
voting indicated in the above table.
This publication has been drafted in accordance with ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
A list of all the parts of the IEC 61158 series, under the general title Industrial communication
networks – Fieldbus specifications, can be found on the IEC web site.
The committee has decided that the contents of this publication will remain unchanged until
the stability date indicated on the IEC web site under http://webstore.iec.ch in the data related
to the specific publication. At this date, the publication will be:
• reconfirmed;
• withdrawn;
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.

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INTRODUCTION
This part of IEC 61158 is one of a series produced to facilitate the interconnection of
automation system components. It is related to other standards in the set as defined by the
“three-layer” fieldbus reference model described in IEC 61158-1.
The application protocol provides the application service by making use of the services
available from the data-link or other immediately lower layer. The primary aim of this standard
is to provide a set of rules for communication expressed in terms of the procedures to be
carried out by peer application entities (AEs) at the time of communication. These rules for
communication are intended to provide a sound basis for development in order to serve a
variety of purposes:
• as a guide for implementors and designers;
• for use in the testing and procurement of equipment;
• as part of an agreement for the admittance of systems into the open systems environment;
• as a refinement to the understanding of time-critical communications within OSI.
This standard is concerned, in particular, with the communication and interworking of sensors,
effectors and other automation devices. By using this standard together with other standards
positioned within the OSI or fieldbus reference models, otherwise incompatible systems may
work together in any combination.

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INDUSTRIAL COMMUNICATION NETWORKS –
FIELDBUS SPECIFICATIONS –

Part 6-4: Application layer protocol specification –
Type 4 elements



1 Scope
1.1 General
The fieldbus application layer (FAL) provides user programs with a means to access the
fieldbus communication environment. In this respect, the FAL can be viewed as a “window
between corresponding application programs.”
This standard provides common elements for basic time-critical and non-time-critical
messaging communications between application programs in an automation environment and
material specific to Type 4 fieldbus. The term “time-critical” is used to represent the presence
of a time-window, within which one or more specified actions are required to be completed
with some defined level of certainty. Failure to complete specified actions within the time
window risks failure of the applications requesting the actions, with attendant risk to
equipment, plant and possibly human life.
This standard specifies interactions between remote applications and defines the externally
visible behavior provided by the Type 4 fieldbus application layer in terms of
a) the formal abstract syntax defining the application layer protocol data units conveyed
between communicating application entities;
b) the transfer syntax defining encoding rules that are applied to the application layer
protocol data units;
c) the application context state machine defining the application service behavior visible
between communicating application entities;
d) the application relationship state machines defining the communication behavior visible
between communicating application entities.
The purpose of this standard is to define the protocol provided to
1) define the wire-representation of the service primitives defined in IEC 61158-5-4, and
2) define the externally visible behavior associated with their transfer.
This standard specifies the protocol of the Type 4 fieldbus application layer, in conformance
with the OSI Basic Reference Model (ISO/IEC 7498-1) and the OSI application layer structure
(ISO/IEC 9545).
1.2 Specifications
The principal objective of this standard is to specify the syntax and behavior of the application
layer protocol that conveys the application layer services defined in IEC 61158-5-4.
A secondary objective is to provide migration paths from previously-existing industrial
communications protocols. It is this latter objective which gives rise to the diversity of
protocols standardized in IEC 61158-6 series.

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1.3 Conformance
This standard do not specify individual implementations or products, nor do they constrain the
implementations of application layer entities within industrial automation systems.
Conformance is achieved through implementation of this application layer protocol
specification.
2 Normative references
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and
are indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any
amendments) applies.
NOTE All parts of the IEC 61158 series, as well as IEC 61784-1 and IEC 61784-2 are maintained simultaneously.
Cross-references to these documents within the text therefore refer to the editions as dated in this list of normative
references.
IEC 61158-3-4, Industrial communication networks
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