Field device tool (FDT) interface specification - Part 302: Communication profile integration - IEC 61784 CPF 2

IEC 62453-302:2009 provides information for integrating the CIP technology into the FDT interface specification (IEC 62453 2). It specifies communication and other services. This part, in conjunction with the other parts of the first edition of the IEC 62453 series cancels and replaces IEC/PAS 62453-1, IEC/PAS 62453-2, IEC/PAS 62453-3, IEC/PAS 62453-4 and IEC/PAS 62453-5 published in 2006, and constitutes a technical revision. This bilingual version (2013-07) corresponds to the monolingual English version, published in 2009-06.
This publication is to be read in conjunction with IEC 62453-2:2009.

Spécification des interfaces des outils des dispositifs de terrain (FDT) - Partie 302: Intégration des profils de communication - CEI 61784 CPF 2

La CEI 62453-302:2009 fournit des informations sur l'intégration de la technologie CIP dans la spécification des interfaces des outils des dispositifs de terrain (FDT) (CEI 62453 2). Elle spécifie la communication et d'autres services. La présente partie, conjointement aux autres parties de la première édition de la série CEI 62453, annule et remplace la CEI/PAS 62453-1, la CEI/PAS 62453-2, la CEI/PAS 62453-3, la CEI/PAS 62453-4 et la CEI/PAS 62453-5 publiées en 2006, et constitue une révision technique. La présente version bilingue (2013-07) correspond à la version anglaise monolingue publiée en 2009-06.
Cette publication doit être lue conjointement avec la CEI 62453-2:2009.

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD.4
INTRODUCTION.6
1 Scope.7
2 Normative references .7
3 Terms, definitions, symbols, abbreviated terms and conventions .8
3.1 Terms and definitions .8
3.2 Symbols and abbreviated terms.8
3.3 Conventions .8
3.3.1 Data type names and references to data types .8
3.3.2 Vocabulary for requirements.9
4 Bus category .9
5 Access to instance and device data.9
6 Protocol specific behavior.9
7 Protocol specific usage of general data types .9
8 Protocol specific common data types.10
9 Network management data types.14
9.1 General .14
9.2 Node address.14
9.3 Scanner/master – Bus parameter set (CIP) .14
10 Communication data types .22
11 Channel parameter data types.24
12 Device identification .26
12.1 Device type identification data types .26
12.2 Topology scan data types.27
12.3 Scan identification data types.27
12.4 Device type identification data types .28
Annex A (informative) Implementation hints .30
Bibliography.32

Figure 1 – Part 302 of the IEC 62453 series .6
Figure A.1 – Examples of DTM naming for CompoNet.31


Table 1 – Protocol identifiers .9
Table 2 – Protocol specific usage of general data types.10
Table 3 – Simple protocol specific common data types .10
Table 4 – Structured protocol specific common data types.12
Table 5 – Simple fieldbus configuration data types .14
Table 6 – Structured fieldbus configuration data types .16
Table 7 – Simple communication data types .22
Table 8 – Structured communication data types.23
Table 9 – Simple channel parameter data types.25
Table 10 – Structured channel parameter data types .25
Table 11 – Identification data types with protocol specific mapping.27

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Table 12 – Simple identification data types with protocol independent semantics.27
Table 13 – Structured identification data types with protocol independent semantics .27
Table 14 – Simple scan identification data types.28
Table 15 – Structured scan identification data types .28
Table 16 – Structured device type identification data types .29
Table A.1 – CompoNet relationship between Device Category, Node Address, MAC ID .30

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FIELD DEVICE TOOL (FDT) INTERFACE SPECIFICATION –

Part 302: Communication profile integration –
IEC 61784 CPF 2


FOREWORD
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integration in enterprise systems, of IEC technical committee 65: Industrial-process
measurement, control and automation.
This part, in conjunction with the other parts of the first edition of the IEC 62453 series
cancels and replaces IEC/PAS 62453-1, IEC/PAS 62453-2, IEC/PAS 62453-3, IEC/PAS
62453-4 and IEC/PAS 62453-5 published in 2006, and constitutes a technical revision.
Each part of the IEC 62453-3xy series is intended to be read in conjunction with IEC 62453-2.

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The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
65E/126/FDIS 65E/139/RVD

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This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
A list of all parts of the IEC 62453 series, under the general title Field Device Tool (FDT)
interface specification, can be found on the IEC website.
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INTRODUCTION
This part of IEC 62453 is an interface specification for developers of FDT (Field Device Tool)
components for function control and data access within a client/server architecture. The
specification is a result of an analysis and design process to develop standard interfaces to
facilitate the development of servers and clients by multiple vendors that need to interoperate
seamlessly.
With the integration of fieldbusses into control systems, there are a few other tasks which
need to be performed. In addition to fieldbus- and device-specific tools, there is a need to
integrate these tools into higher-level system-wide planning- or engineering tools. In
particular, for use in extensive and heterogeneous control systems, typically in the area of the
process industry, the unambiguous definition of engineering interfaces that are easy to use for
all those involved is of great importance.
A device-specific software component, called DTM (Device Type Manager), is supplied by the
field device manufacturer with its device. The DTM is integrated into engineering tools via the
FDT interfaces defined in this specification. The approach to integration is in general open for
all kinds of fieldbusses and thus meets the requirements for integrating different kinds of
devices into heterogeneous control systems.
Figure 1 shows how IEC 62453-302 is aligned in the structure of the IEC 62453 series.
Part 302  Communication
Profile
Integration –
IEC 61784 CPF 2
IEC  1125/09

Figure 1 – Part 302 of the IEC 62453 series

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FIELD DEVICE TOOL (FDT) INTERFACE SPECIFICATION –

Part 302: Communication profile integration –
IEC 61784 CPF 2



1 Scope
1
Communication Profile Family 2 (commonly known as CIP™ ) defines communication profiles
based on IEC 61158-2 Type 2, IEC 61158-3-2, IEC 61158-4-2, IEC 61158-5-2,
2
IEC 61158-6-2, and IEC 62026-3. The basic profiles CP 2/1 (ControlNet™ ), CP 2/2
1
3
(EtherNet/IP™ ), and CP 2/3 (DeviceNet™ ) are defined in IEC 61784-1 and IEC 61784-2. An
1
additional communication profile (CompoNet™ ), also based on CIP™, is defined in [14].
This part of IEC 62453 provides information for integrating the CIP™ technology into the FDT
interface specification (IEC 62453-2).
This part of IEC 62453 specifies communication and other services.
This specification neither contains the FDT specification nor modifies it.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document.
For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition
of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
IEC 61158-2, Industrial communication networks – Fieldbus specifications – Part 2: Physical
layer specification and service definition
IEC 61158-3-2, Industrial communication networks – Fieldbus specifications – Part 3-2: Data-
link layer service definition – Type 2 elements
IEC 61158-4-2, Industrial communication networks – Fieldbus specifications – Part 4-2: Data-
link layer protocol specification – Type 2 elements
IEC 61158-5-2:2007, Industrial communication networks – Fieldbus specifications – Part 5-2:
Application layer service definition – Type 2 elements
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1
 CIP™ (Common Industrial Protocol), DeviceNet™ and CompoNet™ are trade names of Open DeviceNet Vendor
Association, Inc (ODVA). This information is given for the convenience of users of this document and does not
constitute an endorsement by IEC of the trade name holder or any of its products. Compliance to this standard
does not require use of the trade names CIP™, DeviceNet™ or CompoNet™. Use of the trade names CIP™,
DeviceNet™ or CompoNet™ requires permission of Open DeviceNet Vendor Association,Inc.
2
 ControlNet™ is a trade name of ControlNet International, Ltd. This information is given for the convenience of
users of this document and does not constitute an endorsement by IEC of the trademark holder or any of its
products. Compliance to this profile does not require use of the trade name ControlNet™. Use of the trade
name ControlNet™ requires permission of ControlNet International, Ltd.
3
 EtherNet/IP™ is a trade name of ControlNet International, Ltd. and Open DeviceNet Vendor Association, Inc.
This information is given for the convenience of users of this document and does not constitute an endorsement
by IEC of the trademark holder or any of its products. Compliance to this profile does not require use of the
trade name EtherNet/IP™. Use of the trade name EtherNet/IP™ requires permission of either ControlNet
International, Ltd. or Open DeviceNet Vendor Association, Inc.

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IEC 61158-6-2:2007, Industrial communication networks – Fieldbus specifications – Part 6-2:
Application layer protocol specification – Type 2 elements
IEC 61784-1, Industrial communication networks – Profiles – Part 1: Fieldbus profiles
IEC 61784-2, Industrial communication networks – Profiles – Part 2: Additional fieldbus
profiles for real-time networks based on ISO/IEC 8802-3
IEC 61784-3-2:2007, Industrial communication networks – Profiles – Part 3-2: Functional
safety fieldbuses – Additional specifications for CPF 2
IEC 62026-3, Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear – Controller-device interfaces (CDIs) –
Part 3: DeviceNet
IEC 62453-1:2009, Field Device Tool (FDT) interface specification – Part 1: Overview and
guidance
IEC 62453-2:2009, Field Device Tool (FDT) interface specification – Part 2: Concepts and
detailed description
ISO/IEC 19501:2005, Information technology – Open Distributed Processing – Unified
Modeling Language (UML) Version 1.4.2
ISO 15745-2:2003, Industrial automation systems and integration – Open systems application
integration framework – Part 2: Reference description for ISO 11898-based control systems
ISO 15745-3:2003, Industrial automation systems and integration – Open systems application
integration framework – Part 3: Reference description for IEC 61158-based control systems
3 Terms, definitions, symbols, abbreviated terms and conventions
3.1 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in IEC 62453-1 and
IEC 62453-2 apply.
3.2 Symbols and abbreviated terms
For the purposes of this document, the symbols and abbreviations given in IEC 62453-1,
IEC 62453-2 and the following apply.
CIP™ Common Industrial Protocol
CP Communication Profile [IEC 61784-1]
CPF Communication Profile Family [IEC 61784-1]
EDS Electronic Data Sheet [ISO 15745]
UML Unified Modelling Language [ISO/IEC 19501]

3.3 Conventions
3.3.1 Data type names and references to data types
The conventions for naming and referencing of data types are explained in IEC 62453-2
Clause A.1

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3.3.2 Vocabulary for requirements
The following expressions are used when specifying requirements.
Usage of “shall” or “mandatory” No exceptions allowed.
Usage of “should” or “recommended” Strong recommendation. It may make sense in
special exceptional cases to differ from the
described behavior.
Usage of “can’ or “optional’ Function or behavior may be provided,
depending on defined conditions.
4 Bus category
IEC 61784 CPF 2 protocol is identified in the protocolId element of the structured data type
'fdt:BusCategory' by the following unique identifiers, as specified in Table 1.
Table 1 – Protocol identifiers
Identifier value ProtocolId name Description
19B91472-EDB9-4e8c-BB61-516EEC79C1C0 ‘CIP DeviceNet’ Support for CP 2/3 (DeviceNet)
6CD80F51-019D-4e60-AEAC-B10144943B4B ‘CIP EthernetIP’ Support for CP 2/2 (EtherNet/IP)
C290CE23-62EA-478c-97F2-97EFEC602E05 ‘CIP ControlNet’ Support for CP 2/1 (ControlNet)
089BB2BC-B75A-11DB-8314-0800200C9A66 ‘CIP CompoNet’ Support for CompoNet

5 Access to instance and device data
The services InstanceDataInformation and DeviceDataInformation shall provide access at
least to all parameters defined in the Params section of the EDS.
6 Protocol specific behavior
IEC 61784 CPF 2 protocol has specific requirements related to configuration of fieldbus
masters.
It is very important to keep both data provider and consumer synchronized. Therefore data
provider shall be informed if the provided data has been modified. For instance, in case the
provided data is modified by the scanner/master DTM, then the slave/adapter DTM shall be
provided with the new data set.
NOTE For a description of data exchange between DTMs, see 6.3 of IEC 62453-2 (Configuration of fieldbus
master or communication scheduler).
7 Protocol specific usage of general data types
Table 2 shows how general data types, defined in IEC 62453-2 within the namespace ‘fdt’, are
used with IEC 61784 CPF 2 devices.
According to IEC 62453-2, at least one set of semantic information (one per supported
fieldbus protocol) shall be provided for each accessible data object, using the
‘SemanticInformation’ general data type. The corresponding data type ‘applicationDomain’
shall have the value “FDT_CIP” and the data type ‘semanticId’ shall have an appropriate
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Table 2 – Protocol specific usage of general data types
Data type Description for use
fdt:address The “address” data type is not mandatory for the exposed parameters in
the DTMs. But if the address will be used, the string shall be
constructed according to the rules of the semanticId. That means the
data type “semanticId” is always the same as the data type “address”
fdt:protocolId See Clause 4.
fdt:deviceTypeId As defined in Identity object (see 6.2.1.2.2 of IEC 61158-5-2)
fdt:deviceTypeInformation A CIP DTM shall provide the path to the device specific EDS file with
this data type. For DTM certification, the path to the certified EDS file
shall be provided here.
NOTE The EDS information is accessible via
• IDtmParameter::GetParameters()
• IDtmInformation::GetInformation()
fdt:deviceTypeInformationPath Path to the EDS file which is also provided via the attribute
‘deviceTypeInformation’
The attribute contains full path to the EDS file including the file name in
URL notation.
For CIP devices, it is mandatory to provide information for this data
type.
This attribute is specific to FDT 1.2.1(see IEC 62453-2 and [8]),
therefore it shall not be provided if DTM is running in FDT 1.2 (see [7])
based Frame Applications
fdt:manufacturerId As defined in Identity object (see 6.2.1.2.2 of IEC 61158-5-2)
fdt:semanticId The applicationDomain is: FDT_CIP.
fdt:applicationDomain The data that is contained in the objects are addressable via classId,
instanceId and attributeId. This data may be variables or composed
blocks of data. The semanticID is directly based on the CIP address
information:
The semanticId is: CLASSxx.INSTANCEyy.ATTRIBUTEzz
xx classId
yy instanceId
zz attributeId
xx, yy, zz are based on decimal format without leading ‘0’.
Since ‘ATTRIBUTE’ is conditional in CIP in certain cases, it can be left
out. In this case, the semanticId is:
CLASSxx.INSTANCEyy
fdt:tag CIP assembly, parameter name or name of a I/O connection (in the
context of channel data)

8 Protocol specific common data types
Table 3 and Table 4 specify the protocol specific common data types, which are used in the
definition of other data types.
The data types described in this clause are defined for following namespace:
Namespace: cip
Table 3 – Simple protocol specific common data types
Data type Definition Description
attributeId USINT CIP attribute identifier
bitOffset UDINT Bit offset of a parameter in an assembly
cipStatus UINT cipStatus represents the Status (attribute 5) of
the Identity object. See 6.2.1.2.2 of
IEC 61158-5-2

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Data type Definition Description
classId UINT CIP class identifier
constValue UDINT Represents the constant value used in the data
type Constant
dataType enumeration ( byte | float | double | int Defines the different enumerations of the CIP
| unsigned | enumerator | data types
bitEnumerator | index | ascii |
password | bitString | hexString | date
| time | dateAndTime | duration |
binary | structured | dtmSpecific )
deviceType UINT Represents the DeviceType (attribute 2) of the
Identity object. See 6.2.1.2.2 of IEC 61158-5-2
ePath ARRAY OF USINT CIP EPATH, see 4.1.9 of IEC 61158-6-2
extendedIdentifier STRING Represents the address of the CIP device in the
CIPNodeID if the address used on this CIP
network is a name or IP-address. The
extendedIdentifier shall be used for CompoNet
networks to cover the CompoNet MAC ID.
See also shortIdentifier
instanceId UINT CIP object instance identifier
majorRevision USINT Represents the Major Revision (attribute 4.1) of
the Identity object. See 6.2.1.2.2 of
IEC 61158-5-2
minorRevision USINT Represents the Minor Revision (attribute 4.2) of
the Identity object. See 6.2.1.2.2 of
IEC 61158-5-2
portNumber UINT Represents the portnumber within a CIP bridging
or routing device to route a message to another
segment
productCode UINT Represents the Product code (attribute 3) of the
Identity object. See 6.2.1.2.2 of IEC 61158-5-2
productName STRING Represents the Product name (attribute 7) of the
Identity object. See 6.2.1.2.2 of IEC 61158-5-2
serialNumber ARRAY OF USINT Represents the Serialnumber (attribute 6) of the
Identity object. See 6.2.1.2.2 of IEC 61158-5-2.
If the serialNumber is not known because of
offline configuration then a 0 should be returned
serviceCode USINT CIP service code. This is a function, or method,
supported by a CIP object or attribute
serviceName STRING CIP service name. This is a function, or method,
supported by a CIP object or attribute. This
attribute provides additional human readable
information about the related service code
shortIdentifier USINT Represents the address of the CIP device in the
CIPNodeID if the address used on this CIP-
network is a simple address. See also
extendedIdentifier
symbolicAddress STRING Represents a name of a component inside the
device
vendorID UINT Represents the Vendor ID (attribute 1) of the
Identity object. See 6.2.1.2.2 of IEC 61158-5-2

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Table 4 – Structured protocol specific common data types
Data type Definition Description
Elementary data type U Multi
sa plicit
ge y
CIPDevice STRUCT  Specifies a CIP device.
CIPDevice contains manufacturer and device
information (the Identity Object), which is
present in every CIP node
  cipStatus M [1.1]
  CIPPath M [1.1]
  CIPDeviceIdentity M [1.1]
CIPDeviceIdentity STRUCT  Represents the static part of the Identity object
of the CIP device. See 6.2.1.2.2 of
IEC 61158-5-2
  vendorID M [1.1]
  deviceType M [1.1]
  productCode M [1.1]
  majorRevision M [1.1]
  minorRevision M [1.1]
  serialNumber M [1.1]
  productName M [1.1]
CIPNodeID STRUCT  Identifier used to identify a particular node
(device) on a CIP network, e.g. CIP MAC (Media
Access Control) ID (1 byte) for DeviceNet and
ControlNet; IP address for EtherNet/IP.
Since the size differs from protocol to protocol,
structure is used which contains 2 attributes:
extended identifier (n bytes string) and short
identifier (1 byte unsigned integer) and only one
of them shall be used
  choice of M [1.1]
   ExtendedIdentifier S [1.1]
   ShortIdentifier S [1.1]
CIPObjectAddress STRUCT  CIP object address as CIPObjectId,
CIPSymbolicAddress or HexAddress
  choice of M [1.1]
   CIPObjectId S [1.1]
   CIPSymbolicAddress S [1.1]
   HexAddress S [1.1]
CIPObjectId STRUCT  The CIP classId, instanceId and (conditional)
attributeId ‘address’ information for a CIP object
and attribute. If used in a Process Channel this
is likely to be either an Assembl
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 4
INTRODUCTION . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references . 7
3 Terms, definitions, symbols, abbreviated terms and conventions . 8
3.1 Terms and definitions . 8
3.2 Symbols and abbreviated terms. 8
3.3 Conventions . 8
3.3.1 Data type names and references to data types . 8
3.3.2 Vocabulary for requirements . 9
4 Bus category . 9
5 Access to instance and device data . 9
6 Protocol specific behavior . 9
7 Protocol specific usage of general data types . 9
8 Protocol specific common data types . 10
9 Network management data types . 14
9.1 General . 14
9.2 Node address . 14
9.3 Scanner/master – Bus parameter set (CIP) . 14
10 Communication data types . 22
11 Channel parameter data types . 24
12 Device identification . 26
12.1 Device type identification data types . 26
12.2 Topology scan data types . 27
12.3 Scan identification data types . 27
12.4 Device type identification data types . 28
Annex A (informative) Implementation hints . 30
Bibliography . 32

Figure 1 – Part 302 of the IEC 62453 series . 6
Figure A.1 – Examples of DTM naming for CompoNet . 31

Table 1 – Protocol identifiers . 9
Table 2 – Protocol specific usage of general data types . 10
Table 3 – Simple protocol specific common data types . 10
Table 4 – Structured protocol specific common data types . 12
Table 5 – Simple fieldbus configuration data types . 14
Table 6 – Structured fieldbus configuration data types . 16
Table 7 – Simple communication data types . 22
Table 8 – Structured communication data types . 23
Table 9 – Simple channel parameter data types . 25
Table 10 – Structured channel parameter data types . 25
Table 11 – Identification data types with protocol specific mapping . 27

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Table 12 – Simple identification data types with protocol independent semantics . 27
Table 13 – Structured identification data types with protocol independent semantics . 27
Table 14 – Simple scan identification data types . 28
Table 15 – Structured scan identification data types . 28
Table 16 – Structured device type identification data types . 29
Table A.1 – CompoNet relationship between Device Category, Node Address, MAC ID . 30

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FIELD DEVICE TOOL (FDT) INTERFACE SPECIFICATION –

Part 302: Communication profile integration –
IEC 61784 CPF 2


FOREWORD
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International Standard IEC 62453-302 has been prepared by subcommittee 65E: Devices and
integration in enterprise systems, of IEC technical committee 65: Industrial-process
measurement, control and automation.
This part, in conjunction with the other parts of the first edition of the IEC 62453 series
cancels and replaces IEC/PAS 62453-1, IEC/PAS 62453-2, IEC/PAS 62453-3, IEC/PAS
62453-4 and IEC/PAS 62453-5 published in 2006, and constitutes a technical revision.
Each part of the IEC 62453-3xy series is intended to be read in conjunction with IEC 62453-2.
This bilingual version (2013-07) corresponds to the monolingual English version, published in
2009-06.

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The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
65E/126/FDIS 65E/139/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.
The French version of this standard has not been voted upon.
This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
A list of all parts of the IEC 62453 series, under the general title Field Device Tool (FDT)
interface specification, can be found on the IEC website.
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INTRODUCTION
This part of IEC 62453 is an interface specification for developers of FDT (Field Device Tool)
components for function control and data access within a client/server architecture. The
specification is a result of an analysis and design process to develop standard interfaces to
facilitate the development of servers and clients by multiple vendors that need to interoperate
seamlessly.
With the integration of fieldbusses into control systems, there are a few other tasks which
need to be performed. In addition to fieldbus- and device-specific tools, there is a need to
integrate these tools into higher-level system-wide planning- or engineering tools. In
particular, for use in extensive and heterogeneous control systems, typically in the area of the
process industry, the unambiguous definition of engineering interfaces that are easy to use for
all those involved is of great importance.
A device-specific software component, called DTM (Device Type Manager), is supplied by the
field device manufacturer with its device. The DTM is integrated into engineering tools via the
FDT interfaces defined in this specification. The approach to integration is in general open for
all kinds of fieldbusses and thus meets the requirements for integrating different kinds of
devices into heterogeneous control systems.
Figure 1 shows how IEC 62453-302 is aligned in the structure of the IEC 62453 series.
Part 302  Communication
Profile
Integration –
IEC 61784 CPF 2
IEC  1125/09

Figure 1 – Part 302 of the IEC 62453 series

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FIELD DEVICE TOOL (FDT) INTERFACE SPECIFICATION –

Part 302: Communication profile integration –
IEC 61784 CPF 2



1 Scope
1
Communication Profile Family 2 (commonly known as CIP™ ) defines communication profiles
based on IEC 61158-2 Type 2, IEC 61158-3-2, IEC 61158-4-2, IEC 61158-5-2,
2
IEC 61158-6-2, and IEC 62026-3. The basic profiles CP 2/1 (ControlNet™ ), CP 2/2
1
3
(EtherNet/IP™ ), and CP 2/3 (DeviceNet™ ) are defined in IEC 61784-1 and IEC 61784-2. An
1
additional communication profile (CompoNet™ ), also based on CIP™, is defined in [14].
This part of IEC 62453 provides information for integrating the CIP™ technology into the FDT
interface specification (IEC 62453-2).
This part of IEC 62453 specifies communication and other services.
This specification neither contains the FDT specification nor modifies it.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document.
For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition
of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
IEC 61158-2, Industrial communication networks – Fieldbus specifications – Part 2: Physical
layer specification and service definition
IEC 61158-3-2, Industrial communication networks – Fieldbus specifications – Part 3-2: Data-
link layer service definition – Type 2 elements
IEC 61158-4-2, Industrial communication networks – Fieldbus specifications – Part 4-2: Data-
link layer protocol specification – Type 2 elements
IEC 61158-5-2:2007, Industrial communication networks – Fieldbus specifications – Part 5-2:
Application layer service definition – Type 2 elements
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1
 CIP™ (Common Industrial Protocol), DeviceNet™ and CompoNet™ are trade names of Open DeviceNet Vendor
Association, Inc (ODVA). This information is given for the convenience of users of this document and does not
constitute an endorsement by IEC of the trade name holder or any of its products. Compliance to this standard
does not require use of the trade names CIP™, DeviceNet™ or CompoNet™. Use of the trade names CIP™,
DeviceNet™ or CompoNet™ requires permission of Open DeviceNet Vendor Association,Inc.
2
 ControlNet™ is a trade name of ControlNet International, Ltd. This information is given for the convenience of
users of this document and does not constitute an endorsement by IEC of the trademark holder or any of its
products. Compliance to this profile does not require use of the trade name ControlNet™. Use of the trade
name ControlNet™ requires permission of ControlNet International, Ltd.
3
 EtherNet/IP™ is a trade name of ControlNet International, Ltd. and Open DeviceNet Vendor Association, Inc.
This information is given for the convenience of users of this document and does not constitute an endorsement
by IEC of the trademark holder or any of its products. Compliance to this profile does not require use of the
trade name EtherNet/IP™. Use of the trade name EtherNet/IP™ requires permission of either ControlNet
International, Ltd. or Open DeviceNet Vendor Association, Inc.

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IEC 61158-6-2:2007, Industrial communication networks – Fieldbus specifications – Part 6-2:
Application layer protocol specification – Type 2 elements
IEC 61784-1, Industrial communication networks – Profiles – Part 1: Fieldbus profiles
IEC 61784-2, Industrial communication networks – Profiles – Part 2: Additional fieldbus
profiles for real-time networks based on ISO/IEC 8802-3
IEC 61784-3-2:2007, Industrial communication networks – Profiles – Part 3-2: Functional
safety fieldbuses – Additional specifications for CPF 2
IEC 62026-3, Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear – Controller-device interfaces (CDIs) –
Part 3: DeviceNet
IEC 62453-1:2009, Field Device Tool (FDT) interface specification – Part 1: Overview and
guidance
IEC 62453-2:2009, Field Device Tool (FDT) interface specification – Part 2: Concepts and
detailed description
ISO/IEC 19501:2005, Information technology – Open Distributed Processing – Unified
Modeling Language (UML) Version 1.4.2
ISO 15745-2:2003, Industrial automation systems and integration – Open systems application
integration framework – Part 2: Reference description for ISO 11898-based control systems
ISO 15745-3:2003, Industrial automation systems and integration – Open systems application
integration framework – Part 3: Reference description for IEC 61158-based control systems
3 Terms, definitions, symbols, abbreviated terms and conventions
3.1 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in IEC 62453-1 and
IEC 62453-2 apply.
3.2 Symbols and abbreviated terms
For the purposes of this document, the symbols and abbreviations given in IEC 62453-1,
IEC 62453-2 and the following apply.
CIP™ Common Industrial Protocol
CP Communication Profile [IEC 61784-1]
CPF Communication Profile Family [IEC 61784-1]
EDS Electronic Data Sheet [ISO 15745]
UML Unified Modelling Language [ISO/IEC 19501]

3.3 Conventions
3.3.1 Data type names and references to data types
The conventions for naming and referencing of data types are explained in IEC 62453-2
Clause A.1

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3.3.2 Vocabulary for requirements
The following expressions are used when specifying requirements.
Usage of “shall” or “mandatory” No exceptions allowed.
Usage of “should” or “recommended” Strong recommendation. It may make sense in
special exceptional cases to differ from the
described behavior.
Usage of “can’ or “optional’ Function or behavior may be provided,
depending on defined conditions.
4 Bus category
IEC 61784 CPF 2 protocol is identified in the protocolId element of the structured data type
'fdt:BusCategory' by the following unique identifiers, as specified in Table 1.
Table 1 – Protocol identifiers
Identifier value ProtocolId name Description
19B91472-EDB9-4e8c-BB61-516EEC79C1C0 ‘CIP DeviceNet’ Support for CP 2/3 (DeviceNet)
6CD80F51-019D-4e60-AEAC-B10144943B4B ‘CIP EthernetIP’ Support for CP 2/2 (EtherNet/IP)
C290CE23-62EA-478c-97F2-97EFEC602E05 ‘CIP ControlNet’ Support for CP 2/1 (ControlNet)
089BB2BC-B75A-11DB-8314-0800200C9A66 ‘CIP CompoNet’ Support for CompoNet

5 Access to instance and device data
The services InstanceDataInformation and DeviceDataInformation shall provide access at
least to all parameters defined in the Params section of the EDS.
6 Protocol specific behavior
IEC 61784 CPF 2 protocol has specific requirements related to configuration of fieldbus
masters.
It is very important to keep both data provider and consumer synchronized. Therefore data
provider shall be informed if the provided data has been modified. For instance, in case the
provided data is modified by the scanner/master DTM, then the slave/adapter DTM shall be
provided with the new data set.
NOTE For a description of data exchange between DTMs, see 6.3 of IEC 62453-2 (Configuration of fieldbus
master or communication scheduler).
7 Protocol specific usage of general data types
Table 2 shows how general data types, defined in IEC 62453-2 within the namespace ‘fdt’, are
used with IEC 61784 CPF 2 devices.
According to IEC 62453-2, at least one set of semantic information (one per supported
fieldbus protocol) shall be provided for each accessible data object, using the
‘SemanticInformation’ general data type. The corresponding data type ‘applicationDomain’
shall have the value “FDT_CIP” and the data type ‘semanticId’ shall have an appropriate
value, as specified in Table 2).

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Table 2 – Protocol specific usage of general data types
Data type Description for use
fdt:address The “address” data type is not mandatory for the exposed parameters in
the DTMs. But if the address will be used, the string shall be
constructed according to the rules of the semanticId. That means the
data type “semanticId” is always the same as the data type “address”
fdt:protocolId See Clause 4.
fdt:deviceTypeId As defined in Identity object (see 6.2.1.2.2 of IEC 61158-5-2)
fdt:deviceTypeInformation A CIP DTM shall provide the path to the device specific EDS file with
this data type. For DTM certification, the path to the certified EDS file
shall be provided here.
NOTE The EDS information is accessible via
• IDtmParameter::GetParameters()
• IDtmInformation::GetInformation()
fdt:deviceTypeInformationPath Path to the EDS file which is also provided via the attribute
‘deviceTypeInformation’
The attribute contains full path to the EDS file including the file name in
URL notation.
For CIP devices, it is mandatory to provide information for this data
type.
This attribute is specific to FDT 1.2.1(see IEC 62453-2 and [8]),
therefore it shall not be provided if DTM is running in FDT 1.2 (see [7])
based Frame Applications
fdt:manufacturerId As defined in Identity object (see 6.2.1.2.2 of IEC 61158-5-2)
fdt:semanticId The applicationDomain is: FDT_CIP.
fdt:applicationDomain The data that is contained in the objects are addressable via classId,
instanceId and attributeId. This data may be variables or composed
blocks of data. The semanticID is directly based on the CIP address
information:
The semanticId is: CLASSxx.INSTANCEyy.ATTRIBUTEzz
xx classId
yy instanceId
zz attributeId
xx, yy, zz are based on decimal format without leading ‘0’.
Since ‘ATTRIBUTE’ is conditional in CIP in certain cases, it can be left
out. In this case, the semanticId is:
CLASSxx.INSTANCEyy
fdt:tag CIP assembly, parameter name or name of a I/O connection (in the
context of channel data)

8 Protocol specific common data types
Table 3 and Table 4 specify the protocol specific common data types, which are used in the
definition of other data types.
The data types described in this clause are defined for following namespace:
Namespace: cip
Table 3 – Simple protocol specific common data types
Data type Definition Description
attributeId USINT CIP attribute identifier
bitOffset UDINT Bit offset of a parameter in an assembly
cipStatus UINT cipStatus represents the Status (attribute 5) of
the Identity object. See 6.2.1.2.2 of
IEC 61158-5-2

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Data type Definition Description
classId UINT CIP class identifier
constValue UDINT Represents the constant value used in the data
type Constant
dataType enumeration ( byte | float | double | int Defines the different enumerations of the CIP
| unsigned | enumerator | data types
bitEnumerator | index | ascii |
password | bitString | hexString | date
| time | dateAndTime | duration |
binary | structured | dtmSpecific )
deviceType UINT Represents the DeviceType (attribute 2) of the
Identity object. See 6.2.1.2.2 of IEC 61158-5-2
ePath ARRAY OF USINT CIP EPATH, see 4.1.9 of IEC 61158-6-2
extendedIdentifier STRING Represents the address of the CIP device in the
CIPNodeID if the address used on this CIP
network is a name or IP-address. The
extendedIdentifier shall be used for CompoNet
networks to cover the CompoNet MAC ID
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