The Fieldbus Reference List
Latest update: 16-January-2008, now listing 362 systems.

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GENERAL	Sites
	http://home.zhwin.ch/~sln http://www.linux-automation.de/fieldbusses/index_en.html http://www.ict.tuwien.ac.at/komzent/index.html http://www.knowthebus.org (Center for fieldbus technological education) http://www.hurray.isep.ipp.pt/index2.asp (Lots of info!) http://www.lpr.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de/courses/seminar/fieldbus/fieldbus.html http://www.shipstar.com/bus-perf/bus-perf.html (Via the Web Archive, as it no longer exists) http://read-out.net/signpost/fjnews.html http://www.relcominc.com http://www.fieldbus.net http://www.artemisnetworks.com http://fieldbus.feld.cvut.cz (Chech site) http://www.fieldbus.cz (Chech site) http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~koopman/comm.html http://www.fieldbus.no http://www.iceweb.com.au http://fieldbus.isa.org http://www.isbe.ch/~wwwfbus http://www.bve.nl/bustechnologie/leermiddelen (Dutch site) http://www.fieldbuswiring.com http://www.synergetic.com/education http://www.smar.com http://www.easydeltav.com/keytechnologies/fieldbus/index.asp http://cran.esstin.u-nancy.fr/CRAN/Cran/ESSTIN/FieldBus.html (Outdated, and often unreachable) http://www.fieldbus.com (No longer contains fieldbus information) http://www.infoside.de/infida/wissen2.htm (Outdated)
	Literature
	Berge J.,"Fieldbuses for Process Control: Engineering, Operation, Maintenance". ISA Press 2002, ISBN 1-55617-760-7. Black U., "Physical Level Interfaces and Protocols". IEEE, ISBN 0-8186-8824-6. Black U., "The V-series recommendations". McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-005592-0. Blackmore L., "Fieldbus Evaluation Study". McDermott Engineering, 1996. Bonfig K., "Feldbus-Systeme". Expert Verlag 1992, 3-8169-0771-7. Borst W., "Der Feldbus in der Maschinen- und Anlagentechnik". Franzis Verlag, ISBN 3-7723-4621-9. British Standard Institute, "Guide to the evaluation of fieldbus protocols". Report DISC PD0014:2000. Brown, "The OSI Dictionary of acronyms". McGraw-Hill 1993, ISBN 0-07-057601-7. Burton, "Fieldbus for Industrial Control Systems". Chapmann & Hall 1997, ISBN 0-412-57890-5. Bucher R., Industrial Ethernet in der Automatisierungstechnik (2. Ed.).". Siemens 2007, ISBN 978-3-89578-277-0. Callaway, E.,"Wireless Sensor Networks: Architectures and Protocols.". Auerbach Publications 2003, ISBN 0-84931-823-8. Caro, D. "Automation network selection made easy.". ISA Press 2004, ISBN 1-55617-861-1. Caro, D. "Wireless networks for industrial automation (2nd Ed.)". ISA Press 2005, only available as PDF. Centrum voor Micro-elektronica, "Intelligente sensornetwerken". 1993, 1996 Control Engineering, issues of 1994 and 1995, "Fieldbus series". Dietrich D., "Feldbustechnik in Forschung, Entwicklung und Anwendung". Springer Verlag, 1997. ETG Fachbericht 37, "Datenübertragung auf Fahrzeugen mittels serieller Bussysteme". VDE Verlag, ISBN 3-8007-1829-4. ETZ Report 27, "Standardisierung der Prozeßdatenkommunikation". VDE Verlag 1991. Fachzeitschrift DE, "Bussysteme für die Gebäudeinstallation. Hüthig & Pflaum, ISBN 3-8101-0124-9, 1999. Färber, "Bussysteme - parallele und serielle Bussysteme in Theorie und Praxis". Oldenbourg Verlag, ISBN 3-486-28581-5. Frankort, "Digitale Communicatie". Delta Press 1989, ISBN 90-6674-726-9. Gladdis, "How to automate your home". Baran-Harper 1991, ISBN 0-9632170-0-3. Gruhler, G. "Feldbusse und Geräte-Kommunikationssysteme". Franzis Verlag 2001, ISBN 3-7723-5745-8. Hill, "A distributed control & diagnostic architecture for railway maintenance". University of South-Carolina 1998. Holzmann, "Design and validation of computer protocols". Prentice-Hall, ISBN 0-13-539834-7. Huber J.,"Industrial Fiber Optic Networks". ISA Press 1995, ISBN 1-55617-521-3-G. Hulsebos, R., "Veldbussen". Kluwer 1996, ISBN 90-557-6059-5. IEE, "Colloquium: Fieldbus devices - A changing future". IEE 1994, Ref. 1994/236. ISA, "Fieldbus Standard for use in industrial control systems". ISA 1993, ISBN 1-55617-317-2. ISA, "The ISA Fieldbus Guide". ISA 1997, ISBN 1-55617-637-6. Johannsmeyer, "Investigation into the intrinsic safety of fieldbus systems (FISCO)". PTB, report W53, ISBN 3-89429-310-1. Jordan, "Serial networked field instrumentation". Wiley 1995, ISBN 0-471-95236-1. Keithley Instruments, "Demanding measurements on the factory floor". Kluwer, "Handboek Industriële Netwerken". Kluwer 2000, ISBN 90-5404-628-7. Kriesel, "Bustechnologien für die Automation, 2nd Ed.". Hüthig Verlag 2000, ISBN 3-7785-2778-9. Lian, "Performance evaluation of control networks for manufacturing systems". Proceedings of the ASME (Dynamics and Control Division), 1999. Liptak, B. "Instrument Engineers Handbook (3rd Ed.): Process software and digital networks". ISBN 0-8493-1082-2. Mackay, S. "Practical Industrial Data Networks". Newnes, ISBN 0-7506-5807-X. Miklovic, "Real-time control networks". ISA 1993, ISBN 1-55617-231-1. Mikrocentrum Nederland, Syllabi themadagen "Industriële netwerken". 1993-2001. Newman, "Direct digital control of building systems". Wiley, 1994, ISBN 0-471-51696-1. Park, J. "Practical Data Communications For Instrumentation And Control". Newnes, ISBN 0-7506-5797-9. Pelgrims, L. "Fly by wire: snelcursus datacom & netwerken". Telinfo High-Tech Institute, Haasrode (Belgium). Phoenix, "Grundkurs Sensor/Aktor-Feldbustechnik". Vogel Verlag, ISBN 3-8023-1708-4. Phoenix, "Grundkurs Feldbustechnik". Vogel Verlag 2000, ISBN 3-8023-1813-7. Phoenix, "Basic course in sensor/actuator fieldbus technology". Vogel Verlag. Phoenix, "Industrial Ethernet". Phoenix Contact 2005. (Dutch! Available as PDF soon!). Physikalische Technische Bundesanstalt, "Investigations into the intrinsic safety of fieldbus systems". PTB 1994, ISBN 3-89429-512-0. Praxis, "The best FDT applications / Mit FDT in die Zukunft". Praxis Verlag 2005, ISBN 3-8259-1929-3 (German/English). Reinert, "Sichere Bussysteme für die Automation" Hüthig Verlag 2001, ISBN 3-7785-2797-5. Reißenweber B., "Feldbussysteme". Oldenbourg Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-486-24536-8. Rikkert de Koe, "OSI-Protocollen lagen 1 t/m 4". Kluwer Telematica, ISBN 90-201-2388-2. Rosch, "Gebäudesystemtechnik: Datenubertragung auf dem 230V Netz". Verlag Moderne Industrie 1998, ISBN 3-478-93185-1. Scherff, B. "Feldbussysteme in der Praxis". Springer Verlag 1999, ISBN 3-540-63880-6. Schnell, G. "Bussysteme in der Automatisierungs- and Prozesstechnik" (4th Ed.). Vieweg Verlag 2000, ISBN 3-528-36569. Svacina, "Understanding device level buses". Turck. Teumim, D., "Industrial network security". ISA Press 2005, ISBN 1-55617-874-3. Thompson, "Industrial Data Communications: Fundamentals and applications" 3rd Edition. ISA Press 2002, ISBN 1-55617-767-4-G. Texas Instruments, "RS422 and RS485 Application Guide". VDI/VDE, "Richtlinien 3687: Auswahl von Feldbussysteme durch Bewertung ihrer Leistungseigenschaften für verschiedene Anwendungsbereiche". VDI/VDE, 1997. Wittgruer, F. "Digitale Schnittstellen und Bussysteme". Vieweg Verlag 1999. Wrobel, "Optische übertragungstechnik in der Praxis, 2nd Ed.". Hüthig Verlag 1998, ISBN 3-7785-2638-3. Wybranietz, "Multicast-Kommunikation in verteilten Systemen". Springer Verlag 1987, ISBN 3-540-52551-3. Zurawski R., "The Industrial Communication Technology Handbook". CRC Press 2005, ISBN 084-933-077-7.
	Magazines
	http://www.jackson.it/fieldbus (Italian) Industrial Networking & Open Control (INOC)
	Mailing list
	The "Automation List" at www1.control.com/control_com; subscribe to the "COMM" group. The ISA Fieldbus Forum at http://www.isa.org/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=fieldbus.
	Courses by the author
	In cooperation with the Mikrocentrum in Eindhoven we host a course on general theory of industrial networks, starting April 2008 on two consecutive Wednesdays. Locations are Eindhoven and Utrecht. Language Dutch. The course can also be given in-company.

1-CHIP NET	No URL known.

1-WIRE BUS	Sites
	http://www.edtn.com/embapps/emba050.htm http://xml1-wire.sourceforge.net (Open source project) http://www.dalsemi.com (Use search-engine for "1-Wire Bus")

2-WIRE BUS

See I2C-Bus

3T-NET	Sites
	http://www.3t.nl
	Background
	A network originally developed by the Dutch company 3T. A little bit of public documentation about the protocol is available in the fieldbus technology overview report (1995) of the CME (Centrum voor Mikro-Elektronica, now called Syntens). 3T-Net is a fieldbus protocol that is optimised for 8051 microcontrollers in a multi-master environment. It makes use of the internal UART and an external RS485 transceiver. Communication speed is up to 500 Kbps with a low processor load.

3964	Sites
	http://www.llp.fu-berlin.de/pool/software/automation http://www.ait-augsburg.de/downloads.htm

AB3418	Sites
	http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/traffops/elecsys/ab3418/ab3418.htm

ABUS	No URL known.
	Background
	"Automobile Bitserielle Universelle Schnittstelle" is created by Volkswagen (Germany). It is intended for use in trucks. The network runs at a speed of 500 Kbit/s. Messages consist of 1,5 startbit, 0,5 syncbit, 12 bits identifier, 16 databits, 1 acknowledge bit and 1 stopbit. The first bit of the identifier distinguishes between commands and data. Commands have a higher priority than data. Every node on the network can subscribe to messages with a certain identifier. In this respect ABUS looks very much like CAN. This information is based on an article in the German magazine "ATP", issue 11/94.

ACCESS.BUS	Sites
	http://www.semtech.com/developer/index.html ftp://ftp.catc.com/ab_spec3.zip http://www.interfacebus.com/Design_Connector_I2C.html ftp://ftp.semtechusar.com/pdfs/develop/abusv30.pdf http://www.mcc-us.com/techsrc.htm

ACN	See Advanced Control Network

ACORN

See Advanced Control Network

ACP	No URL known.

ACTUATOR/SENSOR INTERFACE	User Group
Also known as: AS-i, AS-Interface, EN 50295, IEC 62026/2, Sinec S1, SiriusNet	AS-International Association Zum Taubengarten 52 63571 Gelnhausen (D) Tel. +49-6051-473212, Fax 473282 Email as-interface@t-online.de
	Sites
	http://www.as-interface.co.uk (AS-i Expert Alliance) http://www.as-interface.net http://www.as-i-safety.net http://www.as-interface.com http://www.siemens.de/siriusnet http://www.bihl-wiedemann.de/press/articles/powext_e.htm http://www.infoside.de/infida/asi/asi000.htm
	Literature
	Madelung, "ASI: Das Aktuator-Sensor Interface für die Automation, 2nd Ed.". Hanser Verlag 1999. ISBN 3-446-21065-2 (English version) ISBN 3-446-21064-4 (German version) Note: an update to this book for AS-Interface version 2.11 is available as PDF from the AS-Interface Association website!

ADS-NET

See Autonomous Decentralised Systems Network

ADVANCED CONTROL NETWORK	User Group
Also known as: ACN, ACORN. These are two entirely different systems. Acorn is the result of a research project, ACN is used in theatres.	None known.
	Sites
	http://www.marchland.com/piebase/project/acorn.htm (= ACORN) http://www.esta.org/tsp/cpwg.html (= ACN)

AF-100	No URL known.

AFDX	Sites
	http://www.techsat.com/ads/afdx/afdx.html
	Background
	AFDX (Avionics Full-Duplex Switched Ethernet) is, as the name says, an industrial Ethernet system, especially designed for use in airplanes, the first one being the giant Airbus A380. The speed used is 100 Mbit/s, either via copper or fiber, with a possibility for redundant wiring. The data-exchange protocol is UDP, with additionally support for SNMP and TFTP. Communication between nodes is guaranteed to have a certain maximum delay and minimal jitter.

AJ-71C24	No URL known.

ANSI 709.1	See Local Operating Network
American standard.

ANSI 776	See European Installation Bus
American standard.

ANSI 878.1	See Arcnet
American standard.

ANYBUS	User Group
Anybus is not a system, but the productname for a family of products supporting all sorts of industrial networks.	None known.
	Sites
	http://www.anybus.com

ANSCHALTUNG 511	User Group
Also known as: AS-511	None known.
	Sites
	http://www.runmode.com

ARCNET	User Group
Also known as: ANSI 878.1	Arcnet User Group e.V. (AUG) Bussardstrasse 19 90766 Fürth (D) Tel. +49-911-973410, Fax 9734110 Email aug@sohard.de
	Sites
	http://www.arcnet.com http://www.arcnet.de http://www.qis.net/~jschmitz/arcnet/ http://www.ccontrols.com/extension.htm http://www.ccontrols.com/tutoriala.htm
	Literature
	Huttmann, M. Arcnet. Der verkannte Feldbus. VDE Verlag, 1997
	Mailing list
	The server is at server@cola.qis.net, the listmanager is jschmitz@qis.net, the archive is available at www.franken.de/users/mucosa/arccola/threads.html

ARINC	User Group
	None known.
	Sites
	http://www.sbs-avionics.com

AS-511

See Anschaltung-511

AS-5370	Sites
Also known as: SAE AS-5370	http://www.control-by-light.com/transport/aircraft.html
	Background
	This is a deterministic version of LON for use in aircraft.

ASHRAE 135

See Building Automation Control Network

AS-i, AS-INTERFACE

See Actuator-Sensor Interface

ASYNCLINK	No URL known.
	Background
	Apparently a system for communication of the "MIOS" remote I/O system created by the department "Industrial Automation Systems"(IAS) of the Dutch company Philips. In 1999, IAS was sold off and became what is now the company called Nyquist based in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

AUTOLAN	No URL known.

AUTONOMOUS DECENTRALISED SYSTEMS NETWORK	User Group
Also known as: ADS-Net, JIS TR B 0012	None known.
	Sites
	http://www.mstc.or.jp/jop

AVANT	No URL known.

BACNET

See Building Automation Control Network

BATIBUS

See Batiment Intelligent Bus

BATIMENT INTELLIGENT BUS	User Group
(Intelligent Building Bus) Also known as: Batibus,  ENV 13154-2, NFC 46620	Batibus Club International (BCI) 11 Rue Hamelin 75783 Paris CEDEX 16 (F) Tel. +33-4-76394248, Fax 76394182 Email martine_tagnardinfo@batibus.com
	Sites
	http://www.batibus.com http://www.invirtuo.com/batibus

BATTERIEBUS	No URL known.

BEAN	No URL known.

BITBUS	User Group
Also known as: Interbus/C (C=Cell)	Bitbus European User Group e.V. (BEUG) Theaterplatz 9 52062 Aachen (D) Fax. +49-241-48480 Email board@bitbus.org
	Sites
	http://www.bitbus.org http://www.andrive.de/andreas/
	Literature
	Furrer, "Bitbus: Grundlagen und Praxis". Hüthig Verlag 1994, ISBN 3-7785-2250-7. Intel, "The Bitbus Interconnect serial control bus specification". Ordernr. 280645-001.

BOW-BUS	Sites
	http://3t.nl
	Background
	The "Bow-Bus" is a network especially designed for the Dutch Sparta "E-Bow" bike, which has a integrated electromotor aiding the bicyclist in keeping a high speed with little effort. The bike has an electromotor, battery and a management system with user control panel, connected via a 24V bus and serial network. The Dutch company 3T (3t.nl) developed the protocol called "Bow-bus", for this system, as existing networks (as Profibus, CAN) had too much overhead and were too expensive to implement. This information is based on an article in the Dutch magazine "Bits & Chips", issue Dec. 2001.

BRISTOL STANDARD ASYNCHRONOUS PROTOCOL	User Group
	None known.
	Sites
	http://www.esteem.com/plc/bristol.htm

BSAP	See Bristol Standard Asynchronous Protocol

BUILDING AUTOMATION CONTROL NETWORK	User Group
Also known as: ASHRAE 135, Bacnet, ENV 1805-2, ENV 13321-1, KSX-6906	BACnet Manufacturer's Association (BMA) 55 Temple Place Boston, MA 02111-1300 (USA) Tel. +1-617-4266956, Fax 5310538 Email info@bacnetassociation.org
	Sites
	http://www.bacnet.org http://www.bacnetassociation.org http://www.big-na.org http://bacnet4linux.sourceforge.net (Open source for Linux) http://www.big-eu.org http://www.cimetrics.com http://www.ab-controls.com/bacnet.htm http://www.ashrae.org

BYTEFLIGHT	User Group
	None known.
	Sites
	http://www.byteflight.com http://www.flexray-group.com

CAB, CABNET

See Canadian Automated Building Protocol

CAN	See Controller Area Network

CANADIAN AUTOMATED BUILDING PROTOCOL	User Group
Also known as: CAB, CABNet	None known.
	Sites
	http://www.entrenet.com/cci/cabpro.html ftp://ftp.tech-env.com/pub/CAB

CAN CALIBRATION PROTOCOL	User Group
	None known.
	Sites
	http://www.asam.de/documents/MCD.htm
	Background
	CCP was developed by the German Ingenieurburo Helmut Kleinknecht in 1992, a manufacturer of calibration systems for the automotive industry. Later, CCP was taken over by the ASAP working group as a standard protocol for data acquisition and calibration, and enhanced with optional functions. CCP defines a master/slave relation between devices. The master device (host) is a calibration tool or a diagnostic/monitoring tool, or a measurement system initiating the data transfer on CAN by sending commands to slave devices. CCP supports commands for generic control with primitive memory transfers, and for data acquisition. These two parts (function sets) of the communication protocol are independent and may run asynchronously, depending on the implementation in the slave controller.

CAN HYDRAULIC	User Group
	CAN Hydraulics Users Group (CANHUG) c/o Kvaser AB POBox 4076 51104 Kinnahult (SE) Email info@canhug.org
	Sites
	The CANHUG seems to exist no longer, and its website is no longer accessible. In case you do wish to read its last contents, visit the Web Archive for the former site http://www.canhug.org.

CAN KINGDOM	User Group
	CAN Kingdom International (CKI) 567 W. Channel Islands Blvd #232 Port Hueneme, CA 93041-2177 (USA) Tel. +1-805-9850770, Fax 9850597 Email info@cankingdom.org
	Sites
	http://www.cankingdom.org http://www.kvaser.se/canking/

CAN/OPEN	User Group
Also known as: EN 50325/4	CAN In Automation (CIA) International Headquarters Am Weichselgarten 26 91058 Erlangen (D) Tel. +49-9131-690860, Fax 6908679 Email headquarters@can-cia.de
	Sites
	http://www.canopen.org http://www.can-cia.de http://www.esacademy.com/myacademy/ (free online training for CAN/Open) http://www.esacademy.com/faq/docs/canopen/ http://www.canopen.us http://www.canopenia.com
	Literature
	Farsi, "CAN/Open: Implementation Made Simple". Taylor & Francis Inc, 1999, ISBN 0-86380-247-8. Vogel Verlag, "CAN/Open". Vogel Verlag 2001, ISBN 3-8259-1911-0. Zeltwanger, H. "CANopen"(1st edition). VDE Verlag 2001, ISBN 3-8007-2448-0 (German) Zeltwanger, H. "CANopen"(2nd edition). VDE Verlag 2007, ISBN 978-3-8007-2845-9 (German)
	Background
	CAN/Open is the name for a protocol which was originally developed by Philips Medical Systems, later taken over by the CAN User's Organisation (CiA) and known as CAL (CAN Application Layer), which evolved further to what is called CAN/Open now. It is one of the many application protocols for CAN, competing with Devicenet and many others.

C-BUS	User Group
	None known.
	Sites
	http://samg.yi.org/clipsal.html
	Background
	The C-Bus system is a fully programmable control system designed primarily to optimise lighting arrangements to save electricity cost. It also provides more flexible and efficient lighting operations compared to conventional lighting systems in multistorey buildings, offices and hotels. C-Bus was developed by Clipsal in South Australia. It uses a twisted pair to carry controls data. The intelligence in the system is distributed along the pair. Each unit in the system (switches, lights, motors TV’s etc.) has its own micro-controller associated. In the case of switches, one, two or four switches/housing, the micro-controller is behind the switch. One micro handles one to four switch buttons. In the case of Fluoro’s, a control unit is housed in the Fluoro housing itself, but in the case of incandescent lamps, a remote unit having a micro and 4 relays (for power switching) is used. There is also a dimming unit available which can be programmed to handle various lights connected to the network. They are currently developing a dimmer unit which can handle 20 Amps. Each control unit draws around 20 ma and power is supplied at 36 volts by small power units capable of 300 ma output. The C-Bus system can address up to 65000 units, but a nominal 100 units is the maximum recommended on any one network. So 100 x 20 = more than one power supply on each network. The system runs at a max. of 3.5 Kbits/sec and this rate is controlled by clocks which are also bridged across the twisted pair. This rate was chosen as being the highest rate usable before terminators would be required on the twisted pair.  More than one lock is used in any network as a safe guard against damage to the pair. So the clocks are distributed along the pair also. The maximum length permitted for a pair on any one network is 1 km. Networks can and are interconnected using a network bridge. This unit accepts incoming data on one side, transfers it to the other side, verifies that the transfer is successful and only then outputs the data to the new network. It’s a bit slow but it works. A maximum of 7 networks should be interconnected otherwise the propagation delay becomes too long.

C-FIELDBUS	Sites
	http://www.c-fieldbus.com
	Background
	The C-Fieldbus is one of the strangest in this list. It uses pneumatics to drive a turbine in a device to supply it power. No protocol is specified, which doesn't really make it a 'system'.

CCD	No URL known.

CC-LINK	User Group
Also known as: SEMI E54.12	CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA) 500 Corporate Woods Parkway Vernon Hills, IL 60061 (USA) Tel. +1-847-4782341, Fax 4782253 Email clukasik@cclinkamerica.org
	Sites
	http://www.cc-link.org

CCM	User Group
	None known.
	Sites
	http://www.gefanuc.com/infolink/manuals/gfk0582c.pdf

CCP	See CAN Calibration Protocol

CCV	No URL known.

COMPOBUS	Background
	Compobus is a family of network protocols sold by Omron. It consists of two members: Compobus/D which actually is Devicenet, and Compobus/S which is a proprietary protocol, running at 750 Kbit/s.

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS BUS	User Group
	CEBus Industry Council 2 Wisconsin Circle, Suite 700 Chevy Chase, MD 20815 (USA) Tel. +1-301-9611555, Fax 6541089 Email cebus-staff@cebus.org
	Sites
	http://www.smarthome.com/cebus.html http://www.cebus.org http://www.intellon.com
	Literature
	Evans, "The CEBus Standard User's Guide".

CONTROLLER AREA NETWORK	User Group
Also known as: CAN, EN 50325/4 (for the CAN/Open protocol only), ISO 11898/1 (Datalink), ISO 11898/4 (Time-triggered CAN only), ISO 16845 (CAN Conformance Testing)	CAN In Automation (CIA) International Headquarters Am Weichselgarten 26 91058 Erlangen (D) Tel. +49-9131-690860, Fax 6908679 Email headquarters@can-cia.de
	Sites
	http://www.can-cia.de http://www.can-wiki.info http://www.mjschofield.com/index.htm http://www.can.bosch.com (also contains CAN 2.0 specification) ftp://ftp.estec.esa.nl/pub/ws/wsd/CAN/can.htm (free CAN VHDL core) http://www.kvaser.se http://www.intel.com/design/auto/network.htm http://www.esacademy.com/myacademy/ (free online training for CAN) http://www.omegas.co.uk/CAN http://www.jcho.de/jc/Pubs/cia-94.pdf (About CAN error handling qualities) http://www.stzp.de http://www.esstin.uhp-nancy.fr/~tissered/CanFestival/CanOpenerRT.jpg (Linux driver) http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-cafi-can-ip-00.txt (CAN-Over-IP spec) http://www.ixxat.de http://www.port.de http://www.vector-cantech.com http://www.pandora.ist.utl.pt/CAN http://www.ems-wuensche.com http://home.wanadoo.nl/arnaud/links.html (Linux driver) http://www.infineon.com/products/micro/micro.htm
	Literature
	Lawrenz, "CAN: Grundlagen und Praxis, 4th Ed.". Hüthig Verlag 2000, ISBN 3-7785-2780-0. Lawrenz, "CAN System Engineering", translation of the German 2nd edition. Hüthig Verlag 1997, ISBN 0-387-94939-9. Haus der Technik e.V., "CAN und andere Autobus-Netzwerke für Industriesteuerungen". Veranstaltungsnummer E-10-940-075-3. Praxis Profiline, "Controller Area Network". Vogel Verlag 1998, ISBN 3-8259-1902-1. Praxis Profiline, "Controller Area Network". Vogel Verlag 2002, ISBN 3-8259-1911-0. Etschberger, "Controller Area Network," 3rd edition (German). Hanser Verlag 2000, ISBN 3-446-19431-2. Etschberger, "Controller Area Network (English). Ixxat 2001, ISBN 3-00-007376-0. Engels, "CAN-Bus Technik: Einfach, anschaulich und praxisnah vorgestellt". Franzis Verlag 2000, ISBN 3-7723-5145-X. Paret, "Le bus CAN - De la théorie et la practique". Dunod 1995, ISBN 2-10003164-3. Paret, "Le bus CAN - Applications (CAL, CAN/Open, DeviceNet, OSEK, SDS, CAN Kingdom)". Dunod, ISBN 2-10003659-9.
	Mailing list
	There are two mailing lists; the first at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CANbus (this is the well-known Vector mailing list, name="CANbus_2002", password="password"), and the second is at www.can-cia.de/board.htm
	Background
	CAN is only a small part of a complete network protocolstack. Since there was no standard-setting organisation or company during the early 90's, many companies developed their own and this is the reason why there are about three dozen incompatible protocols, such as: CAN/Open, DeviceNet, CAN Kingdom, SDS, SeleCAN, CAL, M3S, LBS, etc.

CONTROLNET	User Group
Also known as: DD 241, EN 50170/A3, Ethernet/IP (upper layer protocol only), IEC 61158 Type 2	ControlNet International PMB 315 20423 State Road 7 #F6 Boca Raton, FL 33498-6797 (USA) Tel. +1-561-4777966, Fax 4776621 Email controlnet@powerinternet.com
	Sites
	http://www.controlnet.org http://www.ab.com/networks http://www.lns-saginaw.net/cell.php

CS31	No URL known.

CSC	No URL known.

CURRENT LOOP	Sites
	http://www.bb-elec.com/technical_library.asp

D2B	No URL known.

D5	No URL known.

D300	No URL known.

DACNET	No URL known.

DALI	See Digitally Addressable Lighting Interface

DAN	No URL known.

DANBUSS	No URL known.

DATA HIGHWAY	Sites
	http://www.theautomationbookstore.com http://www.ab.com/manuals/cn

DC-BUS	User Group
	DC-Bus Alliance (DCBA) Email peter.braun@iqbattery.com
	Sites
	http://www.yamar.com

DD 241

See Controlnet

DEVICE LANGUAGE MESSAGE SPECIFICATION	User Group
Also known as: DLMS	DLMS User Association (DLMS-UA) Pre-de-la-Fontaine 19 1217 Meyrin-Geneva (CH) Tel. +41-22-9809800, Fax 9809809 Email dlms@dlms.com
	Sites
	http://www.dlms.com http://www.kemaconnect.nl

DEVICENET	User Group
Also known as: Compobus/D, EN 50325/2, IEC 62026/3, SEMI E54.4	Open DeviceNet Vendor Association, Inc. (ODVA) PMB 499 20423 State Road 7 #F6 Boca Raton, FL 33498-6797 (USA) Tel. +1-734-975-8840, Fax 1-734-922-0027 Email odva@odva.org
	Sites
	http://www.odva.org http://www.odvaeurope.com http://www.ricauto.com/library/techinfo http://www.tangskingdom.com/xiong/ http://www.warwick.ac.uk/devicenet

DF-1	Sites
	http://www.ab.com/manuals/cn/protocol.html

DIAS	See Distributed Intelligent Actors And Sensors

DIGITALLY ADDRESSABLE LIGHTING INTERFACE	User Group
Also known as: DALI, EN 60229, IEC 929	DALI AG http://www.dali-ag.org/
	Sites
	http://www.philips.de/licht/oem_setmakers/technik/dali/dali.htm http://www.lampsandgear.philips.com/press11.shtml
	Background
	DALI is a development of the companies Helvar, Huco, Philips, Osram, Tridonic, Trilux and Vossloh-Schwabe. It is a standard for a communications protocol for control of electronic lighting ballasts (dimming controls). It is designed exclusively for lighting purposes, and meets specific needs that are not satisfied by more complex bus systems. A DALI system consists of up to 64 ballasts connected along a twisted-pair cable, and a DALI controller. Maximum network size is 300 meter, and thus suitable for mid-size rooms and standalone systems. Sixty-four unique ballasts can be identified, and sixteen groups of ballasts. DALI messages consist of 1 start bit, 8 address bits, 8 databits, and 2 stopbits. A reply consists of 1 startbit, 8 databits, and 2 stopbits. Typical network commands are "Set light level", "Go to minimum level", "Turn lamp off", "Set light at predefined level", "Return light level", and "Return status". Light levels are specified via a logarithmic regulation curve, running from 0.1% to 100%, specified in an 8 bit number. Operating parameters can be changed and stored dynamically in the ballast's memory, i.e. sixteen different light levels, fade time, fade rate, minimum light level, maximum light level, actual light level. Diagnostics include the status of each ballast and lamp.

DIN 9-484	See Landwirtschaftliches Bus System
German standard.

DIN 19-245	See Profibus
German standard, now superseded by the EN 50170/2.
	Background
	This norm consists of four parts. DIN 19-245/1 describes the Profibus/FDL (Fieldbus Data Link) protocol; DIN 19-245/2 describes the Profibus/FMS (Fieldbus Messaging Specification) protocol; DIN 19-45/3 describes Profibus/DP (Decentralized Periphery); and DIN 19-245/4 describes Profibus/PA (Process Automation).

DIN 19-258	See Interbus-S
German standard.

DIN 26-050	See European Petrol Station Interface
German standard.

DIN 32-795	See Firmenneutrales Daten Uebertragungs Protokoll
German standard.

DIN 56-930	See DMX-512
German standard.

DIN 61-491	See Sercos
German standard.

DIN 66-348	See DIN Measurement Bus
German standard.

DIN MEASUREMENT BUS	User Group
Also known as: DIN 66-348	Anwendervereinigung "Din-Messbus e.V. (ADM) Appelstrasse 9A 30167 Hannover (D) Tel. +49-511-7624673, Fax 7623917 Email wagner@geml.uni-hannover.de
	Sites
	http://www.infoside.de/infida/dinmess/measure.htm http://www.iwq.de http://www.measurement-bus.de
	Literature
	Rose, "Din-Meßbus: Grundlagen und Praxis". Hüthig Verlag 1994, ISBN 3-7785-2305-8. Rose, "Prozeßautomatisierung mit DIN-Meßbus und Interbus-S". Hüthig Verlag, ISBN 3-7785-2217-5.

DISTRIBUTED INTELLIGENT ACTORS AND SENSORS	Sites
Research project. Also known as: DIAS	http://cabernet.esprit.ec.org/esp-syn/text/2172.html

DISTRIBUTED NETWORK PROTOCOL	User Group
Also known as: DNP	DNP Users Group PObox 43075, DVPO Calgary, Alberta T2J 7A7 (CA) Fax. +1-403-271-1319 Email dnp@home.com
	Sites
	http://www.dnp.org http://www.trianglemicroworks.com

DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS INTERFACE	User Group
Also known as: DSI.	None known.
	Sites
	http://www.mot-sps.com/automotive/mottrw.html

DISTRIBUTION LINE MESSAGE SPECIFICATION	See Device Language Message Specification
Abbreviation changed.

DLMS	See Device Language Message Specification

DMX-512	User Group
Also known as: DIN 56-930, IEC 62136. DMX=Digital Multiplexing (there is also an AMX).	None known.
	Sites
	http://www.culturenet.ca/usitt/DMX/DMX512.htm http://www.soundlight.de

DNP	See Distributed Network Protocol

DOTNET	No URL known.
	Background
	Not to be confused with the recent Microsoft product with the same name, DotNet is created by the German company Dotronic. The network is intended for use in cars and trucks. It is a 2-wire bus which runs as a speed of 150 Kbit/s, with up to 256 nodes. A master polls the slaves cyclically; a cycle for 31 slaves takes 6,2 msec. This information is based on an article in the German magazine "Markt & Technik", issue 31/92.

DRIVECOM	User Group
	Drivecom Nutzergruppe e.V. Postfach 1102 32817 Blomberg (D) Tel. +49-5235-341864, Fax 341862 Email webmaster@interbusclub.com
	Sites
	http://www.drivecom.org

DSF 21906	See P-Net
Danish standard.

DSI	See Distributed Systems Interface

EBUS	See Energy Bus

EGD	See Ethernet Global Data

EHS	See European Home System

EIA 422 / EIA 485

See RS-422 / 485

EIA 709.1

See Local Operating Network

EIA 776

See European Installation Bus

EIAMUG

See European Intelligent Actuation And Measurement

EIB	See European Installation Bus

EIP	See Ethernet/IP

ELCOM

See TASE.1

EN 50090	See European Installation Bus
European norm.

EN 50170	Part 1: See P-Net
European standard.	Part 2: See Profibus
	Part 3: See Factory Instrumentation Protocol
	Addendum A1: See Foundation Fieldbus
	Addendum A3: See Controlnet
	Background
	In 1993 CENELEC (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization) ordered the working group TC65CX to develop a European fieldbus standard. As usual, no agreement could be reached on which existing systems would become “the” European standard, so a compromise was reached by including several incompatible systems into one standard: the German Profibus (DP and FMS), the Danish P-Net, and the French WorldFIP. In autumn 1995 there was the first voting for the standard. At first the standard was rejected because Finland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom voted against it. In March 1996 there was a second round of voting and the rules for standardisation were changed so that to get a fieldbus standard accepted only 51% of countries would have to vote yes (18 countries). This gave those three fieldbuses an opportunity to become a standard even if 17 countries voted against them. The standard became accepted in December 1996. Attempts of other fieldbus systems (such as Interbus) to get incorporated in the EN 50170 failed, and this led to several other EN-standards. Later, ControlNet and Foundation Fieldbus were added to the standard, allegedly to thank the US for their support of including Profibus in the IEC 61158 standard.

EN 50254/1	See Interbus-S
European norm.

EN 50254/2	See Profibus
European norm.

EN 50254/3	See Factory Instrumentation Protocol
European norm.

EN 50295	See Actuator-Sensor Interface
European norm.

EN 50325/2	See Devicenet
European norm.

EN 50325/3	See Smart Distributed System
European norm.

EN 50325/4	See Controller Area Network
European norm.	For CAN/Open only.

EN 52090	See Konnex
European norm.

EN 60929	See Digitally Addressable Lighting Interface
European norm.

EN 61491	See Sercos
European norm.

ENERGY BUS	User Group
Also known as: E-Bus	User Club E-Bus e.V. c/o Fachhochschule Braunschweig/Wolfenbüttel Salzdahlumer Straße 46/48 38302 Wolfenbüttel (D) Tel. +49-5331-939624, Fax 939641 Email info@ebus.de
	Sites
	http://www.ebus.de

ENV 1805-1	See Firmenneutrales Daten Uebertragungs Protokoll
European pre-norm.	Background
	Since there is no longer a market demand, CEN/TC247 has recommended the withdrawal of this standard.

ENV 1805-2	See Building Automation Control Network
European pre-norm.

ENV 13154-2	Part 1: See European Installation Bus
European pre-norm.	Part 2: See European Home System
	Part 3: See Batiment Intelligent Bus
	Part 4: See Local Operating Network

ENV 13321-1	Part 1: See Profibus/FMS
European pre-norm.	Part 2: See FIP
	Part 3: See Building Automation Control Network

ENV 13321-2	See European Installation Bus
European pre-norm.

EPSI	See European Petrol Station Interface

ETHERCAT	User Group
	EtherCAT Technology Group c/o Martin Rostan Beckhoff Nuremberg Ostendstrasse 196, 90482 Nuremberg (D) Tel. +49-911-5405611, Fax 5405629. Email info@ethercat.org (Address last checked at 12/01/2004).
	Sites
	http://www.ethercat.org
	Background
	EtherCAT is a new industrial Ethernet protocol developed by the German company Beckhoff. What makes it stand out from its competitors is the very efficient use of Ethernet, because with one telegram many devices can be addressed simultaneous. EtherCAT functions like a huge distributed shared memory, which is completely handled in hardware (via special chips).

ETHERNET	User Groups
	Industrial Automation Open Networking Alliance (IAONA-EU) Universitatsplatz 2 39106 Magdeburg (D) Tel. +49-391-6711828, Fax 6712404 Email info@iaona-eu.com Industrial Ethernet Association 2506 Wisconsin Avenue Downers Grove, IL 60515 (USA) Fax. +1-630-434-1987 Email webmaster@industrialethernet.com
	Sites
	http://www.ethermanage.com/ethernet/ (Charles Spurgeon's Site) http://www.iaona.org http://www.iaona.ch http://www.real-time-ethernet.de http://www.poweroverethernet.com http://home.zhwin.ch/~sln/ http://www.industrialethernet.com (Very little activity) http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/3 http://ethernet.industrial-networking.com (Free magazine) http://www.ethernet.for-industry.com http://www.transparentfactory.com http://www.hirschmann-usa.com/an/default.asp http://www.lancontrols.com/modbus/determinismExp.htm http://www.managetherealworld.com http://www.ab.com/networks/enetpaper.html http://www.ccontrols.com/extension.htm http://www.rjlnxx.com http://www.private.org.il/tcpip_rl.html http://ethereal.zing.org (free Ethernet analyzer)
	Literature
	Hulsebos, R. "Industrial Ethernet", Ten Hagen Stam 2003, ISBN 90-4400-725-4 (Dutch!). Hulsebos, R. "Industrial Ethernet", Phoenix Contact 2005 (Dutch!). Note: German and English version expected 2006!. Furrer, F. "Ethernet TCP/IP für die Industrieautomation", 2nd Ed. Hüthig Verlag 2000, ISBN 3-7785-2779-3. Furrer, F. "Industrieautomation mit Ethernet TCP/IP und Webtechnologie" Hüthig Verlag 2002, ISBN 3-7785-2860-2. IAONA, "IAONA Handbook Industrial Ethernet". Available from http://www.iaona.org Marshall, P.,"Industrial Ethernet: A Pocket Guide". ISA Press 2002, ISBN 1-55617-774-7-G. Marshall, P.,"Industrial Ethernet: A Pocket Guide (2nd Ed.)". ISA Press 2005, ISBN 1-55617-892-1. Marshall, P.,"Industrial Ethernet". ISA Press 2004, ISBN 1-55617-869-7. Sterling, D.,"The Industrial Ethernet Networking Guide". Delmar Learning 2002, ISBN 0-76684-210-X. Spurgeon C., "Ethernet: the definitive guide". O'Reilly 2000, ISBN 1-56592-660-9. Vogel Verlag, "Ethernet in der Fertigung". Praxis Profiline 2000, ISBN 3-8259-1908-0. Vogel Verlag, "Industrial Ethernet: Informationstechnologie in der Automatisierung". Vogel Verlag 2000, ISBN 3-8259-1908-0. Vogel Verlag, "Industrial Ethernet". Vogel Verlag 2001, ISBN 3-8259-1910-2 (German/English). Vogel Verlag, "Industrial Ethernet". Vogel Verlag 2002, ISBN 3-8259-1910-2 (German/English). Vogel Verlag, "Industrial Ethernet". Vogel Verlag 2003, ISBN 3-8259-1918-8 (German/English). Vogel Verlag, "Industrial Ethernet". Vogel Verlag 2005, ISBN 3-8259-1930-7 (German/English). Obermeier D., "Industrial Ethernet von der Anschlusstechnik bis zum Netzwerkmanagement". Phoenix, 2003.
	Mailing list
	Look for the "industrialethernet" (without an underscore) maillist at www.onelist.com.
	Magazines
	The "Ethernet Book" at www.industrial-networking.com.
	Courses by the author
	In cooperation with the Mikrocentrum in Eindhoven I host a course on industrial Ethernet, TCP/IP and embedded webservers. Duration is 2 days.  Language Dutch. The course is given in Eindhoven and Utrecht, april 2008; contact e.putte@mikrocentrum.nl for more information.

ETHERNET GLOBAL DATA	Sites
Also known as: EGD	http://www.gefanuc.com/support/plc/fax06810.htm

ETHERNET INDUSTRIAL PROTOCOL	User Group
Also known as: EIP, Ethernet/IP, SEMI E54.13	Via Open Devicenet Vendors Association
	Sites
	http://www.ethernet-ip.org http://www.ethernetip.de http://www.lns-saginaw.net/cell.php http://www.odva.org

EUROMAP	Sites
	http://www.euromap.org

EUROPEAN HOME SYSTEM	User Group
Also known as: EHS, ENV 13154-2	European Home Systems Association (EHSA)
	Sites
	http://www.ehsa.com http://www.trialog.com
	Literature
	Kung, "The EHS European Home Systems Network". Trialog. Published directly by Trialog and only available via them (email: ehs@trialog.com) Kung, "La Domotique Appliquée avec le Réseau Européen EHS. Trialog, ISBN 2-84180-055-5.

EUROPEAN INSTALLATION BUS	User Group
Also known as: EIB, ASHRAE 135-195, ANSI 776,  EIA 776, ENV 13321-2, ENV 13154-2, EN 50090, I-Bus, Instabus	EIB Association (EIBA) Twinhouse, Neerveldstraat 105 1200 Brussel (B) Tel. +32-2-7758646, Fax 6755028 Email eiba@eiba.com Vereniging EIBA Nederland p/a FME/CWM Postbus 190, 2700 AD Zoetermeer Tel. +31-79-3531273, Fax 3531365 Email postmaster@eiba.nl
	Sites
	http://www.eiba.com http://www.eiba.de http://www.eib-home.de http://home.t-online.de/home/ibk-neuhof/homepage.htm http://www.eib-forum.de http://www.eibuc.ch http://www.eibaswiss.ch http://www.eibnews.de
	Literature
	BFE, "Lernprogramm Europäischer Installationsbus". Vogel Verlag 1998, ISBN 3-8023-1783-X. BFE, "European Installation Bus". Vogel Verlag 1999, ISBN 3-8023-1868-4. Dietrich, EIB: Gebäudebussystem. Huthig 2000, ISBN 3-7785-2795-9. Rose, "Gebäudesystemtechnik im Wohn- und Zweckbau mit dem EIB". Huthig 2000, ISBN 3-7785-2643-X. Frank, Der europäische Installationsbus". Verlag Technik 2000, ISBN 3-34101-249-4. Seip, Gebäudesystemtechnik mit EIB. Wiley 2000, ISBN 3-89578-076-6. Leidenroth, "EIB Praxis: Standardfunktionen und ihre Programmierung". Verlag Technik 1997, ISBN 3-341-01180-5. Leidenroth, "EIB Anwenderhandbuch: Planung, Projektierung, Inbetriebname, Kundenberatung". Verlag Technik 1999, ISBN 3-341-01226-5. Jeanrond, "EIB Gebäudesystemtechnik: Die zukunftssichere Elektroinstallation". Pflaum Verlag 1996, ISBN 3-79050-712-1. Scherg, "EIB planen und installieren". Vogel Verlag 1998, ISBN 3-80231-746-7. Rose, "Gebouwsysteemtechniek met de Europese Installatie Bus". Kluwer Techniek 1997, ISBN 90-5576-037-4. (Dutch) Vogel Verlag, "EIB 2.0 Lern-CDROM". Vogel Verlag, 2000. ZVEI, "Gebäudesystemtechnik: Grundlagen (4. Auflage)". ZVEI, 1997. ZVEI, "Gebäudesystemtechnik: Anwendungen (4. Auflage)". ZVEI, 1997. Siemens, "Gebäudesystemtechnik mit EIB". ISBN 3-89578-076-6.
	Magazines
	http://www.bussysteme.de

EUROPEAN INTELLIGENT ACTUATION AND MEASUREMENT	Sites
Research project. Also known as: EIAMUG	http://cabernet.esprit.ec.org/esp-syn/text/8244.html

EUROPEAN PETROL STATION INTERFACE	User Group
Also known as: EPSI	EPSI Development & Improvement Project DGMK/PTB 463 Postfach 540139 10042 Berlin (D) Tel. +49-30-6441587, Fax 6441586 Email epsi@berlin.ptb.de