Industrial communication networks - Fieldbus specifications - Part 1: Overview and guidance for the IEC 61158 and IEC 61784 series

This part of IEC 61158 specifies the generic concept of fieldbuses. This document also presents an overview and guidance for the IEC 61158 series by: • explaining the structure and content of the IEC 61158 series; • relating the structure of the IEC 61158 series to the ISO/IEC 7498-1 OSI Basic Reference Model; • showing the logical structure of the IEC 61784 series; • showing how to use parts of the IEC 61158 series in combination with the IEC 61784 series; • providing explanations of some aspects of the IEC 61158 series that are common to the type specific parts of the IEC 61158-5 including the application layer service description concepts and the generic fieldbus data types