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FIELDBUS By: Stuart McAllister 11/30/2007 What is a Fieldbus? A Fieldbus is an industrial computer network for real-time distributed control. A complex automated industrial system usually needs an organized hierarchy of controller systems to function. Human Machine Interface (HMI) at the top, Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) in the middle, and the Fieldbus at the bottom. The Fieldbus links the PLCs to the components which actually do the work such as sensors, actuators, electric motors, console lights, switches, valves, and contactors. What is a Fieldbus? Fieldbus is a generic term that describes a new digital communications network that is being used in industry to replace the existing 4-20 mA analog signal standard. The network is a digital, bi-directional, multi-drop, serial-bus communication network used to link isolated field devices, such as controllers, transducers, actuators and sensors. Bi-directional means it is a duplex port; the data can be transmitted in two directions at the same time. Multi-drop is also referred to as multi-access and it can be interpreted as a single bus with many nodes connected to it. Serial-bus means the data is transmitted serially according to RS232 or RS485 protocol. Profibus uses RS485 protocol. What is a Fieldbus? Fieldbus works on network structures such as daisy-chain, star, ring, branch, and tree network topologies. Previously computers were connected using RS-232 by which only two devices could communicate. This is the equivalent of the currently used 4-20 mA communication scheme which requires that each device has its own communication point at the controller level The fieldbus is the equivalent of the current LAN-type connections, which require only one communication at the controller level and allow multiple (100s) of analog and digital points to be connected at the same time. This reduces both the length of the cable required and the number of cables required. History Current State In 1999 a comm