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News Release from: Invensys Process Systems | Subject: FF software extensions
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 29 March 2005
FF software extensions for PACTware
Consortium
Invensys Process Systems has announced that it has transferred ownership of critical software extensions for Foundation fieldbus to the PACTware Consortium, to extend the multivendor interoperability
Invensys Process Systems has announced that it has transferred ownership of critical software extensions for Foundation fieldbus to the PACTware Consortium These Invensys-developed extensions enable PACTware frame applications to integrate FDT-based Foundation fieldbus components
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 23 Jun 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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This includes both DTMs (Device Type Managers), which encapsulate device characteristics; and BTMs (Block Type Managers), which manage Foundation fieldbus device blocks.
PACTware, a standalone implementation of the FDT 1.2 specification, is an open-source frame application that allows field device DTMs and BTMs to be displayed as a window within the PACTware graphical user interface.
With the Invensys-developed (and verified) software extensions, PACTware capability as a vendor-independent application for configuring, commissioning, and managing intelligent field devices now encompasses all major fieldbusses: HART, Profibus, and Foundation fieldbus.
"As an early and ardent proponent of fieldbus technology, Invensys firmly believes that the true benefit of fieldbus comes from providing end-users with the freedom to choose the fieldbus instrumentation and related asset management applications that work best for them, regardless of instrument or system vendor, and to do so without compromising any functionality.
FDT provides that freedom.
That's why we're so pleased to be able to donate these modest, yet critical, software extensions to the PACTware Consortium to be able to support FF on FDT," said Scott Bump, director of fieldbus technology development at the Invensys Foxboro Automation unit.
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