Foundation Fieldbus FAQ

1 - What is the difference between HART and Fieldbus?

2 - Is Fieldbus easy? It sounds complicated.

3- What are the benefits of Fieldbus?

4 - How does Fieldbus lower the cost?

5 - What is all this diagnostics stuff anyhow (regrets to Peace Porridge)?

6 - What is a transducer block?

7 - What is a resource block?

8 - What is automatic alarm notification?

9 - How does distributed trending work?

10 - What is a device description?

11 - Won’t Fieldbus stifle innovation?

12 - What are the distinguishing features of a "true" Fieldbus, delivering the original promise?

13 - What is the benefit of being completely digital?

14 - How is Fieldbus more distributed than a "Distributed Control System"?

15 - Must a protocol be specifically designed for process control?

16 - Will Fieldbus replace DCS as we know it?

17 - What happens to data base configuration in a Fieldbus system?

18 - Isn’t Fieldbus too slow, 31.25 kbit/s compared to several Mbit/s for DCS?

19 - What are View objects?

20 - What is an update event?

21 - What is scheduling?

22 - Do MMI offer the features of DCS?

23 - Do PCs have any advantage over DCS other than price?

24 - Does Fieldbus interoperability "end" in the PC?

25 - What is the MMI update time?

26 - Obsolescence