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Fieldbus Comparison Chart

The document compares different fieldbus technologies and provides information on their physical characteristics, transport mechanisms, and performance metrics. It includes a table that lists details such as network topology, maximum distance, data transfer size, error checking, and cycle times for common fieldbus standards.

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Fieldbus Comparison Chart

The document compares different fieldbus technologies and provides information on their physical characteristics, transport mechanisms, and performance metrics. It includes a table that lists details such as network topology, maximum distance, data transfer size, error checking, and cycle times for common fieldbus standards.

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FIELDBUS COMPARISON CHART

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Network Topology Physical Max. Devices Max. Distance


Media (nodes)

PROFIBUS Line, star & ring Twisted-pair 127 nodes 24 Km (fiber)


DP/PA or fiber

INTERBUS-S Segmented with "T" Twisted-pair, 256 nodes 400


drops fiber, and m/segment,
slip-ring 12.8 Km total

DeviceNet Trunkline/dropline Twisted-pair 64 nodes 500m


with branching for signal &
power

ARCNET Bus, multidrop, star Twisted-pair 255 nodes 5 miles


coax fiber

AS-I Bus, ring, tree star, Two wire 31 slaves 100 meters,
of al cable 300 with
repeater

Fieldbus Multidrop with bus Twisted-pair 240/segment, 1900m @


Foundation powered devices 65,000 segments 31.25K
500m @ 2.5M

IEC/ISA Star or bus Twisted-pair IS 3-7 1700m @


SP50 fiber, and non IS 128 31.25K
Fieldbus radio 500M @ 5Mbps

Seriplex Tree, loop, ring, 4-wire 500+ devices 500+ ft


multi-drop, star shrolded
cable

WorldFIP Bus Twisted-pair, 256 nodes up to 40 Km


fiber

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LonWorks Bus, ring, loop, star Twisted-pair, 32,000/domain 2000m @ 78
fiber, power kbps
line

SDS Trunkline/Dropline Twisted-pair 64 nodes, 500m


for signal & 126 addresses
power

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TRANSPORT MECHANISM

Communicati Transmissi Data Arbitratio Error Diagnosti


on Methods on Transfer n Method Checkin cs
Properties Size g

PROFIBU Master/slave DP up to 12 244 bytes Token HD4 CRC Station,


S DP/PA peer to peer Mbps passing module &
PA 31.25 channel
kbps diagnostics

INTERBU Master/slave 500kBits/s, 512 bytes None 16-bit Segment


S-S with total full duplex h.s., CRC location of
frame transfer unlimited CRC error
block and cable
break

DeviceNe Master/slave, 500 kbps, 8-byte Carrier- CRC Bus


t multi-master, 250 kbps, variable Sonac check monitoring
others 125 kbps message Multiple
Access

ARCNET Peer to peer 31.25K to 508 bytes Token 16-bit Built in


10M CRC

AS-I Master/slave Data and 31 slaves Master/sla Manchest Slave


with cyclic power, EMI with 4 in ve with er Code, fault,
polling resistant and 4 out cyclic hamming device
polling -2, partly fault

Fieldbus Client/server 31.25 kbps 16.6 M Determinis 16-bit Remote


Foundati publisher/ 1 Mbps objects/devi tic CRC diagnostics
on subscriber, 2.5Mbps ce centralized , network
Event scheduler, monitors,
notification multiple parameter
backup status

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IEC/ISA Client/server 31.25 kbps 64 octets Scheduler, 16-bit Configurab
SP50 Publisher/ IS+1, 2.6, 5 high & 256 tokens, or CRC le on
Fieldbus subscriber Mbps low priority master network
manageme
nt

Seriplex Master/slave 200 Mbps 7680/transf Sonal End of Cabling


peer to peer er multiplexin frame & problems
g echo
check

WorldFIP Peer to peer 31.25 kbps, No limit, Central 16-bit Device


1 & 2.5 variables arbitration CRC, message
Mbps, 6 128 bytes data time-out,
Mbps fiber "freshnes redundant
s" cabling
indicator

LonWork Master/slave 1.25 Mbs 228 bytes Carrier 16-bit Database


s peer to peer full duplex Sense, CRC of CRC
Multiple errors and
Access device
errors

SDS Master/slave, 1Mbps, 8-byte Carrier- CRC Bus


peer to peer, 500 kbps, variable Sonac check monitoring
multi-cast, 250 kbps, message Multiple ,
multi-master 125 kbps Access Diagnostic
slave

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PERFORMANCE

Cycle Time: 256 Cycle Time: 128 Block transfer of


Discrete Analog 128 bytes
16 nodes with 16 16 nodes with 8 1 node
I/Os I/Os

PROFIBUS Configuration Configuration not available


DP/PA dependent dependent
typ <2ms typ <2ms

INTERBUS-S 1.8 ms 7.4 ms 140 ms

DeviceNet 2.0 ms Master-slave 10 ms Master-slave 4.2 ms


polling polling

ARCNET <2 ms @ 2.5M <2 ms @ 2.5M <2 ms @ 2.5M

AS-I 4.7 ms not possible not possible

Fieldbus 100 ms @ 31.25k 600 ms @ 31.25k 36 ms @ 31.25k


Foundation <1 ms @ 2.5M <8 ms @ 2.5M 0.45 ms @ 2.5M

IEC/ISA SP50 Configuration Configuration 0.2 ms @ 5 Mbps


dependent dependent 1.0 ms @ 1 Mbps

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Seriplex 1.32 ms @ 200 kbps, 10.4 ms 10.4 ms
m/s

WorldFIP 2 ms @ 1 Mbps 5 ms @ 1 Mbps 5 ms @ 1 Mbps

LonWorks 20 ms 5 ms @ 1 Mbps 5 ms @ 1 Mbps

SDS <1 ms, event driven <1 ms per event 2 ms @ 1 Mbps

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