DKE German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies of DIN and VDE
DIN EN 61158-4-12
Industrial communication networks - Fieldbus specifications - Part 4-12: Data-link layer protocol specification - Type 12 elements (IEC 61158-4-12:2010); English version EN 61158-4-12:2012, only on CD-ROM
Industrielle Kommunikationsnetze - Feldbusse - Teil 4-12: Protokollspezifikation des Data Link Layer (Sicherungsschicht) - Typ 12-Elemente (IEC 61158-4-12:2010); Englische Fassung EN 61158-4-12:2012, nur auf CD-ROM
Overview
In compliance with the DIN EN 61158 standard series the layers 1, 2 and 7 of a fieldbus are designed in accordance with ISO/IEC 7498-1. This standard describes layer 2 of Type 12 (EtherCAT). It defines the data-link layer protocol for Type 12 elements (EtherCAT). The responsible committee is DKE/K 956 "Feldbus" ("Fieldbus") of the DKE (German Commission for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies) at DIN and VDE.