DKE German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies of DIN and VDE
DIN EN 61158-5-21
Industrial communication networks - Fieldbus specifications - Part 5-21: Application layer service definition - Type 21 elements (IEC 61158-5-21:2010); English version EN 61158-5-21:2012, only on CD-ROM
Industrielle Kommunikationsnetze - Feldbusse - Teil 5-21: Dienstfestlegungen des Application Layer (Anwendungsschicht) - Typ 21-Elemente (IEC 61158-5-21:2010); Englische Fassung EN 61158-5-21:2012, 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 7 of Type 21 (RAPIEnet). It defines the services provided by a Type 21 fieldbus application layer (RAPIEnet). The responsible committee is DKE/K 956 "Feldbus" ("Fieldbus") of the DKE (German Commission for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies) at DIN and VDE.