DKE German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies of DIN and VDE
DIN EN 61158-6-12
Industrial communication networks - Fieldbus specifications - Part 6-12: Application layer protocol specification - Type 12 elements (IEC 61158-6-12:2014); English version EN 61158-6-12:2014, only CD-ROM
Industrielle Kommunikationsnetze - Feldbusse - Teil 6-12: Protokollspezifikation des Application Layer (Anwendungsschicht) - Typ 12-Elemente (IEC 61158-6-12:2014); Englische Fassung EN 61158-6-12:2014, 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 12 (EtherCAT). It defines the protocol of the Type 12 fieldbus application layer (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.