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 2 FDT Fundamentals


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2.1 FDT Overview
2.2 Where FDT Fits
2.3 General FDT Architecture and Components
2.4 Overview of Objects and Interfaces
2.4.1 The Device Type Manager (DTM)
2.4.2 The Block Type Manager (BTM)
2.4.3 The FDT Frame Application
2.5 Synchronization and Serialization Issues
2.6 Parameter interchange via XML
2.6.1 Examples of usage
2.7 Persistent Storage Story
2.7.1 Persistence Overview
2.7.2 Persistence Interfaces
2.8 Basic features of a session model
2.9 Basic Operation phases
2.9.1 Roles and Access Rights
2.9.2 Operation Phases
2.10 Abstract FDT Object Model
2.11 Fieldbus independent Integration
2.12 Scanning and DTM Assignment

2 FDT Fundamentals

This chapter introduces the FDT model and covers topics which are specific to the requirements of field device integration.

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