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PSS 31S-10B4 B3

Field Device Manager for PROFIBUS Devices

Achieve significant productivity and operational savings when configuring PROFIBUS networks with the
Foxboro Evo™ Control Editors and the Field Device Manager for PROFIBUS Devices.

FEATURES  Option to run the device manufacturer’s DTM

Key features of the Field Device Manager for within Field Device Manager for configuration
PROFIBUS Devices include: and/or device maintenance
 Device templates that enable re-use of
 Complete lifecycle coverage of all field device
engineering for multiple tags of the same device
tasks — configuration, commissioning,
type
maintenance, and diagnostics — in one
 Convenient links to editors for the host control
comprehensive tool set
station and fieldbus module
 Integration of the device configuration into the  Watch screens that provide data history using
control database tables and trend displays
 GSD-informed editing tools for bus configuration,  Compare screens that enable download and
module selection, and I/O data definition upload of DPV1 parameter values to align the
host database with the device
 Built-in universal PROFIBUS device type
 User-configured links to documents, photos,
manager (DTM) providing online access to device
drawings, help files and other device-related
data and diagnostic messages
resources
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 Ability to create custom screens for viewing TEMPLATES AND DEVICE INHERITANCE
device data and diagnostic messages, and for Field Device Manager is GSD-based. The user
downloading DPV1 device parameters imports a GSD file into a copy of a PROFIBUS device
 Access based on log-in authentication and template. The GSD file, which is bound to the
assigned Field Device Technology (FDT) roles template, informs all choices for bus settings, module
selection and user parameters for each instance of
 Integration with the Foxboro Evo Control Editors’
the field device type used in the plant. The template
Network View and other application windows,
also includes controls for specifying tags for devices
which enable quick creation, assignment, tagging
derived from the template (Figure 1).
and deployment of devices
You can also define a device type by associating the
 Available Instrument Workshop edition for
device manufacturer’s DTM with the template, in
calibration, testing, and/or pre-commissioning of
which case the GSD information is extracted from
devices before their plant installation.
the DTM and bound to the template. You can then
access the device specific DTM in the Vendor DTM
OVERVIEW
tab to configure and maintain the devices.
The Field Device Manager for PROFIBUS Devices
(Field Device Manager) is a software application that
adds on to the Foxboro Evo Control Editors to
provide configuration support for PROFIBUS DP and
PA devices, and integration of PROFIBUS networks
into the Foxboro Evo Process Automation System.
The PROFIBUS devices are connected to the control
system via the FBM222 Redundant PROFIBUS
Communication Interface.
The Field Device Manager’s graphical user interface
opens inside the Control Editors, and provides easy-
to-use bus configuration, module selection and data
definition tools based on the device’s General Slave
Device (GSD) file. The device configuration is
maintained in a Wonderware Galaxy database, where
it is integrated with other control system elements
such as compounds, strategies and Distributed
Control Interface (DCI) blocks.
Field Device Manager’s built-in universal PROFIBUS
DTM provides highly customizable diagnostic
Figure 1. Device Template for a PA Positioner
displays and watch screens that facilitate deployment
of the device and validation of the control strategy.
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The device templates provide the ability to engineer a As part of the device creation, the Control Editors set
typical field device type once, and propagate the up an equipment control block (ECB201) that
configuration to multiple instances of the same represents the device in the Foxboro Evo control
device type, achieving maximum reusable software. The Field Device Manager General tab
engineering. Individual parameter values set in the provides a hotlink to an editor for the device ECB,
template can be locked such that they cannot be where the user can specify block display settings,
changed in the device instances, or they can be left configure parameters for collection by the Foxboro
unlocked allowing the user to edit individual device Evo Control Software History application, and set
configurations, overriding selections copied from the runtime access permissions.
template. Changes made at the template level to
locked parameters are propagated to the devices CONFIGURATION TOOLS
that have already been created from the template. The Field Device Manager provides tabbed pages for
editing bus settings (Figure 3), selecting modules and
DEVICE CREATION user parameters (Figure 4), and defining device I/O
To create a PROFIBUS device in the Control Editors, (Figure 5).
the user simply drags the device template to the host
FBM222 and drops the template on one of the two
FBM ports (Figure 2).

Figure 3. Editing Device Bus Settings

Figure 2. Adding a PROFIBUS Device

The user then double-clicks the new device to open

it in the Field Device Manager, sets the device
address, and then views and modifies the bus
settings, module selection, and other configuration
choices inherited from the template.
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Configuration choices, whether made at the device

template level or in an individual device, are always
device-appropriate as the device configuration
remains linked to the GSD for device description.
Once the modules have been selected, the Data
Definition tab enables the creation of input and
output parameters, diagnostic messages and
parameters, and if the device supports DPV1
functionality, DPV1 device parameters. Parameter
definitions include starting byte and bit position, bit
length, data type, optional byte-swapping,
complement definition, and plain-language names
and descriptions for easy identification.
The parameters can be selected for display in the
various standard and user-defined screens in Field
Device Manager. The parameters are also shown in
the Control Editors’ browsers that enable quick and
Figure 4. Configuring Modules in a Remote I/O Device accurate specification of point number syntax in the
control strategy DCI blocks.

Figure 5. Parameters Configured in the Template Can be Edited at the Device Level
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CONTROL CONFIGURATION The Control Editors’ Strategy Editor provides

PROFIBUS devices are connected to Foxboro Evo graphical tools for adding DCI blocks to a control
control blocks using DCI blocks. DCI block types strategy, linking them to control blocks, and
include single and redundant input and output blocks specifying the block execution order within the
for common data types such as integer and real. The strategy. The user then opens a Device Browser in
DCI blocks are mapped to PROFIBUS data of the the editor to map the DCI blocks to the slave devices
different PROFIBUS data types. and their parameters created in the Data Definition
tab (Figure 6).

Figure 6. Strategy Editor Device Browser Connects DCI Blocks to Slave Device Data
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UNIVERSAL PROFIBUS DTM  Input tab (Figure 8) and Output tab provide real-
Field Device Manager’s built-in PROFIBUS DTM time displays of the parameters defined in the
includes the following set of standard tab pages: Data Definition tab (or the Vendor DTM if the
parameters were configured with the device
 Identification tab (Figure 7) displays information
manufacturer’s DTM).
about the specific device such as the device
 Diagnostics tab displays diagnostic messages
manufacturer and type, and hardware and
specified in the GSD and those which you define
software versions. The tab also provides user-
in the Data Definition tab based on either device
configured links for quick and easy access to any
diagnostics or DPV1 device parameters
document or image useful in engineering or
(Figure 9).
maintaining the field device. The documents
images can be linked to the Identification tab in
the template or a device instance.

Figure 7. Hyperlinks to Documents and Drawings Can be Made on the Identification Tab
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Figure 8. Selecting Input Parameters for Online Display in Field Device Manager

Figure 9. Field Device Manager Displays Diagnostics Messages as well as Raw Device Diagnostic Data
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Figure 10. The Device Parameter (DPV1) Tab Enables Downloads to DPV1 Devices
and Trend Displays of Up to Eight Device Parameters

 Watch tab allows you to track up to eight Field Device Manager also displays the following tabs
parameters with a data table and a trend display. for devices that support DPV1 functions:
 Configuration Data tab, which is displayed only  Device Parameter (DPV1) tab displays selected
when the Field Device Manager is online to the device parameters in a grid format and a trend
device, compares the configuration data in the display (Figure 10). The tab enables upload and
device with the data set in the Galaxy database. download of parameters that are defined as
 Customize tab provides tools for adding custom writable.
tabs and parameter groups, setting access  Compare tab enables you to identify differences
permissions for Field Device Manager functions between DPV1 device parameter values in the
based on the user’s log-in information, and Galaxy database and the values read from the
setting up downloads to selected devices. device, and then reconcile the two sources by
either uploading or downloading selected
parameters.
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The Tab Configuration dialog box, which is accessed When the device DTM is associated with the device
from the Customize tab, enables addition of other template, the manufacturer’s user interface is made
tabs using one of three formats: Input/Output, Watch available for the template and derived devices in
and Device Parameter (DPV1). Whether a tab is Vendor DTM tab in Field Device Manager (Figure 11).
visible and enabled depends on the FDT roles You have a choice of configuring the device template
assigned to the user and the access specified for and the derived device instances using the device
those roles in the Set Permissions dialog box. DTM or the Control Editors configurators in other
Field Device Manager tabs. Whichever tool is
USING A DEVICE-SPECIFIC DTM selected, both the vendor DTM and the universal
Field Device Manager provides the option of using a PROFIBUS DTM are available for managing devices
DTM supplied by the device manufacturer to as they are brought online.
configure and maintain the device. Selection of the
NOTE
device-specific DTM is made at the template level, at
Manufacturer-supplied DTMs may vary in
which point GSD information is extracted from the their compliance with PROFIBUS and FDT
DTM and bound to the device template. specifications. Please confirm the
applicability of vendor-supplied DTMs for
your project.

Figure 11. The Device Manufacturer’s DTM is Opened in the Vendor DTM Tab
for Configuring and Maintaining Devices
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MASTER BUS SETTINGS DEPLOYMENT

The Field Device Manager is also used to configure The device configurations can be deployed to the
the master bus settings for each port in the host Foxboro Evo Process Automation System as part of
FBM222 (Figure 12). When you select a baud rate for a control database deployment, which also
the port from a pull-down list and press the Default downloads the host FBM222 configuration and the
button, the editor supplies the appropriate values for DCI and control blocks contained in the various
various timing parameters such as minimum station control strategies. The FBM222 uses the
response time, which can be edited individually as downloaded configurations to initialize the connected
needed. With a click of the Validate button, you can devices and manage cyclic and acyclic data
verify the bus settings of the FBM and all connected exchange between the devices and the control
PROFIBUS devices on the port using the definitions station. After the initial deployment, the Control
in the GSD files. The CalculateTTR button on Bus Editors provide a more selective deployment in which
Settings tab allows you to optimize the target token later changes to the device configurations can be
rotation time for each port. made with minimal interruption to the process.
The Control Editors provide a variety of tools for
monitoring the device as it is brought online and
initialized from the FBM222 master. The Field Device
Manager for the FBM222 includes a communication
DTM that provides diagnostics and live lists for each
port, while Field Device Manager for the device offers
online displays of device data and screens that
compare the physical device to the configuration
database.
COMMISSIONING WIZARD
You can also deploy devices using the Foxboro Evo
Control Software Commissioning Wizard. The wizard
matches a physically connected slave device with a
configuration in the Galaxy database (Figure 13, left
side) and enables you to take one or more of the
following commissioning actions (Figure 13, right
side):
 Deploy the device, that is, download the device
ECB to the Foxboro Evo Process Automation
System
Figure 12. Setting Master Bus Parameters  Download to a device DPV1 device parameters
that were configured with a vendor DTM
 Upload from a device DPV1 device parameters to
a vendor DTM and the Galaxy database
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 Bring the device online to the control system and  Change the device address.
begin cyclic and acyclic data exchange

Figure 13. The Commissioning Wizard Provides for Device Deployment, Download and Upload
of DPV1 Device Parameters, and Device Initialization

FIELD DEVICE MANAGER – INSTRUMENT LEGACY FBM223 TO FBM222 UPGRADE

WORKSHOP EDITION WITH THE CONTROL EDITORS
The full Control Room edition of Field Device When configuring an FBM222 to replace a legacy
Manager has all the features previously described. FBM223 in the Control Editors, the FBM223’s
This edition is used on workstations running Foxboro database, port configuration files (*.PMA), slave
Evo Control Software with Foxboro control device configuration files (*.PSL), and GSD files can
processors and FBM222s. In addition, the Control be used for the FBM222 as is.
Editors and Field Device Manager (without the For instructions on performing this upgrade, refer to
universal PROFIBUS DTM) are offered in a bundled the “FBM223 to FBM222 Upgrade Procedure”
Instrument Workshop edition. This off-platform appendix in Implementing PROFIBUS Networks in
edition uses a third-party interface card and Foxboro Evo Control Software Applications
communication DTM to provide DPV1 (B0750BE).
communication with the devices, and the device
manufacturer’s DTM to calibrate, pre-commission,
and test instrumentation prior to installation and
connection to the FBM222.
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H A R DWAR E A N D S O F T WA R E RE Q U I RE M E N T S

CONTROL ROOM EDITION REQUIREMENTS INSTRUMENT WORKSHOP EDITION

Computer REQUIREMENTS
 Follow the hardware requirements for the  Laptop, desktop, or server class computer with
Foxboro Evo Control Editors as specified in 2.18 Ghz (or faster) Intel Pentium® 4 processor
Control Editors (PSS 31S-10B3 B3). (or higher), minimum of 16.0 GB free hard disk
space, and minimum of 2.0 gigabytes RAM
System Hardware
 DVD/CD drive
 The MESH control network-connected station
committed as AW70 or WP70 at I/A Series  Video Graphic Accelerator Card: 32 MB of
software v8.7-v8.8 and Foxboro Evo Control memory
Core Services v9.0 or later  Communications Network: 100 MHz TCP/IP
 ZCP270 or FCP270 at I/A Series software v8.7- Ethernet
v8.8 and Foxboro Evo Control Core Services v9.0  Compatible third-party interface card for one
or later with FBM222 PROFIBUS port
Media  Third-party PROFIBUS communication DTM
 Foxboro Evo Field Device Manager for  PROFIBUS junction devices, power supplies, and
PROFIBUS media kit (K0201HQ) for workstations fieldbus terminations as necessary to connect the
with I/A Series software v8.7-v8.8 and Foxboro field devices.
Evo Control Core Services v9.0 or later
SIZING GUIDELINES
Field Device Manager requires an S39 FCS Platform
The Field Device Manager for PROFIBUS along with
License.
the FBM222 provide the following capacity limits:
 125 PROFIBUS slave devices assigned to an
FBM222 port
Refer to FBM222, Redundant PROFIBUS
Communication Interface Module
(PSS 31H-2Z22 B4) for additional information on the
FBM222.

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