FOUNDATION FIELD BUS INTEROPERABILITY TESTING AND SYSTEM CONFIGURATION FOR EMERSON HOST

• Main Author: SAHARUDIN, NURUL NISHA
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS 2010
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/10073/1/2010%20-%20Foundations%20Fieldbus%20Interoperability%20Testing%20and%20System%20Configuration%20for%20Emerson%20Host.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/10073/

This report will generally discuss on the progress and basic Wlderstanding on selected Final Year Project (FYP) title which is FOUNDATION Fieldbus Interoperability Test (FFIT) and System Configuration for Emerson. Fieldbus is a digital, two way communication link between controls where this technology will replace the conventional 4-20mA standard. This project is concern with technical verification and interoperability of FOUNDATION Fieldbus products involving the ability of communication between different devices and host of different manufacturer. The purpose of this project is to perform interoperability testing of FOUNDATION Fieldbus system namely the basic test, stress test and diagnostic test. The outcome of the tests is aimed to provide familiarization on the fieldbus system for students, scientific researchers, engineers and also for industrial applications. The whole project starts with knowledge gathering and theoretical studies on the related subject. Three laboratory tests will be covered in the interoperability testing which are basic interoperability test including operability and ease of maintenance, stress test and diagnostic capability test of the system. Other than that, an excel calculation for fieldbus design was also developed. The need of interoperability testing is to make sure that the end-user in plant will not face any difficulties when using the vendor's FOUNDATION Fieldbus products. The basic test was successfully conducted and the overall result of this test has shown that the EMERSON host can communicate well with all the tested devices from different vendors of E+H, FOXBORO and HONEYWELL.