Extension of FDT specification for sercos III is now available

“The FDT/DTM specification is another important step on the way to making sercos III a universal real-time network for all automation applications. The combination of these two open standards, supported by many manufacturers, reduces start-up times and increases the security of investments.”, states Peter Lutz, Managing Director of sercos International e.V.

The FDT/DTM specification for sercos III was elaborated by a joint working group of sercos International and the FDT group and has been verified by two independent implementations of sercos III manufacturers.

FDT Technology standardises the communication interface between field devices and engineering tools.  It consists of the FDT tool which already contains annexes for a range of different fieldbus systems. Extending the FDT specification to sercos III will allow users to configure sercos III devices via FDT’s powerful DTM device drivers.   DTMs offer special functionality for detailed device configuration and analysis via a graphical user interface.  The DTM application opens a window for the start-up, parameterisation and diagnosis of the field devices, thus reducing the complexity of the application and increasing transparency for users and service technicians.

sercos, SErial Realtime COmmunication System, is among the leading digital interfaces for communication between controls, drives and decentralized peripheral devices. sercos has been used in machine engineering for more than 20 years and is implemented in over 2.5 million real time nodes. With its open, manufacturer independent Ethernet-based architecture, sercos III is a universal bus for all automation solutions.