Five major foundations form a joint company to promote field device integration
五大基金會成立合資公司推廣現場設備集成

September 27, 2011 - The five major automation foundations FDT Group, Fieldbus Foundation, HART Communication Foundation, PROFIBUS & PROFINET International, and OPC Foundation have developed a single common solution for Field Device Integration (FDI). These foundations decided to combine their efforts and form a joint company. The new company is named FDI Cooperation, LLC (a limited liability company under U.S. law). This was made formal by all representatives signing the contract documents in Karlsruhe on Sept. 26.

9月27日消息——FDT集團、現場總線基金會、HART通信基金會、PROFIBUS和PROFINET國際組織以及OPC基金會五個主要自動化基金會聯合開發了一個統一的現場設備集成 (FDI) 解決方案。這五大基金會決定聯合成立一家合資公司，新公司名為FDI有限責任公司（根據美國法律規定的有限責任公司）。各方代表于9月26日在德國卡爾斯魯厄簽署了合同文件，新公司正式成立。

The FDI Cooperation, LLC will be headed by a "Board of Managers," which is composed of the representatives of the involved organizations, as well as managers of global automation suppliers including ABB, Emerson, Endress+Hauser, Honeywell, Invensys, Siemens and Yokogawa. Hans-Georg Kumpfmüller of Siemens will serve as chairman of the board. Achim Laubenstein of ABB has been nominated as executive director.

FDI有限責任公司將由董事會領導，董事會成員由相關組織的代表組成，還包括來自ABB、艾默生、恩德斯豪斯、霍尼韋爾、英維斯、西門子以及橫河等全球自動化供應商的管理者。西門子的Hans-Georg Kumpfmüller將成為董事會主席，ABB的Achim Laubenstein則被提名為執行董事。

The purpose of the organization is:
• To complete the standardization of FDI under the IEC (International Electrical Commission)
• Managing the FDI Specification
• Finalizing the FDI tool kits for system and device manufacturers

該公司的目的是：
•在IEC（國際電工委員會）的指導下完成FDI的標準化
•管理FDI規范
•為系統和設備制造商開發FDI工具套件

FDI Cooperation, LLC originated from efforts at the EDDL Cooperation Team (ECT) to accelerate deployment of the FDI solution, which was kicked-off at 2007 Hanover Fair. Since then, the project has carefully shaped the technology direction for the converged FDI solution. FDI is a unified solution for simple, as well as the most advanced field devices, for the various tasks associated with all phases of their lifecycles, such as configuration, commissioning, diagnostics and calibration.

FDI公司的成立源于EDDL Cooperation Team (ECT)為加速FDI解決方案的部署而在2007年漢諾威博覽會展開的相關工作。自那以后，該項目便認真設定了融合 FDI 解決方案的技術方向。FDI是一個統一的設備集成解決方案，它既面向簡單的現場設備，又面向最先進的現場設備，還面向設備生命周期各個階段的相關任務，比如組態、調試、診斷以及校準。

FDI Cooperation, LLC membership includes five major automation foundations: FDT Group, Fieldbus Foundation, HART Communications Foundation, PROFIBUS & PROFINET International, and the OPC Foundation. In October 2009, ECT broadened the scope of the FDI project to harmonize EDDL across communication protocols and provide FDI Design and Test Tools including a common EDD Interpreter. Implementation of the extended scope was supported by seven major supplier companies: ABB, Emerson Process Management, Endress+Hauser, Honeywell, Invensys, Siemens and Yokogawa.

FDI公司的成員包括五大自動化基金會：FDT集團、現場總線基金會、HART通信基金會、PROFIBUS 和 PROFINET 國際組織以及OPC基金會。2009年10月，ECT擴展了FDI項目的范圍，在各個通信協議中協調使用EDDL，并提供包括通用EDD解釋器在內的FDI設計和測試工具。七大供應商公司為擴展范圍的實施提供了支持，這些公司包括ABB、艾默生、恩德斯豪斯、霍尼韋爾、英維斯、西門子以及橫河。