（异域来风）五大基金会成立合资公司推广现场设备集成

Five major foundations form a joint company to promote field device integration
五大基金会成立合资公司推广现场设备集成  

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集团、现场总线基金会、HART通信基金会、PROFIBUS和PROFINET国际组织以及OPC基金会五个主要自动化基金会联合开发了一个统一的现场设备集成 (FDI) 解决方案。这五大基金会决定联合成立一家合资公司，新公司名为FDI有限责任公司（根据美国法律规定的有限责任公司）。各方代表于9月26日在德国卡尔斯鲁厄签署了合同文件，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有限责任公司将由董事会领导，董事会成员由相关组织的代表组成，还包括来自ABB、艾默生、恩德斯豪斯、霍尼韦尔、英维斯、西门子以及横河等全球自动化供应商的管理者。西门子的Hans-Georg Kumpfmüller将成为董事会主席，ABB的Achim Laubenstein则被提名为执行董事。

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

该公司的目的是：
•在IEC（国际电工委员会）的指导下完成FDI的标准化
•管理FDI规范
•为系统和设备制造商开发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)为加速FDI解决方案的部署而在2007年汉诺威博览会展开的相关工作。自那以后，该项目便认真设定了融合 FDI 解决方案的技术方向。FDI是一个统一的设备集成解决方案，它既面向简单的现场设备，又面向最先进的现场设备，还面向设备生命周期各个阶段的相关任务，比如组态、调试、诊断以及校准。

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公司的成员包括五大自动化基金会：FDT集团、现场总线基金会、HART通信基金会、PROFIBUS 和 PROFINET 国际组织以及OPC基金会。2009年10月，ECT扩展了FDI项目的范围，在各个通信协议中协调使用EDDL，并提供包括通用EDD解释器在内的FDI设计和测试工具。七大供应商公司为扩展范围的实施提供了支持，这些公司包括ABB、艾默生、恩德斯豪斯、霍尼韦尔、英维斯、西门子以及横河。