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GEL/65/3 - Industrial Networks

Sector: Manufacturing

Categories: Electric furnaces | Cutting tools. General | Interface and interconnection equipment | | | Information technology applications. General | Information technology. | Electromagnetic compatibility. General | Data communication networks | RF connectors | Connecting devices | Multimedia systems and teleconferencing equipment | Components. Magnetic | Electroacoustics | Switchgear and controlgear. High voltage | Semiconductor devices. Other | Networking | Wind turbine energy systems | Luminaires | Presentation layer | Optoelectronics. Laser equipment | Electrical wires and cables | Fuses. Overcurrent protection devices | Television and radio broadcasting | Fuel cells | Telecommunication systems | Diagnostic, maintenance and test equipment | Medical equipment.Therapy | Data storage devices. General | IT applications. Information, documentation and publishing | Lighting. General | Measurement. Electrical and magnetic | Application layer | Buildings. Commerce and industry | | Open systems interconnection (OSI) | Fibre optic systems. General | Plugs, socket-outlets, couplers | Information technology applications | Lamps. Caps and holders | | Piezoelectric devices | Medical equipment. Diagnostic | Electrical apparatus. Explosive atmospheres | Production. Production management | Lamps. Other | Construction materials and building | Electric traction equipment | Physical layer | Resistors. Fixed | Switches | Hospital equipment | Electrical accessories. General | Printed circuits and boards | Information coding. Character sets | Fibres and cables | Optical storage devices | Measuring instruments. Temperature | Fibre optic interconnecting devices | Saws | Measurement. Electrical and magnetic quantities | Power transmission and distribution lines | Buildings. General | | Open systems interconnection. General | Construction industry. General | Nuclear power plants. Safety | Audio systems | Buildings | Electricity supply | Network layer | Multilayer applications | Industrial automation systems | Electric shock protection. Live working | Vibration and shock. Human beings | Electrical accessories. Other | Cooking ranges, working tables, ovens and similar appliances | Industrial automation systems. General | Electronic components. General | Receiving and transmitting | Telecommunications. General | Installations in buildings. General | Switchgear and controlgear. Low voltage | Wires. Symmetrical cables | Information technology. Languages | Rectifiers. Converters. Stabilized power supply | Explosion protection | Information technology. General | Telecontrol. Telemetering | Construction industry | Electronic display devices | Semiconductor devices. General | Integrated circuits. Microelectronics | Railway rolling stock | Power transmission and distribution networks. General | Services. Industrial | Microprocessor systems | Bushings | Aerospace electric equipment and systems | | IT applications. Industry | Medical equipment. General | Plug-and-socket devices. Connectors | Solar energy engineering | Transport layer | Data link layer | Airport construction | Telecommunication systems. General | Surgical instruments and materials | Session layer | Navigation and control equipment | Industrial process measurement and control | Car informatics. On board computer systems | Electrical engineering | Contractual aspects | Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) | Anaesthetic, respiratory and reanimation equipment | Immunity | Domestic electrical appliances | Safety. Machinery | Automatic controls for household use | Fittings. Metal | Generalities. Terminology. Standardization. Documentation. | Railway rolling stock. General | Industrial automation systems. Other | Ships and marine structures. Electrical equipment | Electrical engineering. General

Overview: Under the direction of GEL/65, is responsible for the UK input into to the work of IEC/SC 65C to prepare international standards on wired, optical and wireless industrial networks for industrial-process measurement, control and manufacturing automation, as well as for instrumentation systems used for research, development and testing purposes including Fieldbus. The scope includes cabling, interoperability, co-existence, and performance evaluation. GEL/65/3 is also responsible for providing the UK input to CENELEC/TC 65X and liaisons with other relevant organizations.

Committee standards activity

In Progress (60)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.

PNW 9-3303 ED1: Railway applicatios - Safety protocols for signaling applications - Part 3: PVS: Safety related transmission protocol for application between ground systems

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules

Proposal begins : 2025-12-23
Proposal
PNW 9-3302 ED1: Railway applications - Safety protocols for signaling applications - Part 1: Generic aspects of safety related transmission protocols

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules

Proposal begins : 2025-12-23
Proposal
PNW 65C-1378 ED1: Industrial networks - Fieldbus specifications - Part 4-31: Data-link layer protocol specification - Type 31 elements

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules

Proposal begins : 2025-12-08
Proposal
PNW 65C-1377 ED1: Industrial networks – Fieldbus specifications – Part 2-0: Physical layer specification and service definition – General concepts and terminology

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules

Proposal begins : 2025-12-16
Proposal
PNW 65C-1374 ED1: Industrial networks – Profiles – Part 5-23: Installation of fieldbuses – Installation profiles for CPF 23

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules

Proposal begins : 2025-11-07
Proposal
PNW 65C-1373 ED1: Industrial networks – Profiles – Part 2-23: Additional real-time fieldbus profiles based on ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3 - CPF 23

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules

Proposal begins : 2025-11-05
Proposal
PNW 65C-1372 ED1: Industrial networks – Fieldbus specifications – Part 6-29: Application layer protocol specification – Type 29 elements

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules

Proposal begins : 2025-11-05
Proposal
PNW 65C-1371 ED1: Industrial networks – Fieldbus specifications – Part 5-29: Application layer service definition – Type 29 elements

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules

Proposal begins : 2025-11-05
Proposal
PNW 65C-1370 ED1: Industrial networks – Fieldbus specifications – Part 4-29: Data-link layer protocol specification – Type 29 elements

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules

Proposal begins : 2025-11-05
Proposal
PNW 65C-1369 ED1: Industrial networks – Fieldbus specifications - Part 3-29: Data-link layer service definition – Type 29 elements

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules

Proposal begins : 2025-11-05
Proposal
Published (209)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.

PD IEC/TR 62795:2013 Interoperation guide for field device tool (FDT)/device type manager (DTM) and electronic device description language (EDDL)

Categories: Industrial process measurement and control | IT applications. Industry

Published standard begins : 2013-10-04
Published standard
PD IEC/TR 62453-62:2017 Field device tool (FDT) interface specification. Field device tool (FDT) styleguide for common language infrastructure

Categories: Industrial process measurement and control | Multilayer applications | Networking

Published standard begins : 2017-02-07
Published standard
PD IEC/TR 61804-6:2012 Function blocks (FB) for process control. Electronic device description language (EDDL). Meeting the requirements for integrating fieldbus devices in engineering tools for field devices

Categories: Industrial automation systems. General | Industrial process measurement and control | IT applications. Industry

Published standard begins : 2012-06-06
Published standard
PD IEC/PAS 63178:2018 Smart manufacturing service platform. Service-oriented integration requirements of the manufacturing resource/capability

Categories: Industrial process measurement and control | | IT applications. Industry

Published standard begins : 2018-07-24
Published standard
PD IEC/PAS 62953:2015 Industrial communication networks. Fieldbus specifications

Categories: Industrial process measurement and control | Open systems interconnection. General

Published standard begins : 2015-04-30
Published standard
PD IEC PAS 63595:2025 Industrial networks. 5G communication technology. General considerations

Categories: Industrial process measurement and control | Telecommunications. General

Published standard begins : 2025-09-17
Published standard
PD IEC PAS 63256:2020 Industrial communication networks. Broadband fieldbus specification. Autbus

Categories: Data communication networks | IT applications. Industry

Published standard begins : 2020-01-23
Published standard
PD CLC/TR IEC 62453-62:2019 Field device tool (FDT) interface specification. Field device tool (FDT) styleguide for common language infrastructure

Categories: Industrial process measurement and control | Multilayer applications | Networking

Published standard begins : 2019-05-03
Published standard
PD CLC/TR IEC 62453-51-10:2019 Field device tool (FDT) interface specification. Communication implementation for common object model. IEC 61784 CPF 1

Categories: Industrial process measurement and control | Multilayer applications | Networking

Published standard begins : 2019-05-13
Published standard
PD CLC/TR IEC 62453-42:2019 Field device tool (FDT) interface specification. Object model integration profile. Common Language Infrastructure

Categories: Industrial process measurement and control | Multilayer applications | Networking

Published standard begins : 2019-05-03
Published standard
Withdrawn (317)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.

PD IEC/TS 62657-1:2014 Industrial communication networks. Wireless communication networks. Wireless communication requirements and spectrum considerations

Categories: Industrial automation systems. General | Industrial process measurement and control | Data communication networks | Open systems interconnection. General | Multilayer applications | IT applications. Industry

Withdrawn begins : 2017-11-22
Withdrawn
PD IEC/TR 62685:2010 Industrial communication networks. Profiles. Assessment guideline for safety devices using IEC 61784-3 functional safety communication profiles (FSCPs)

Categories: Vibration and shock. Human beings | Industrial process measurement and control | Multilayer applications

Withdrawn begins : 2011-11-28
Withdrawn
PD IEC/TR 62453-42:2016 Field device tool (FDT) interface specification. Object model integration profile. Common Language Infrastructure

Categories: Industrial process measurement and control | Multilayer applications | Networking

Withdrawn begins : 2019-05-03
Withdrawn
PD IEC/PAS 62948:2015 Industrial networks. Wireless communication network and communication profiles. WIA-FA

Categories: Industrial process measurement and control | Open systems interconnection. General

Withdrawn begins : 2021-03-26
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PD IEC/PAS 62734:2012 Industrial communication networks. Fieldbus specifications. Wireless systems for industrial automation: process control and related applications

Categories: Industrial process measurement and control | Multilayer applications | IT applications. Industry

Withdrawn begins : 2015-02-02
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PD IEC/PAS 62264-6:2016 Enterprise-control system integration. Messaging Service Model

Categories: Industrial automation systems. Other | Open systems interconnection (OSI) | Open systems interconnection. General | Session layer

Withdrawn begins : 2020-07-02
Withdrawn
PD IEC TR 63082-1:2020 Intelligent device management. Concepts and terminology

Categories: Industrial process measurement and control

Withdrawn begins : 2025-10-02
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PD IEC TR 62541-2:2020 OPC unified architecture. Security Model

Categories: Industrial process measurement and control | Open systems interconnection. General

Withdrawn begins : 2021-07-30
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PD IEC TR 62541-1:2020 OPC unified architecture. Overview and concepts

Categories: Industrial process measurement and control | Open systems interconnection. General

Withdrawn begins : 2021-08-10
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PD IEC TR 62453-51-90:2017 Field device tool (FDT) interface specification. Communication implementation for common object model. IEC 61784 CPF 9

Categories: Industrial process measurement and control | Multilayer applications | Networking

Withdrawn begins : 2019-03-01
Withdrawn