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Figure 6-6: Model 279 shown in an application where process control computer is quite remote for a Local Controller

CHAPTER 7

STANDARDS

Any network architecture must follow some set of protocols. On the one hand, the set of protocols may

be home grown - that is specified by the designer of the network. On the other hand, the set of protocols

may conform to a recognized, published, set of standards.

With respect fiber optic data communications in the premises environment there are three recognized,

published, sets of standards; 1) Ethernet, 100Base-FX, 2) Fiber Distributed Data Interface, FDDI and 3)

Fiber Channel.

A discussion of these published standards is well beyond the present work. However, the interested

reader may order them from a number of different sources. Several are listed (alphabetically) below.

When calling these organizations it will be worth your while to request a catalog and request to be

included on their update services. This will allow you to be kept informed of new standards and

supplements to existing ones as they are approved.

ANSI

Sales Department

American National Standards Institute

11 West 42nd Street, 13th Floor

New York, NY 10036

Tel: (212) 642-4900

Fax: (212) 302-1286

EIA

Electronic Industries Association

2500 Wilson Blvd.

Arlington, VA 22201

Tel: (703) 907-7500

Fax: (703) 907-7501

Global

15 Inverness Way East

Engineering

Englewood, CO 80112-5704

Tel: (800) 624-3974

Tel: (303) 792-2181

Fax: (303) 790-0730

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