Stephen Mitschke
August 12th, 2003, 01:58 PM
Can each of you interested in participating in this activity, please contactDan directly. You do NOT need to be an ISA member to be part of an ISAStandards Committee - Ian---- original note ----From: dan.lee@us.abb.com [mailto:dan.lee@us.abb.com]Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 9:54 AMTo: Mitschke@fieldbus.orgSubject: Functional DiagramsStephen,We talked awhile back about ISA functions symbols for use in functionaldiagram. I am soliciting committee members for S77.40.01 on functionaldiagrams and would like to solicit someone from the Fieldbus Foundations tosupport functional diagrams for fieldbus applications. My initial scheduleis to solicit committee members until year end and start work on thetechnical report in January. We will prepare this report through email withan occasional netmeeting/sametime if needed. Thus, I don't anticipate anytravel unless the committee members feel the need to have a face-to-facemeeting. Please distribute this message to any interesting party. I willneed the following information from each sub-committee member.NameCompanyMail AddressEMailFax (Optional)Individual Classification: Producer Interest (i.e., suppliers)Consumer/User Interest (i.e. utility)General Interest (i.e., University/consultants)Member Status VotingInformationIt will be interesting to see if/how global collaboration effort can jointlyserve our industry needs. I look forward to working with you in developingthis technical report. The scope and purpose of this committee is asfollows:ISA TR77.40.01Technical ReportFunctional Diagram UsageScope:To expand on and illustrate usage of function block symbols and functions.To prepared examples in development of complex function block symbols andfunctions.To act as vehicle for introducing IEC standards and practices on functionaldiagrams into the equivalent United States standard and practices.To coordinated with International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) ondevelopment of standards of mutual interest.Purpose:To provide advice and guidance in documenting application software throughfunctional diagrams.Best RegardsDan LeeChair S77.40.01