2. What is Fieldbus?
2.3. Fieldbus Terms
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Term Abbreviation Description
Common File
Format
CFF
The format of a Capability file is a readable text
document based on a Windows Initialization (INI) file
type.
Connection
Manager
A Fieldbus Foundation service to manage connection
information about device types, devices, and blocks
that are actively communicating with a host
application.
Device Description DD
A binary file that provides the definition for parameters
in the FBAP of a device. For example, what Function
Blocks a device contains, and what parameters are in
those blocks.