Busting myths about foundation fieldbus: Mythperceptions about fieldbus can be changed

摘要

The first commercial Foundation fieldbus applications were installed in 1997. Since that time, over a million devices have been sold into a billion-dollar market of products, applications and services. Many myths and misconceptions, however, continue to persist surrounding Foundation field-bus, technology. In this document, we bust some of these more persistent myths. The process industries are well-known for being conservative, and many of the old issues encountered during these early projects continue to persist as myths today. Many other myths have no basis in fact at all, and it is unclear how they got started in the first place. The oral tradition is strong, however, and these myths stubbornly survive.