世界可能是如此容易：
You connect a field device to the communication infrastructure; the system software in the control room will detect it and automatically select the correct driver. Just imagine how the end user would be released from the burden of acquisition and selection of drivers. Users could take care of all their tasks again without checking name plates, installations and software versions. For your customers, this could be an important argument in the selection of the control system or plant asset management software.
The question is: Can FDT, FDI and iDTM contribute to this scenario?
FDT is the leading software technology in device integration when it comes to the variety of supported bus protocols. As Glenn Schulz, the Managing Director of FDT Group, presented at this year's Hanover Fair press conference, FDT is supporting in principle all major communication protocols in the field of process and factory automation. Furthermore, a technology update was made in order to fit the latest Microsoft technology with FDT2. FDT is proven and used in numerous plants around the world.
FDI在过程自动化（HART，Foundation FieldBus和Profibus）中的重点是实现工具的标准化。长期以来，所有三个通信协议都成功地使用了EDDL定义的字段设备的文本描述（电子设备描述语言）。相关的语言标准，翻译人员，口译员和开发工具已由单独的利益集团维护，即使他们的内容并没有实质性差异。外国直接投资是由领先的制造商和主要公交组织（HCF，FF和PI）推出的，目的是通过结合EDDL和FDT的优势来创建统一的集成技术。仅此一步就可以使最终用户在将来大幅简化。FDI设备软件包将允许实地设备的操作进行过程自动化。
This is all well and good, but end users may ask whether they have to replace previously installed FDT systems or whether it’s possible to connect FDT and FDI? Also, system manufacturers can probably not expect their customers (the end users) to exchange their complete software environment just because of a new device integration technology.
These concerns are why the CodeWrights iDTM-technology is coming into consideration, to help end users overcome technological barriers. For more than five years, this product has been used by the industry in the form of iDTM-EDD, either for HART or FOUNDATION Fieldbus EDDs. More than 800 HART and more than 400 FOUNDATION Fieldbus devices are made available in FDT-Frames, making life easier for many people.
Shortly, FDI will be commercially available. Then the iDTM-FDI will allow FDI Device Packages for FDT systems to be easy to implement. And it offers the basis of FDT2! As shown in Hanover in a real-world installation, this gives all FDT2 system manufacturers an easy way to turn their FDT2 Frame into an FDI host with just a flick of a finger.
尝试一下，说服您自己的解决方案的简单性。为您自己，系统和客户揭开FDI和FDT的主题。有关免费，非约束试点计划的更多信息，请联系sales@codewrights.biz。
