has joined the Field Device Tool (FDT) Group, a collaboration of international automation companies that supports the advancement of FDT and Device Tool Management (DTM) technology.
Expanding device connectivity and integration with Honeywell’s Experion Process Knowledge System will enable customers to reduce maintenance costs and improve process uptime with Honeywell’s asset management and automation solutions. Honeywell will be able to offer solutions to support its own and other suppliers’ devices through this open technology.
“Honeywell is investing in technology and open standards that provide the market with a wide range of choices when interconnecting devices and subsystems with automation solutions,” said Paul Butler, Honeywell Process Solutions vice president of technology.
“Honeywell is committed to providing solutions based upon open-systems standards that will benefit the end-user community. By joining the FDT Group, we can continue to do just that.”
Honeywell remains firmly committed to its investments in DDL technology for Hart and Foundation Fieldbus.
“FDT technology is complementary to DDL technology and holds promise in other areas, specifically around the support of configuration and diagnostics for more sophisticated subsystems, especially in the discrete and hybrid industries,” said Butler.