Table of Contents

• Preface
• Introduction
• 1 Scope
  • 1.1 Conformance Requirements
  • 1.2 Notation
• 2 References.
  • 2.1 The HART Field Communications Protocol Specifications.
  • 2.2 Related Documents.
• 3 Definitions
• 4 Symbols/Abbreviations
• 5 Overview
• 6 Basic Elements of Device Description.
  • 6.1 Identification.
  • 6.2 Header Files
  • 6.3 IMPORT - Using a Device Description as a Template
  • 6.4 Declaring DD Items
• 7 Lexical Conventions
  • 7.1 Phases of Translation
  • 7.2 DDL Source Character Set
  • 7.3 Tokens
  • 7.4 Identifiers
  • 7.5 Constants and Literals
  • 7.6 Strings.
  • 7.7 The Preprocessor
  • 7.8 Conditionals
  • 7.9 Expressions.
• 8 Data Modeling
  • 8.1 Variables
  • 8.2 Array.
  • 8.3 List
  • 8.4 Collections
  • 8.5 Files.
  • 8.6 Relations.
• 9 Commands
  • 9.1 Transactions
  • 9.2 Response Codes
• 10 User Interface.
  • 10.1 Menus.
  • 10.2 Edit Displays
  • 10.3 Images.
  • 10.4 Grids
  • 10.5 Graphs
  • 10.6 Waveforms
  • 10.7 Charts
  • 10.8 Sources
  • 10.9 Axis
• 11 Methods.
  • 11.1 Environment
  • 11.2 Method Definition Language
  • 11.3 Library
• 12 Templates.
  • 12.1 Import.
  • 12.2 Like
  • 12.3 Redefinitions.
• Annex A. Common Attributes.
  • A.1. Class
  • A.2. Constant Unit.
  • A.3. Display Size
  • A.4. Handling
  • A.5. Help
  • A.6. Label
  • A.7. Line Type and Color.
  • A.8. Pre/Post Actions and Refresh Actions.
  • A.9. Validity.
• Annex B. Redefinition Rules.
  • B.1. Data Model Redefinitions.
  • B.2. Commands
  • B.3. User Interface
  • B.4. Methods
  • B.5. Common Attributes
• Annex C. Formal Syntax.
  • C.1. Device Description.
  • C.2. Data Modeling
  • C.3. Commands
  • C.4. Methods
  • C.5. User Interface
  • C.6. Templates.
  • C.7. Expressions.
  • C.8. Common Attributes
  • C.9. References.
  • C.10.Item Types.
  • C.11.Lexical Conventions
• Annex D. Revision History
  • D.1. Revision 11.0 to 12.0
  • D.2. Revision 10.0 to 11.0

Figures

• Figure 1. Device Description. List of Figures
• Figure 2. Structure of devices.cfg
• Figure 3. DDL Source Character Set.
• Figure 4. Tokens
• Figure 5. Identifiers.
• Figure 6. Integer Constants.
• Figure 7. Floating Point Constants
• Figure 8. String Literals.
• Figure 9. String References
• Figure 10. Standard Dictionary Entries.
• Figure 11. Summary of Preprocessor Directives
• Figure 12. Primary Expressions
• Figure 13. Overview of VARIABLE Syntax
• Figure 14. Overview of Value Array Syntax
• Figure 15. Overview of Reference Array Syntax.
• Figure 16. Overview of LIST Syntax.
• Figure 17. Overview of COLLECTION Syntax
• Figure 18. Overview of FILE Syntax.
• Figure 19. Overview of REFRESH Relation Syntax
• Figure 20. Overview of UNIT Relation Syntax.
• Figure 21. Overview of WRITE_AS_ONE Relation Syntax.
• Figure 22. Overview of COMMAND Syntax.
• Figure 23. Overview of MENU Syntax.
• Figure 24. Menu Items
• Figure 25. Summary of Menu Styles
• Figure 26. General Screen Layout.
• Figure 27. A GRAPH Spanning the Entire Window.
• Figure 28. Overview of EDIT_DISPLAY Syntax
• Figure 29. Overview of IMAGE Syntax
• Figure 30. Overview of GRID Syntax
• Figure 31. VERTICAL GRID ORIENTATION
• Figure 32. Overview of GRAPH Syntax
• Figure 33. Overview of WAVEFORM Syntax.
• Figure 34. Overview of XY Waveform TYPES
• Figure 35. Overview of YT Waveform TYPES.
• Figure 36. Overview of HORIZONTAL Waveform TYPES.
• Figure 37. Overview of CHART Syntax
• Figure 38. Example Trend CHART Types.
• Figure 39. Example Meter CHART Types
• Figure 40. Example of Chart Stacking and Labeling
• Figure 41. Sample Code for Chart Stacking and Labeling
• Figure 42. Overview of SOURCE Syntax
• Figure 43. Overview of AXIS Syntax
• Figure 44. Overview of METHOD Syntax
• Figure 45. Overview of IMPORT Syntax
• Figure 46. Overview of LIKE Syntax.
• Figure 47. Overview of Display Size Syntax.

Tables

• Table 1. Translation Phases List of Tables
• Table 2. Escape Sequences
• Table 3. Severity Status Classes.
• Table 4. Cause Status Classes.
• Table 5. Duration Status Classes
• Table 6. Correctability Status Classes
• Table 7. Scope Status Classes.
• Table 8 Miscellaneous Status Classes.
• Table 9. Output Status Classes.
• Table 10. Default Default-Values.
• Table 11. Severity Status Classes.
• Table 12. Qualifiers for Variables Found on Menus.
• Table 13. Default Menu Styles.
• Table 14. Allowed Child Menu Styles
• Table 15. Image Formats.
• Table 16. TYPE of CHART.
• Table 17. Method Data Sizes
• Table 18. Import Directives
• Table 19. Functional Class
• Table 20. Application Class
• Table 21. Line Types
• Table 22. Predefined Colors