Standard No.:	GB/T 16679.1-2024
English Name:	Industrial systems, installations and equipment and industrial products—Designation of signals—Part 1:Basic rules
Chinese Name:	工业系统、装置与设备以及工业产品 信号代号 第1部分：基本规则
Chinese Classification:	K04    Basic standards and general methods
Professional Classification:	GB    National Standard
Source Content Issued by:	SAMR;SAC
Issued on:	2024-8-23
Implemented on:	2025-3-1
Status:	valid
Superseding:	GB/T 16679-2009 Industrial systems，installations and equipment and industrial products - Designation of signals
Target Language:	English
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Word Count:	22000 words
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GB/T 16679.1-2024 Industrial systems, installations and equipment and industrial products - Designation of signals - Part 1: Basic rules 1 Scope This document provides rules for the composition of designations for the identification of signals and signal connections. This includes the designation of power supply. This document is applicable to all types of signals within an industrial system, installation and equipment and industrial products. It deals with the information aspect of signals and not with their physical implementation. Excluded from the scope are general rules for the presentation of information in human machine interfaces. This document is also not applicable for the identification of wiring, terminals, piping and other hardware connections. Note: For the purpose of marking of wires, see IEC 62491. This horizontal standard is primarily intended for use by technical committees in the preparation of standards in accordance with the principles laid down in IEC Guide 108. One of the responsibilities of a technical committee is, wherever applicable, to make use of horizontal standards in the preparation of its publications. The contents of this horizontal standard will not apply unless specifically referred to or included in the relevant publications. 2 Normative references The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. ISO 80000-9 Quantities and units - Part 9: Physical chemistry and molecular physics IEC 61082-1 Preparation of documents used in electrotechnology - Part 1: Rules Note: GB/T 6988.1-2008, Preparation of documents used in electrotechnology - Part 1: Rules (IEC 61082-1:2006, IDT) IEC 62720 Identification of units of measurement for computer-based processing IEC 81346-1 Industrial systems, installations and equipment and industrial products - Structuring principles and reference designations - Part 1: Basic rules Note: GB/T 5094.1-2018, Industrial systems, installations and equipment and industrial products - Structuring principles and reference designations - Part 1: Basic rules (IEC 81346-1:2009, IDT) 3 Terms and definitions For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply. 3.1 object entity treated in a process of development, implementation, usage and disposal Note 1: The object may refer to a physical or non-physical “thing”, i.e. anything that might exist, exists or did exist. Note 2: The object has information associated with it. [SOURCE: IEC 81346-1:2022, 3.1, modified] 3.2 information object fixed and structured amount of information that can be managed and interchanged as a unit amoung users and systems Note 1: This unit need not be human perceptible. Information objects are often stored as data. Note 2: “Users” refers in this definition to users of information and “systems” refers to systems managing information and documentation. 3.3 data object collection of data that has an agreed grouping between the sender and the receiver and can be identified as a complete entity [SOURCE: ISO 21549-7:2024, 3.4] 3.4 signal agreed representation of an information object conveyed among objects Note 1: The agreed representation is a data object. The information object can be used to express a binary state or analogue variable or have a more complex structure. Note 2: The representations of the information object e.g. potential level, current level, data format, protocol, etc., are conveyed in a suitable signal connection medium. Note 3: Complex information objects usually need a number of successive conversions until they reach a representation suitable for transfer in a signal connection medium. Note 4: The agreement between sender(s) and receiver(s) is necessary in order to generate and interpret the representation correctly. In simple cases it is implicit, in other cases it has to be explicitly specified as a protocol, etc. Note 5: The representations of the information object can be conveyed directly from source to destination (synchronous communication) on the signal connection medium, or intermediately stored (by the sender) in a place where the intended receivers can get them (asynchronous communication). 3.5 signal name identifier of the information object represented by a signal 3.6 signal designation unambiguous identifier of a signal within a system 3.7 object designation identifier of a specific object in a given context Examples: Reference designation, type number, serial number, name. [SOURCE: IEC 61355-1:2008, 3.13] 3.8 reference designation identifier of a specific object formed with respect to the system of which the object is a constituent, based on one or many aspects of that system [SOURCE: IEC 81346-1:2022, 3.11, modified] 3.9 signal connection established communication path between different objects used for transmission of signals Note: A signal connection uses one signal connection medium only. Change of medium takes place in the objects. 3.10 signal connection network signal connections that transfer the same information object Note: A signal connection network can use different media. 3.11 signal connection identifier identifier of a specific signal connection Note: The term for this definition was formerly "signal variant", which is now deprecated. 3.12 signal connection medium (physical) medium on which the signal is transported from one (physical interface) point to another Examples: Electric wire, optic fibre, space. 3.13 signal carrying medium physical quantity or data transfer protocol used to transfer the signal Examples: Current, potential, bus protocol. 3.14 domain distinguished part of an abstract or physical space where something exists 3.15 signal name domain domain in which signal names are unambiguously distinguished 3.16 signal presentation means of communicating an information object in human-interpretable form 3.17 signal class group of signals defined in accordance with a classification scheme based on the purpose of the signals 3.18 signal class code coded designation of a signal class 3.19 signal connection characteristics optional description of technical characteristics of the signal connection Note: The term for this definition was formerly "additional information", which is now deprecated. 4 Basic principles 4.1 General principles on signal transfer and signal naming Signals are representations of information objects that are exchanged among objects. Normally a signal has one source and one or many destinations (see Figure 2).