IEC 62453-2:2022 is available as IEC 62453-2:2022 RLV which contains the International Standard and its Redline version, showing all changes of the technical content compared to the previous edition.

IEC 62453-2:2022 explains the common principles of the field device tool concept. These principles can be used in various industrial applications such as engineering systems, configuration programs and monitoring and diagnostic applications. This document specifies the general objects, general object behavior and general object interactions that provide the base of FDT.