This part of EN 61784 defines a set of protocol specific communication profiles based primarily on the EN 61158 series, to be used in the design of devices involved in communications in factory manufacturing and process control. Each profile selects specifications for the communications protocol stack at a device. It contains a minimal set of required services at the application layer and specification of options in intermediate layers defined through references. If no application layer is included, then a minimal set of required services at the Data-link layer is specified. The appropriate references to the protocol specific types are given in each communication profile family or associated profiles. Each profile selects an appropriate consistent and compatible subset of services and protocols from the total available set that is defined and modelled in EN 61158. For the selected subset of services and protocols, the profile also describes any possible or necessary constrains in parameter values.