IEC 61158-5-19:2010 specifies the structure and services of the type 19 IEC fieldbus Application Layer, in conformance with the OSI Basic Reference Model (ISO/IEC 7498) and the OSI Application Layer Structure (ISO/IEC 9545). This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2007 and constitutes a technical revision. The main change with respect to the previous edition are:- increasing the number of supported devices (511 instead of 254);- introducing a communication version identification;- adding a mechanism for remote address allocation;- introducing enhanced parameter addressing (32 bit instead of 16 bit);- restructuring control and status word;- improving the redundancy and hotplug features;- improving the error handling;- adding a multiplexing protocol (SMP: Type 19 Messaging Protocol).This bilingual version published in 2012-01 corresponds to the English version published in 2010-08.