Agricultural Industry Electronics Foundation AEF

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Agricultural Industry Electronics Foundation
(AEF)
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What is the AEF
This is not the entity which actually develops
the International Agricultural Electronics
Standards. This function is still handled by ISO
PM23/SC19 and the associated Working
Groups. The Agricultural Industry Electronics
Foundation is an independent, industry,
organization intended to provide the necessary
continuing promotion and support for Agricultural
Electronics Standards after they have been
developed and adopted by the international
community.
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The Agricultural Industry Electronics Foundation
replaces two existing industry voluntary support
groups Implementation Group ISOBUS (IGI) and the
North American ISOBUS Implementation Task Force
(NAIITF). The AEF therefore will bring a more
coordinated effort to the support activities
these two volunteer groups have provided in the
past, as well as providing for formalized funding
and resources.
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Agricultural Industry Electronics Foundation
Objectives
Manage and improve the ISOBUS compatibility-tests
(reproducibility of test results, automation,
documentation) Provide an industry group which
can promote and guide overall electronic
development Provide an entity which holds all
rights on ISOBUS (brand, test-specification,
certificate) Coordinate international
electronics cooperation Coordinate technical
enhancements (Implememntation Levels) Organise
and provide certifications, plugfests, workshops,
marketing-activities, training, consulting
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• There are two levels of membership defined during
  the first year of AEF operations
• Founding Membership
• The Founding Members as a group make decisions
  about projects, budget, priorities, etc.
• There is an initial limitation to a Founding
  Member Group of 10 manufacturers and 2
  associations
• Cooperation in Working Groups and nomination of
  experts
• General Membership
• Cooperation in Working Groups and nomination of
  experts
• Receive communications about the Foundation
  activities

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Criteria for Founding Membership
Must be manufacturers of tractors or agricultural
machinery or the respective associations of those
manufacturers as is AEM and VDMA. Foundation Membe
rs i.e. manufacturers of tractors or agricultural
machinery that are represented by associations
other than AEM and VDMA are allowed to invite
their respective associations to become a
foundation member as long as this OEM is a
Foundation Member.
Must have
demonstrated designated expertise in the area of
Ag Electronics. Must have demonstrated a strong
past involvement and commitment to
standardization efforts pertaining to Ag
Electronics. Must provide adequate personnel and
financial resources to help man the various
project teams and committees of AEF, independent
of the ISO standardization Working Groups. Must
support the objectives and goals of AEF.
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Proposed Criteria for General Membership
Open to any organization of individual that has
an interest in Electronics as it is applied to
agricultural or forestry applications. There is
no initial assessment fee for membership. Must
agree to identify a qualified individual who will
be the primary contact for all communications by
the Foundation. Is expected to provide some
level of personnel and travel resources to help
man the various task forces and committees of the
Foundation, independent of the ISO development
Working Groups.
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• Promised Founding memberships as of October 2008
• John Deere
• AGCO
• CNH
• Claas
• Grimme (represents 6 implement manufacturers
  Grimme, Krone, Amazone, Kuhn, Rauch, Lemken)
• Kvernelandgroup
• Pöttinger
• AEM (Association of Equipment Manufacturers)
• VDMA (Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und
  Anlagenbau)
• Interested to become a General Member as of
  October 2008

Strautmann Bergmann GmbH Dickey-john Raven Parker-
Vansco DLG (German Agricultural Society) Nebraska
Tractor Test Laboratory UNACOMA (Italy)
Same-Deutz-Fahr Mueller-Electronics
GmbH WTK-Electronics TeeJet Technologies Sontheim
Industry Electronics OSB AG Intercontrol Vector-I
nfomatics
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Agricultural Industry Electronic Foundation Task
Management Proposal
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Agricultural Electronics Foundation
Coordinator The coordination is initially
performed by two individuals, one funded by VDMA
and one funded by AEM.
Project Teams manned by individual volunteers
assigned by the member companies.
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• 6 Project Teams
• International cooperation with experts from many
  members is necessary
• Resources and priorities
• The subjects ISOBUS Conformance Test and
  Safety of Electronic Controls, ISO 25119 and
  Communications, have the highest priorities

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• Critical activities needed to support the ISOBUS
  Conformance test
• Further development to optimize reproducibility,
  automation and documentation
• Development of automatic test-tools for basic
  functionalities of Implementation Levels
• Provide that all rights on ISOBUS test test
  specification are held by AEF
• Making these needs a reality through
• A Project Team Conformance Test which will
• develop a specification for test-tools and
  test-software
• Development a specification for test-laboratories
• Development binding rules for the execution of
  Conformance tests
• Execution of an official announcement for the
  Conformance test

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Foundation Organization meeting in Frankfurt,
Germany, 28 October 2008. First Official Steering
Committee Meeting in Frankfurt, 27 January
2009. All six project Teams reported on progress
at the 27 January meeting. Next Official Steering
Committee Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, 24 June
2009. Annual Meeting of the AEF to be held in
Frankfurt, Germany in October 2009, date not set
yet.
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