ISO 11783, known as Tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry—Serial control and communications data network (commonly referred to as "ISOBUS") is a
communication protocol for the
agriculture industry based on, and harmonized with, the SAE
J1939 protocol (which is based on the
CAN bus).
Official maintenance of ISO 11783 is done by ISO TC 23 / SC 19 / WG 1 and WG5, however the
Agricultural Industry Electronics Foundation (AEF) helps guide the ongoing direction of ISOBUS, organizes PlugFest events where many companies meet to test together, and provides formal ISOBUS conformance test tools.
The ISOBUS standard specifies a
serial data network for control and communications on
forestry or agricultural
tractors and implements, although most usage is in the agricultural domain.
Parts
The standard comes in 14 parts:
ISO 11783-1: General standard for
mobile data communication