E VDE-AR-E 2829-6-3 Anwendungsregel:2025-10

SPINE (Smart Premises Interoperable Neutral-message Exchange) defines a neutral layer which helps connecting different communications technologies to build a smart home / smart grid system. As SPINE only defines messages and procedures on application level (ISO-OSI layer 7), it is completely independent from the used transport protocol. Any technology that supports the bi-directional exchange of arbitrary data can be used more or less directly (e.g. SHIP SmartHome IP – that is also created by the EEBus Initiative e.V. – or Thread). For each communications technology a mapping is needed, but for some this mapping is very simple (this is esp. the case for SHIP). Within this mapping, the possible data points are mapped as well as some protocol definitions. The capabilities of the existing technologies are very diverse, so each SPINE-to-technology mapping is different and (possibly) not all SPINE functions are supported. However, SPINE follows a modular concept that helps incorporating other technologies as much as possible. This finally leads to the possibility to create SPINE-based applications on one hand and then connect them to one or more technology mapping components on the other hand.