Interface (101) and method for communication between an industrial automation application (110) and an industrial fieldbus (120), comprising a first interface (102) to the industrial automation application (110), further comprising a second interface (103) to a fieldbus controller (121), wherein the fieldbus controller (121) is operable to communicate with a peripheral device (130), the interface (101), characterized by a functional element (104) between the first interface (102) and the second interface (103), the functional element (104) comprising an implementation of a peripheral device specific, industrial automation function.
