Human Machine Interface delivers S88 functionality.
Press Release Summary:
Designed to update Emerson PROVOX systems, SIMATIC PCS7/PVX OS HMI is available for batch and continuous applications. It provides benefits of redundant S88 batch management without need to change existing PROVOX controller hardware and configuration. HMI automatically generates tags from controller configuration and comes standard with symbols and faceplates designed specifically for PROVOX point types. Electronic signature enables 21 CFR Part 11 compliance.
Original Press Release:
New Siemens HMI for Provox* Systems Delivers S88 Functionality
SPRING HOUSE, Pa., April 9, 2007 - Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. introduces SIMATIC PCS7 / PVX OS HMI, a new human machine interface (HMI) to modernize existing Emerson PROVOX* systems. Available for both batch and continuous applications, the new HMI provides the benefits of redundant S88 batch management - without the need to change existing PROVOX controller hardware and configuration.
By upgrading the original PROVOX* HMI to the SIMATIC PCS 7 / PVX OS HMI process plants can maximize their ROA, reduce time to market, and increase throughput. The existing PROVOX* controller and controller configuration is left untouched during the migration thereby minimizing revalidation costs and allowing the upgrade to be performed while the system is still online.
Enhanced security features, including electronic signature for 21 CFR Part 11 compliance and electronic batch records, make validation easier and further reduces time to market. The PCS 7 /PVX OS HMI automatically generates tags from the controller configuration and comes standard with symbols and faceplates designed specifically for PROVOX* point types. Other features of the PCS 7 / PVX OS HMI include the capability to graphically monitor batch executions, fast recipe creation and editing, and the flexibility to modify batch parameters during runtime, all using the optional redundant batch manager.
About Siemens
Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. is one of Siemens' operating companies in the U.S. Headquartered in the Atlanta suburb of Alpharetta, Ga., Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. manufactures and markets one of the world's broadest ranges of electrical and electronic products, systems and services to industrial and construction market customers. Its technologies range from circuit protection and energy management systems to process control, industrial software and totally integrated automation solutions. The company also has expertise in systems integration, technical services and turnkey industrial systems. For more information: www.sea.siemens.com.
Siemens AG (NYSE:SI) is one of the largest global electronics and engineering companies with reported worldwide sales of $107.4 billion in fiscal 2006. Founded nearly 160 years ago, the company is a leader in the areas of Medical, Power, Automation and Control, Transportation, Information and Communications, Lighting, Building Technologies, Water Technologies and Services and Home Appliances. With its U.S. corporate headquarters in New York City, Siemens in the USA has sales of $21.4 billion and employs approximately 67,000 people throughout all 50 states and Puerto Rico. Eleven of Siemens' worldwide businesses are based in the United States. With its global headquarters in Munich, Siemens AG and its subsidiaries employ 475,000 people in 190 countries. For more information on Siemens in the United States: www.usa.siemens.com.
* PROVOX is a registered trademark of Fisher Controls International LLC, a subsidiary of Emerson Electric. Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. (SE&A) is not an authorized PROVOX distributor, nor is SE&A otherwise associated or affiliated with PROVOX. However, the SIMATIC PCS7 / PVX OS HMI from SE&A is compatible with Emerson PROVOX systems.
CONTACT:
Michael Krampe
(770) 751-2211
michael.krampe@siemens.com
