Distributed Control System facilitates and accelerates CIF.
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With features that promote control in the field (CIF), I/A Series® supports the use of standard, enhanced, and custom fieldbus block types to make full use of algorithm capabilities provided by device vendors. Invensys® fieldbus implementation offers high-availability platform with fault tolerance, easy configuration, and superior device management. Also, configuring control algorithms directly into field devices improves loop performance.
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Invensys Continues Commitment to Improved Customer Experience with Innovative CIF Solution
PLANO, TEXAS - Invensys Operations Management, a global provider of technology systems, software solutions and consulting services to the process and manufacturing industries, today unveiled new features of its I/A Series® distributed control system (DCS) that enable easier and faster control in the field (CIF). Invensys passed the requirements of the Fieldbus Foundation's Host Interoperability Support Test in August, and has implemented many engineering and performance innovations that go well beyond those requirements to help clients receive maximum benefit from CIF deployment.
The Invensys® fieldbus implementation is a high-availability platform solution offering exceptional fault tolerance, easy configuration and superior device management. It supports the use of standard, enhanced and custom fieldbus block types to make full use of the algorithm capabilities provided by device vendors. Configuring control algorithms directly into field devices improves loop performance by eliminating transport time in data exchange between field devices and the host control system.
"We started with the system changes that were necessary to meet the basic Fieldbus Foundation standard, added tools and templates to automate and otherwise improve configurability, and then made numerous other innovations based on needs expressed by our clients, but not covered in the standard," said Charlie Piper, senior development program manager, Invensys Operations Management. "Downloads and device commissioning, loop building and function block scheduling, and setting up devices for backup link active scheduling for example, are easier and faster in our implementation. This eliminates the complexity which, for many, has been a barrier to making the most of control in the field, and for that matter, FOUNDATION(TM) Fieldbus."
The customer can choose whether they use function blocks in the field devices, the DCS or both, providing greater flexibility and efficiency in many control strategies. The Fieldbus Foundation's host registration program tests the host's ability to support standard function blocks and features in Device Descriptions and Capabilities Files. This ensures basic interoperability with all field devices, but Invensys went further to make fieldbus simple to use and to bring users additional tools, templates and other innovations, resulting in the following benefits:
Representatives from Invensys Operations Management will display and demonstrate the company's new CIF capabilities during its North America Client Conference taking place in Houston, Texas, September 21 to 24, 2009. For more information, please visit the Demo Showcase or contact charlie.piper@ips.invensys.com.
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Tom Clary, Invensys Operations Management
tom.clary@ips.invensys.com
t: 469-365-6651
m: 214-549-5629
Ralph Wagner, Ballard Communications Management
r.wagner@ballard.co.uk
t: +44 (0)1306 882288
About Invensys Operations Management
Invensys Operations Management, a division of Invensys, is a leading provider of automation and information technology, systems, software solutions, services and consulting to the global manufacturing and infrastructure industries. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, its solutions are used by more than 40,000 clients around the world in more than 200,000 plants and facilities.
Invensys Operations Management's offerings are delivered under several prominent industry brands, including Action Instruments, ArchestrA, Avantis, Barber-Colman, Chessell, Continental, Eurotherm, Foxboro, IMServ, InFusion, SimSci-Esscor, Triconex and Wonderware. The company's approximately 9,000 employees and its global partner ecosystem integrate these products and services to help clients collaborate across systems and enterprises in real time, extracting critical data to make faster, better decisions and synchronize their operations from the plant floor to the executive offices, aligning production goals with business objectives. To learn more about Invensys Operations Management, visit iom.invensys.com.
Invensys plc (www.invensys.com) is headquartered in London and is listed on the London Stock Exchange (ISYS.L), with approximately 20,000 employees working in 50 countries.
Invensys, the Invensys logo, Action Instruments, ArchestrA, Avantis, Chessell, Continental, Eurotherm, Foxboro, I/A Series, IMServ, InFusion, SimSci-Esscor, Triconex and Wonderware are trademarks of Invensys plc, its subsidiaries or affiliates. Barber-Colman is a trademark of TAC, LLC and used under license from TAC, LLC.