I/O Modules include diagnostics and ATEX compliance.

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Designed for Tricon triple-modular-redundant safety and critical control systems, Triconex I/O Modules offer high point density, per-point supervision, and user-configurable nominal load limits in digital units. With ATEX compliance, modules and external termination panels enable users to comply with nonincendive and thermally limited termination directives without need for isolation barriers or similar configurations.



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New Generation Of Triconex I/O Systems Announced



New high-density modules, enhanced diagnostics and ATEX compliance help increase performance and reduce installed costs for Invensys' flagship safety instrumented systems (SIS)

DALLAS, TEXAS, USA (INVENSYS CUSTOMER CONFERENCE) - December 6, 2006 - The Triconex unit of Invensys Process Systems today announced a new generation of I/O subsystems for its flagship Tricon triple-modular-redundant (TMR) safety and critical control systems.

The new family of I/O modules offers higher point density, higher resolution, faster scan rates, an innovative approach for per-point supervision, and user-configurable nominal load limits in the digital output modules. These new features provide increased speed and better accuracy in high-speed critical control applications, while decreasing the cost per I/O point and cost of ownership.

Triconex (www.triconex.com) has also released the Version 10.2.1 of the Tricon safety instrumented system platform. This provides Tricon users with increased levels of flexibility in configuring safe and reliable critical control systems. Triconex has also released TriStation 1131 version 4.1.437 developer's workbench within Tricon v10.2.1, to support the configuration of the new family of I/O modules.

Within the new high-density line of I/O modules, Triconex also announced TÃV certification for European Union ATEX standards covering I/O and field terminations in potentially explosive atmospheres. I/O modules and external termination panels for Tricon systems are now available to meet application requirements for non-incendive electrical equipment in hazardous locations such as volatile gas environments.

The new ATEX Triconex I/O module and termination panel certification allows users to comply with non-incendive and thermally limited termination directives without the need for isolation barriers or similar configurations. In addition to providing an ATEX-compliant solution that extends from the safety system to the field wiring, the certification provides significant installation and maintenance cost advantages over isolation barriers.

In addition to the new family of I/O Products, Triconex announced the Enhanced Diagnostics Monitor v1.1.111, a Windows XP-based software application that provides a more comprehensive view of the health of the Triconex safety systems. This application helps users make better troubleshooting decisions when maintaining their safety systems configurations, minimizing the chances of downtime.

"Taken together, these important Triconex developments help users optimize the availability of their production assets by providing new levels of performance, reliability and maintainability of their control infrastructure without compromising the safety of the process," said Luis Duran, Triconex Brand Director at Invensys Process Systems.

While being independent and separate, the Tricon TMR safety and critical control systems can be easily integrated with all popular distributed control systems (DCS) as well serve as the safety system platform within an InFusion enterprise control system (ECS).

Triconex, a unit of Invensys Process Systems, is a leading supplier of products, systems, and services for safety, critical control, and turbomachinery applications.

For more information on Triconex products and services, please visit www.triconex.com, or contact the Invensys Customer Satisfaction Center via phone at 866-746-6477 (508-549-2424 outside the US and Canada) or via e-mail at ips.csc@ips.invensys.com.

For more information on the InFusion enterprise control system, please visit www.InFusionECS.com.

About Invensys
Invensys is the world leader in industrial asset performance management. In addition to its rapidly expanding Global Solutions and Performance Management services groups, Invensys' automation businesses includes industry-leading brands such as Foxboro, Triconex, SimSci-Esscor, Wonderware, and Avantis, whose products are installed in more than 100,000 plants across the world. These range from small hybrid and batch plants to the world's largest upstream projects, refineries, gas plants, petrochemicals plants, power plants, and pulp and paper mills. For more information on Invensys' process automation businesses, please visit http://www.invensys.com/ps.

The Invensys Group (www.invensys.com) is headquartered in London and is listed on the London Stock Exchange, with approximately 30,000 employees working in 60 countries.

Triconex, Invensys, Tricon, Foxboro, SimSci-Esscor, Wonderware and Avantis are trademarks of Invensys plc, its subsidiaries, or affiliates. All other brand and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners

Contacts:
Bob Palmer, 508/549-3525 (robert.palmer@ips.invensys.com)
Julie Heinemann, 949/885-0856 (julie.heinemann@ips.invensys.com)

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