Process Control System addresses unique needs.

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Featuring flexible configuration, architecture, and choice of controller platforms, Proficy Process Systems v1.6 can provide customers in different industries with DCS or hybrid process control system to meet specific needs. Support is provided for PAC8000 process controllers and PACSystems redundant Rx3i controllers, and Proficy Alarm Viewer provides advanced alarm line formatting, filtering, and sorting capabilities. Other features include audible alarm and visualization faceplates.



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GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms' Latest Version of Proficy Process Systems Adds Support for PAC8000 Process Controllers



GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, a unit of GE Enterprise Solutions, announced that it has released the latest version of its process control system: Proficy Process Systems, Version 1.6. Proficy Process Systems is a fully-integrated process control system that, based on its flexible configuration, architecture and choice of controller platforms, can provide customers in different industries with an advanced DCS or hybrid process control system to meet their specific needs.

Proficy Process Systems 1.6 enhances the overall system architecture by adding the support of the PAC8000 process controllers and the PACSystems redundant Rx3i controllers. Customers in the process and hybrid industries, such as Oil & Gas, are candidates for GE Fanuc's DCS system - Proficy Process Systems with the PAC8000 family of controllers.

PAC8000 Controllers can incorporate optional intrinsic safety for hazardous area applications, and they can be field mounted and subjected to extreme temperatures and corrosive atmospheres when required. Features of the PAC8000 include the following:

  • -40°C to +70°C operating range

  • ISA Level G3 corrosion

  • 30G shock and 5G vibration

  • Operation in Class I, Division 2 and Zone 2 hazardous areas with field wiring extending into Division 1 and Zone 1/0 areas

    Included with Proficy Process Systems 1.6 is the new Proficy Alarm Viewer that provides advanced alarm line formatting, filtering, and sorting capabilities. It also has an audible alarms capability that annunciates alarms based on the users' configured rules. Proficy Process Systems 1.6 also includes new process control function blocks, enhanced visualization faceplates with new look and feel, and new ease-of-use features that enhance the overall usability of the system.
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