Control system optimises field communications
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Emerson Process Management - Power + Water product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Dec 4, 2006
Emerson Process Management has enhanced the communications architecture within the Ovation expert control system to improve performance with field device protocols.
Emerson Process Management has enhanced the communications architecture within the Ovation expert control system to improve performance with field device protocols.
The Ovation system now features a standardised communication platform.
This new platform leverages the power of the Ovation controller to enhance performance with Foundation fieldbus, DeviceNet and Profibus DP industry standard communications protocols.
This standardised platform which uses industry-leading communication technologies, yields a more robust, tightly coupled solution that offers a number of benefits, including better fault tolerance, improved throughput and easier troubleshooting.
The new bus platform also has the capability to seamlessly incorporate emerging protocols - such as Profinet and EtherNet/IP - as they become more widely adopted, as well as new protocols developed in the future.
Based on the results customers have experienced with its PlantWeb digital plant architecture, Emerson is a staunch supporter of a digital bus-based approach to automation.
The Ovation control system is a key technology that powers PlantWeb, which uses high-speed communications networks, intelligent field devices, asset management software, and bus I/O technologies to help power producers control critical plant processes, increase plant efficiencies and megawatt production, and realise long-term operations and maintenance savings.
PlantWeb also contributes to reduced startup and commissioning costs for new plant construction projects.
"As a strong proponent of digital automation, Emerson is committed to arming our customers with the latest bus technologies", said Bob Yeager, President of the Power and Water Solutions Division of Emerson.
"By offering a bus platform that offers integrated communications capabilities for existing - as well as future - protocols, we are helping to ensure that our customers are able to fully realise the economic and operational advantages of deploying a digital bus-based architecture today and well into the future, as these technologies continue to evolve".
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