IndustrialIT System 800xA

Symphony DCI

Overview

Features and Benefits

■ Maximum Return on Investment:
New generations of software and system
components provide increased operating
efficiency, lower cost and extended
system life. ABB offers low-risk evolution
and upgrade strategies to assure
maximum return on investment while
enhancing equipment availability and
performance.

■ Investment Protection Through

Enhancement: Reuse of existing
controllers, I/O, and field wiring with
newer operator interfaces and advanced
applications, not only saves capital
expenses but also provides the benefit of
improved productivity.

■ Nonstop Production for Maximum

Profit: Symphony DCI provides the In today’s business, there is a need for continuous productivity
highest level of plant availability through improvements to be competitive in the market. Traditional
redundancy at all levels. process control systems achieved high process availability,
reliability, and process quality. But today, more is needed
■ Reducing Time to Decision and to be competitive. Industrial IT 800xA for DCI paves the way
Action: Conductor and 800xA Process to reach this goal.
Portal deliver intuitive software that
allows the user to concentrate on Symphony DCI is a proven process control system for
the tasks at hand. Monitoring and demanding applications in various industries. The wide
maintenance management are performed range of Symphony DCI references include pharmaceuticals,
quickly and efficiently. petrochemicals, sugar manufacturing, water and wastewater
treatment, and many more. Symphony DCI’s scalable redundancy
■ Engineering for Maximum enables maximum process availability.
Performance: The comprehensive,
multi-user engineering tool provides Powerful controllers are networked via redundant EthernetTM.
functions for graphical engineering
In addition, they constitute the links to I/O modules, field
instead of programming. Efficient
devices, operator stations, and engineering tools. However,
integration of Profibus field devices
Symphony DCI is not only a traditional control system. It
via GSD file import is also supported.
continues to be improved and enhanced to remain a state-of the
art system allowing customers to gain the competitive advantage.
Today, Symphony DCI is enhanced with a number of 800xA
applications, and this number is set to grow even further over
time; thereby presenting the customer with a system that is
well equipped to easily adapt to new opportunities and market
requirements.
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ABB has now combined the two worlds: Symphony DCI as best-in-class process
control system with Industrial IT 800xA featuring best-in-class productivity
enhancement software like 800xA Process Portal, Asset Optimization, and
Information Management. With Industrial IT 800xA and Symphony DCI, plant
operations are provided with the technology and solutions needed to achieve a
sustainable competitive advantage by enabling the plant to perform with optimal
productivity at substantial cost savings. In short, the integrated functions of 800xA
can be added to Symphony DCI to extend the system capabilities.

Figure 1. System architecture of Symphony DCI extended by 800xA

Symphony DCI Extended by Industrial IT 800xA Overview

Control & I/O Customers have the freedom to choose the controller type that best fits the
application. The customer can select a rack-based solution with the Harmony
DCU controller. Additionally, the rail mounted Industrial IT AC 800M controller
can be used for process automation or safety applications. It offers flexibility in
field installations plus an integrated Foundation Fieldbus interface. Both controllers
offer integrated redundancy for maximum availability. The powerful Harmony DCU
controllers include a comprehensive scope of common and customized, industry-
specific process functions, and redundant, integrated interfaces to Rack I/O, and
redundant, integrated PROFIBUS DP interfaces to Fieldbus stations and devices.

The Profibus DP interface supports both Control IT™ S900 remote I/O for use in
hazardous areas, or 800xA S800 I/O for non-hazardous areas. Both controller series,
Harmony DCU and AC 800M, can be operated from the same operator interface.

An OPC-to-OPC mapping application called DataLink makes use of an OPC Server

for DCI component to provide peer-to-peer communications between the AC 800M
and Harmony DCU controllers. Use of DataLink enables information from the
AC 800M, including Foundation Fieldbus systems, to participate within the
Symphony DCI control strategies and configurations.

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Figure 2. System architecture of Symphony DCI extended by 800xA

Refer to the following table for further details on related documentation:

Title Document Number

Harmony DCU Overview WBPEEUS230001C0
800xA Control & I/O Overview 3BSE034989
S900 I/O 50/17-03 EN

Engineering Symphony DCI Composer TM CTK is a comprehensive, efficient multi-user

engineering tool for planning, engineering, commissioning, diagnostics, and
maintenance of one or more automation projects. Parallel engineering of planning
and operating phases are supported. Composer CTK provides a function-block-
oriented approach to design, with seamless integration of Profibus DP field device
networking and configuration that is efficiently performed using embedded
GSD files for S800 I/O and imported GSD files for other Profibus devices. For
more details about Composer CTK, refer to the Composer CTK Overview,
WFPCEUS270010C0.

Figure 3. Composer CTK Function Block and Profibus network configuration

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Batch In order to automate batch-oriented production processes, a high degree of

flexibility is required for the plant use and recipes so that the system can respond
quickly to new demands. ChemFlexTM provides the integrated and automated batch
management functionality needed to produce consistent high quality batches. A few
examples of features from this widely used and tightly integrated application:

■ Graphical recipe creation with parameter verification

■ Consistent operation, from recipe to device
■ Automatic recipe execution
■ Recipe management
■ Flexible equipment allocation
■ Batch production with changing parameters
■ Scheduling of batches and campaigns
■ User-configurable redundancy
■ Comprehensive documentation
■ Integrated alarm and message management
■ NAMUR/ISA® S88 standards applied

ChemFlex enables the system to respond quickly to market demands and ensure
successful production.

Figure 4. ChemFlex batch management is tightly integrated within the operator interface

As with the Control and I/O, customers have the freedom to choose the operator
Operations
interface that best fits the application. The customer can select 800xA Process Portal
or Conductor NT. Process Portal provides a tight integration with Symphony DCI
by incorporating all the needed display and diagnostic tools for monitoring and
controlling plant operations including faceplates and system status displays.

800xA Process Portal includes:

■ Comprehensive operator functionality for handling normal and abnormal
conditions including alarm and events, reporting functions, and remote
mobile phone/pager/email messenger support.

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■ Personalized workplaces that are adjusted and optimized to users. Preferences

and needs with individualized menus, tool bar contents and display locations.
■ Intuitive and flexible navigation with quick information access via familiar web
browser tools including favorite places, history lists, short cuts and hot buttons.
■ Integrated data for informed decision-making providing rapid and consistent
access to smart field devices, asset optimization tools, information management
systems, safety systems, and MES applications.

For more details, refer to the 800xA Process Portal Overview, 3BSE034823.

Figure 5. 800xA Process Portal with access to wide range of integrated information for improved decision making

Conductor NT is a reliable yet flexible operator interface that has a proven track
record for providing secure and up-to-date information for plant operations. Meeting
the traditional needs for plant automation control, Conductor hosts ChemFlex batch
management and supports traditional operator displays and graphics as well as
reporting and trending. 800xA Process Portal with tight integration to Symphony
DCI, is the industry’s most extensive operator interface providing consistent access
and interaction with data from multiple control and I/O sources and plant and
enterprise information.

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Information Powerful 800xA Information Management applications collect, store, retrieve and
Management present historical, process and business data within an integrated 800xA workplace.
Data from Symphony DCI is transferred into 800xA information via the 800xA
for DCI OPC communications. Information Management enhances the usefulness
of data from all operations within the enterprise to help identify bottlenecks
and operating anomalies as well as the analysis of under-performing assets that
adversely impact profits and productivity.

For more details, refer to the 800xA Information Manager Overview, 3BUS092079.

Figure 6. Information Management with key performance indicators ready @aGlance

Device Fieldbus integration lowers lifecycle costs through significant cost savings in the
Management design, implementation, and operation of field equipment. 800xA for DCI supports
Foundation Fieldbus, Profibus DP and HART devices.

Foundation Fieldbus interfaces through the AC800M via the aforementioned

DataLink peer-to-peer communications to participate within the Symphony DCI
control strategies and configurations.

The Profibus DP network is interfaced through a direct connection with a PBUS

I/O board mounted in the Harmony DCU frame. Tools for configuring the Profibus
network and for integrating the Profibus devices within the Harmony DCU control
strategies are supported by Composer CTK. The Profibus solution supports device
definitions from GSD files that enable a common interface to configure, commission,

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and maintain the Profibus devices intuitively and easily, aided by device-specific
GSD files, which are supplied by the respective device manufacturers.

The harnessing of untapped potential from the substantial installed base of HART
devices conforms with the ARC Advisory Group analysis that “Users can employ
many of their HART field devices with new generation automation architectures,
making the migration to a new Process Automation System more economical while
increasing the availability of intelligent data that has long been underutilized.”
Digital information from HART devices are accessed by the 800xA Fieldbus
Management tools that physically connect to HART consolidation units. These
consolidation units receive the HART device data by cable connections from
multiple interface terminal boards (ITB’s). These are the same ITB’s that cable
connect to the I/O boards in the Harmony DCU. The HART solution supports
device parameterization and remote monitoring of signal statuses and PV’s as well
as diagnostic information through use of device-specific DTM’s, which are
supplied by the respective device manufacturers. In addition, the tight integration
of the HART devices within the 800xA for DCI system enables improved device
maintainability through asset monitoring and optimization.

For more details, refer to the 800xA Device Management Overview, 3BDD013081.

Figure 7. 800xA Fieldbus Management Tool supporting HART device parameters and connection
via HART OPC

Asset 800xA Asset Optimization software exploits the wealth of field resident information
Optimization accessible through Fieldbus and higher-level systems to assess and document equip-
ment conditions in real-time and enable personnel to schedule maintenance accord-
ingly. Additionally, software seamlessly integrates plant’s maintenance management
and calibration management systems to greatly reduce costly corrective maintenance
and time consuming preventive maintenance. Symphony DCI interfaces with 800xA
Asset Optimization through 800xA for DCI OPC communications enabling full fea-
ture support including CMMS access.

For more details, refer to the 800xA Asset Optimization Overview, 3BUS092078.

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Figure 8. 800xA Asset Optimization supported through personalized workplace

for Asset Health and Performance Monitoring

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