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Yokogawa
http://www.yokogawa.com
DCS Offerings
Centum, Stardom NCS
DCS Business
Yokogawas CENTUM system has always been at the core of the
companys DCS business. The latest version of Centum is Centum
CS 3000 R3, which is the sixth generation since the introduction of
the first CENTUM system in 1975. The company currently
supports six versions of Centum. Many Centum V systems, for
example, are still operational and supported by Yokogawa, who
guarantees support of all its control systems for up to 10 years
after sales of new systems are discontinued.
Centum CS 3000 R3 is a major upgrade over the R2 version, and
integrates advances in information technology with the rapidly
evolving needs of the modern manufacturing environment. Key
features of Centum CS 3000 include Windows 2000 HMI,
Fieldnetwork I/O, native Foundation Fieldbus (FF) functionality,
and a series of advanced functions such as embedded advanced
control and Plant Resource Manager (PRM). The R3 version is also
backward-compatible with older CENTUM versions and is easily
upgraded in phases or replaced with minimal investment.
Yokogawas Centum CS 3000 R3 field network I/O, developed in
conjunction with Fuji Electric. The new I/O incorporates an
Extended Serial Backboard (ESB) Bus with a speed of 128 MBPS.
Centum CS 3000 R3 also incorporates a high-speed Ethernet-
based control network. At the fieldbus level, CS 3000 R3
incorporates a Foundation Fieldbus H1 I/O card.
The advanced functions of CS 3000 R3, however, provide the true
value add. The first of these is integrated Foundation Fieldbus
engineering with Yokogawas Plant Resource Manager (PRM)
software. PRM is Yokogawas plant asset management (PAM)
solution. In ARCs view, providing integrated PAM functionality is
a key part of any effective Foundation Fieldbus Solution.
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CS 3000 R3 also includes a new control platform, called Advanced
Process Control Station (APCS). Through Yokogawas alliance with
Shell Global Solutions, Shells SMOC advanced process control
software has been embedded in the CS 3000 control architecture.
Yokogawas answer to incorporating open networking technology
in its systems comes with the release of the Vnet/IP control
network, which is available in the latest major version release of
the CENTUM CS 3000 control system. The first widely available
DCS control network based on Gigabit Ethernet, Vnet/IP offers
redundant communications and communications band partitioning
over standard Ethernet, while providing the high reliability and
deterministic response required for process automation. Vnet/IP
offers ten times the throughput of Vnet, and routers are available
that can switch between Vnet and Vnet/IP.
The openness of Vnet/IP makes it easier for users to connect non-CENTUM components to the control network through Vnet/IPs
TCP/IP communications capabilities and enables their network
configuration with commercially available network equipment.
Data from third-party devices can be integrated with CENTUM CS
3000 through the GSGW process data server on Vnet/IP.
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Centum CS 3000 R3
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Since Vnet/IP is Ethernet-based, users have the ability to choose
from a wide range of hardware, and Yokogawa does not specify
which hardware vendors are to be used. Yokogawa has, however,
certified and tested Cisco and Dell hardware for Vnet/IP, which is
consistent with the Ethernet-based offerings of many other DCS
suppliers.
Yokogawa Stardom Network Control System
Yokogawas Stardom Network Control System (NCS) addresses the
needs of applications where the combination of a PLC and HMI
package are often used, but found to be inadequate. With the
release of Stardom, Yokogawa is addressing the needs of markets
that traditional DCSs have not yet met. Many of these, if
automated at all, have used a variety of technologies ranging
from PLCs to PCs that have required significant effort for systemcomponent connections. By leveraging the Internet and internet
technologies, these types of applications can be addressed more
effectively with fit-for-purpose configurations. Stardom NCS is the
system that will fully realize Yokogawas e-RM vision for
collaborative manufacturing.
Yokogawa Releases Enhanced Version of STARDOM Network-
based Control System
In April of 2008, Yokogawa released an enhanced version of the
STARDOM Network-based Control System that complies with USgas industry standards and provides a new data-logging function
for the FCN/FCJ autonomous controllers. These enhancements
reduce costs by improving the efficiency of both operation and
maintenance. Yokogawa will
use the release of this
enhanced version to
strengthen its sales targeting
the oil and gas upstream
processes.
The enhanced STARDOM
version supports the
American Gas Association's
AGA3, AGA7, and AGA8
standards used in North America, South America, and Asia. This
ensures correct flow measurement as gas is transported between
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drilling companies and distribution companies. STARDOM
provides both gas metering and control functions.
The FCN/FCJ autonomous controllers have been enhanced with the
introduction of a new data logging function. The controllers can
now store control data and data from field instruments and
facilities for access from distant locations via the Web, enabling
efficient remote monitoring.
The STARDOM engineering tool has been enhanced with network
templates that improve the reusability of applications. Yokogawa
provides samples of these network templates. The engineering
tools for STARDOM's FCN/FCJ autonomous controllers will also
support Windows Vista.
Vigilance Campaign
Yokogawa has come a long way in making its message clear to
the world of process automation. Several years ago, the company
embarked on a full-scale global marketing campaign to make
customers aware of Yokogawas focus on system reliability,
security, dependability, and robustness.
Dubbed Vigilance, the campaign created a unified message for
the company and greatly helped expand awareness of the
Yokogawa brand and corporate philosophy. Vigilance is
successfully increasing brand awareness and communicating
Yokogawas message of reliability and quality to the worldwide
market, particularly outside of Japan.
While the Vigilance campaign successfully expresses the
companys philosophy, articulating the value proposition of the
companys product, application, and services offering remains a
key challenge for the company. Yokogawa, for example, has long
been known for its control systems, field instrumentation, and
fieldbus capabilities. Many customers, however, remain unaware
of Yokogawas capabilities in production management, safety
systems, alarm management, plant asset management (PAM),
and many other areas. Yokogawas ongoing Vigilant-Plant
campaign is designed to raise customer awareness of Yokogawas
solution set and where it fits in the Vigilance scheme.
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The VigilantPlant philosophy eliminates unplanned downtime and
allows businesses to adapt and change quickly and with agility, to
shifting market conditions and customer demands. This is
consistent with ARCs view that giving personnel access to the
right information at the right time combined with the ability to
take action is crucial for achieving OpX, and is the foundation of
real-time performance management (RPM).
CENTUM Release 3.08
Yokogawa announced CENTUM CS 3000 R3 Release 3.08 in
October of 2007. Key features of the new version included
enhanced gateway functions that provide enhanced connectivity
with competitors' DCSs and PLCs and a Consolidated Alarm
Management Software (CAMS) offering, which Yokogawa claims is
the first true CAMS-based approach available in the industry.
Yokogawa's gateway functionality is embodied in the System
Integration OPC Station (SIOS). Enhancements to the gateway
mean that operators will be able to control and monitor both DCS
and PLC systems from Yokogawa competitors with the same look
and feel as CENTUM CS 3000. Data linkage to Yokogawa's
STARDOM system has also been enhanced.
The CAMS alarm management package for the CENTUM CS 3000
Human Interface Station can integrate and control alarms fromCENTUM CS 3000, the ProSafe-RS Safety Instrumented System,
Plant Resource Manager (PRM), and STARDOM systems. CAMS for
HIS collects alarms and events from each system, identifies
expressions, and eclipses duplicate alarms. This package also
provides value-added alarm information such as priority level,
sorting identifier, root cause, and action to be taken. It helps
reduce alarm flooding that may cause critical plant problems and
relieves operators from cumbersome alarm acknowledgement
tasks to let them concentrate on controlling and monitoring the
process.
Yokogawa Unveils Centum VP
CENTUM VP is the eighth generation of the CENTUM series, and
succeeds the CENTUM CS 1000/CENTUM CS 3000. While securing
clear backward compatibility and consistency with previous
CENTUM systems, CENTUM VP redefines the role of a production
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control system, commonly known as a DCS. Going beyond the
traditional DCS function of controlling and monitoring a plant,
CENTUM VP integrates plant information management, asset
management, and operation support functions, achieving a unified
operating environment. CENTUM VP provides a foundation for
operational excellence by delivering information in context and
allowing easy role-based access to all key information.
The first major component of the system, released in May of 2008,
was the Centum VP HMI, which is one of the first HMI applications
for automation to be available in Windows Vista and Windows XP.
The new HMI incorporates a universal color scheme, greatly
reducing the chance of an operator misinterpreting information
due to color blindness, and increasing the overall visibility of the
most important information to the end user. Yokogawa did a lot ofresearch into this HMI to drive increased productivity and
decrease the chance of operator error. Yokogawa claims that the
new HMI "more than doubles the speed of operational decision
making." The HMI also offers integrated alarm management
capabilities, faceplates, trends, and history windows.
Centum VP Release R4.02.30
The latest release of Centum VP supports integrated ISA 100
wireless functionality. These wireless products include an EJX-B
series differential pressure and pressure transmitter, a YTA seriestemperature transmitter, and an integrated field wireless gateway
for field sensor networks.
Yokogawa Releases Enhanced Version of STARDOM Network-
based Control System
Yokogawa Electric introduced an enhanced version of the
STARDOM Network-based Control System in 2010 with upgraded
engineering functionality. The new engineering tool facilitates the
construction of field digital communications networks that can
reduce the cost of maintaining production equipment distributed
over wide areas.
For this latest STARDOM version, Yokogawa has optimized its
existing engineering tool that is used to configure large-scale
SCADA systems based on Foundation Fieldbus. The new
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Foundation Fieldbus Configurator enables a 60 percent reduction
in engineering man-hours.
Improvements have also been made in STARDOMs Logic
Designer engineering tool for creating control applications. An
enhanced Distributed Network Protocol 3 (DNP3) is also provided.
All screens now have the same look and feel as that of other
STARDOM engineering tools. An enhanced export and import
function facilitates repeat engineering. Application downloading
time to fieldbus devices have also been reduced substantially.
Improvements have also been made to the Control Application
Creation Tool (Logic Designer). New drag & drop, automatic
rearrangement, automatic wiring mode switching, and other
functions have been added that make this software easier to use.
Enhanced Functionality of DNP3 Protocol
DNP3 is a communication protocol used for controlling equipment
distributed over a wide area, such as oil and gas field equipment.
The protocol has been enhanced to support a wider range of
SCADA applications.
Support of Modular Procedural Automation
As a major supporter of Modular Procedural Automation and the
procedural automation standard, Yokogawa already has a toolset
that can support Modular Procedural Automation (MPA), fromapplications as small as scheduling sequences consisting of many
sequential function charts (SFC) steps to more complex and
integrated multiproduct solutions incorporating the Centum VP
process automation system. SFC is the desirable means of
defining the state relationships, concurrency, and transition
conditions otherwise known as the state model of the process
in the control system. With the application of additional
procedural programming, the state model itself becomes the root
of the control system.
The primary tool that Yokogawa has to implement MPA in the
continuous process industries, however, is Exapilot an automated
procedural control solution now installed in over 1,000 plants
around the world. Using Exapilot to describe steady state and
non-steady-state operations by experienced operators as a
graphical flow diagram of the sequence of actions, the operations
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can be fully- or semi-automated. In addition to Exapilot, the
Exaplog event analysis package helps to refine the controllability
of a plant and identify parts of the plant operation that could be
improved, by analyzing alarms and operator actions side by side.
Combining Yokogawas consulting skills with products such as
Exapilot allows users to integrate operator actions and the control
system into a single unified environment for best practice plant
operation. Some operators have a lot of knowledge, but are not
familiar with computers or Exapilot, so someone has to put this
knowledge into Exapilot. Yokogawa knowledge engineers
specialize in capturing this knowledge from experienced workers
and driving it into the system.
Key Industries
While Yokogawa traditional strengths have been in thepetrochemical, refining, oil and gas, and chemical industries, the
company plays across all process industry segments, particularly
in its native Japan. The company has also been making a
strategic push into the power generation industry and was won
several large power generation projects over the past year.
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