April 26, 2018 | Product News
The Dräger REGARD® 7000 is Dräger’s newest highly-modular safety controller for gas leak and flame detection. The controller is highly modular and therefore great for medium to large sensor applications where an expandable analysis system is needed for monitoring various gases and vapors. There are four unique features on the Regard 7000:
- Remote Reading of Dräger Sensor Diagnostics – Dräger sensors have a lot of enhanced diagnostics, allowing for proactive maintenance. The Regard 7000 finally provides a controller that is able to read this data through the HART protocol.
- Enhanced HART MetaData – The HART protocol has a unique “tunneling” feature that allows users to fully program remote transmitters from the controller via “metadata”. Other protocols used for remote reading and configuration include Modbus RTU (Master available), Profibus, and ProfiNet.
- Master-less Processors – The Regard 7000 is designed in such a way that if one section should fail, the remaining parts of the controller are still able to function, providing an enhanced layer of protection rather than the typical controller, which has a master processor.
- Documentation & Wiring Diagrams Available on Display – The Regard 7000 can store the necessary documents and diagrams within the memory of the controller itself, allowing for far easier startup and maintenance over the long run.
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March 14, 2018 | Product News
NSI’s newest line, the Schneider Electric Telemetry and Remote SCADA Solutions series, has released the new Schneider Electric Industrial Internet of Things solutions series known as
EcoStruxureTM. The EcoStruxureTM visualization package is known as
EcoStruxureTM Geo SCADA Expert(formerly ClearSCADA). Some of the key differentiators for the Geo SCADA Expert includes the following:
Location Support, Mapping & GIS Integration – Underpinned by the storage of GPS coordinates for database objects, EcoStruxureTM Geo SCADA Expert is now geographically-aware and able to provide location-based alarm notification, filtering, and visualization for both fixed assets and mobile field operators. Integrated support for online or GIS map sources enables automatic display of locations on maps, which can also include real-time weather data from online service providers.
Centralized User Management – Tighter integration with Active Directory (AD) allows new EcoStruxureTM Geo SCADA Expert User Accounts to be created automatically plus automatic realignment with changes in AD permissions on subsequent logons.
Automated Control & Feedback Validation – Configure validation rules for output controls such that an alarm will be raised when the output or feedback from an input variable does not reach the desired value within the configured timeout and/or when the value changes when it was not controlled to do so.
Other Features – Tighter integration with Trio Radios for advanced diagnostics collection, support for Sofrel S50 and S500 series RTUs, support for updated firmware in Schneider Electric SCADAPack™ E (v8.14.1) and Realflo™ (v6.94 & v6.95), improvements to security, enhancements to the User Interface, and more …
February 6, 2018 | Company News
Neal Systems is proud to welcome Bill Conway, formerly of Arlington County Water/Wastewater, Virginia. Bill has spent the last 33 years in process control instrumentation and programming for biotech manufacturing, oil refining, power, chemical, pharmaceutical, and water/wastewater. A longstanding member of the ISA, Bill brings broad and deep expertise and experience to Neal Systems that will be of great benefit to our services team and its customers.
December 4, 2017 | Product News
Iconics’ new MobileHMI is a technology marvel, bringing the power of the GENESIS64 HMI/SCADA solutions to any Smartphone, Tablet, Web Browser or Web-enabled device. Ground-breaking Smart Tile, AppHub™ and configuration technology help simplify deployment to any Microsoft, Apple or Android device through innovative WinRT and XAML-to-HTML5 technology for delivering HMI/SCADA solutions.
Now with version 10.95, users can interact with their SCADA information in a whole new way using a Microsoft HoloLens mixed reality device. ICONICS’ groundbreaking Holographic Machine Interface (HMI) delivers 2D and 3D holograms to users, allowing them to digitally interact with their equipment in a mixed reality environment. Easy-to-use configuration wizards and responsive technology enable users to import pre-existing 3D models and smart symbols to quickly get up and running in no time.
This new wave of mixed reality technology addresses a variety of use cases across manufacturing, energy management, industrial and building automation applications. From an operator performing real-time production monitoring, to a repair technician generating a work order and dispatching the appropriate staff based on availability and skills, this groundbreaking technology helps manufacturers make better decisions faster. Create rich, real-time universal visualization for mobile dashboards for energy, quality or production metrics in real-time.
Benefits include the ability to perform hands-free operation using natural gestures and voice commands, as well as connecting operators and maintenance technicians to their information in a more intuitive and natural way than ever before. This improves production efficiency and reduces maintenance costs while enhancing collaboration and cooperation among teams.
