Process System Capabilities
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Common System Infrastructure
There are seven shared services used across our process system:
- Directory – Common address book of plant-floor resources
- Security – Indentifies, authenticates, and authorises user access
- Data – Creates a publish and subscribe environment for real-time access to manufacturing information
- Diagnostics – Publishes activity, status, warning and error messages generated throughout the system
- Audit – Monitors and records manufacturing system changes
- Activation – Provides a secure, convenient software-based licence management system
- Alarms and events – Applications can subscribe to one common, consistent view of alarms and events published by controllers
Security Management
Our solutions are designed to help minimise the risk of downtime associated with cyber security breaches while allowing your authorised personnel to use the system efficiently.
The security service is a centralised system for restricting access to resources, making it easier for you to establish and maintain secure systems.
I/O and Field Device Connectivity
Rockwell Automation has a wide range of distributed I/O and process network connectivity options to help improve design and installation flexibility, improve control system and production reliability. This leads to lower costs associated with installation and maintenance while reducing space and infrastructure requirements. Versatile and high performance I/O modules allow you to perform analogue acquisition and control of both traditional 4-20mA and HART devices while utilising the digital HART dialogue when smart field instrumentation is used.
Connectivity to process instrument buses such as Foundation Fieldbus H1, and Profibus PA, and a variety of sensor, device and drive networks round out the field connectivity options.
