Fast, Familiar Configuration, Management and Use
With the Foxboro A2tm automation system, your engineers discover fast, powerful, yet intuitive configuration tools. Advantages include IEC1131-3 and S88 methodology, a structured project environment, and single tag entry. Your operators find an efficient, familiar interface to tools that handle everything from PLC ladder logic programming to complete DCS control loops requiring reliable redundancy, Data is available anywhere. Online monitoring is easy, from any node in the system. And a flexible interface ensures easy-to-use performance. Everyone gets intuitive, unsurpassed ease of use.
You get scalable DCS solutions for all your needs, from simple configuration that sets up and displays a standalone device, to a project namespace for a multimode, multidevice project.
Foxboro A2 Automation System Project Developer
The Foxboro A2 automation system furnishes users with a project-oriented, integrated development environment (IDE). Its Project Developer software package offers a centralized relational database for simpler system management and configuration, such as PLC ladder logic programming. Single-point data entry and autobuild capabilities can automatically create all the configuration files you need. Embedded within the Engineering package is Project Studio software.
Foxboro A2 Automation System Project Studio
To configure and commission any Foxboro A2 automation system products, you'll turn to Project Studio. This set of graphical, object-oriented engineering tools gives Project Developer its fast, easy, efficient front end. Several hundred function blocks are available for easy incorporation into any of your process strategies. No need to pay for this added functionality, the Foxboro A2 automation system provides it as part of the package.
Foxboro A2 Automation System Engineering Tools Highlights
Graphical editors. Drag-and-drop and S88 methodology. Simple, intuitive environment for configuring Foxboro A2 automation system controllers or other Invensys products.
Autobuild capabilities. Available for common components; less effort when configuring and testing.Configuration tools. Engineer and build your control and sequential strategies and user screens. Provide a common method of developing all Foxboro A2 automation system instruments.
Control and application modules. Reduce the time to bring your application online.
Single point of configuration. Combine with data import and export, prebuilt functionality, and automatic system build for maximum engineering productivity.
Common relational database. Simplifies multimode systems; easy to add nodes as required.
Open access. Provided via passwords to all data at every level. With online development, the Foxboro A2 automation system can continuously improve plant efficiency over system lifetime.
OPC standards. Built into our I/O drivers, help share data with authorized users without additional training or configuration. Built-in security, so all data is available to anyone - under your control.
Online configuration. Build consistent operator interface to match your working practices.
Compliance with 21 CFR Part 11. Get full auditor features to meet regulatory requirements for data security of electronic records and signatures.
Easy and intuitive functionality. Design and implementation of system and required networks. Data stored in relational database used by project developers throughout life of plant.
Autoconfiguration. Provide current technology in easy, understandable form.
Open communications. Supports the widely used Ethernet, Modbus, and PROFIBUS protocols.
Visualization. Based on the world's leading process automation HMI, InTouch software, from Invensys. Engineers, supervisors, managers, and operators view and interact with production processes through graphical representations.
Functionality expansion. FactorySuite(r) software furnishes a fully integrated software suite, including factory database; downtime tracking and production monitoring, with resource and WIP-tracking; flexible batch management; pure Windows NT-based control; Internet/intranet visualization; full interaction with InTouch softwarewithout local installation; connectivity to devices such as PLCs using library of 1000+ unique I/O servers.
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