System Platform - Functional Overview

Graphical Presentation

Object-oriented database model

Historical Data Collection

Wonderware
System
Platform Reporting and Analysis

Device Integration
(PLC/RTU Communications)

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 System Platform is Scalable from 250 to 2 Million Points…
SYSTEM ARCHITECUTRES

Scale down for off-line

hosting and system
maintenance

Automation Object Integrated

Server Only Single Node Distributed
Peer to Peer
Single Server
Multi Client

Distributed Multi Server

Multi Client

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 Wonderware Solutions Overview
System System Platform Provides Foundation for Information/Plant
Inter-operability Value Added Application Modules Visibility
ERP
Device, Application, Enterprise Integration

(SAP, Oracle,
Microsoft..)

Empowering All Roles in the Plant

Wonderware Intelligence - Information Dashboards

Database Energy Mobile Data Automated CMMS

Applications Management Collection Workflow Integration

Asset
Management System InTouch
Platform Clients

Microsoft Technology & Industry Standards

LIM Systems

Devices

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 THE TRADITIONAL
APPROACH…

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Traditional HMI

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The problem with most HMIs…

Oper. Interface

Oper. Interface
Windows Windows
Symbols & Faceplates Symbols & Faceplates Tag-based HMI
Navigation Scripts Navigation Scripts
Trends/Alarms, etc. Trends/Alarms, etc. Introduction of Remote
references
Oper. Interface

Windows Security Security

Symbols & Faceplates
Remote
Navigation Scripts references Tag server + Clients
Trends/Alarms, etc.
Tag server – issues
Security
Tag names PV
Tags – Process Data

CV101
Scaling CLS
History Configuration OLS
Engineering Units Cmd
Event Configuration LS_Alarm
Alarm Configuration Timeout_Alarm
Access Name Link PV
CV102
I/O Item names CLS
Application Scripts OLS
Data Change Scripts Cmd
Scripts

Condition Scripts LS_Alarm

Window Scripts Timeout_Alarm
SQL Access, Files, etc.
Other Supervisory Logic PV
CV103
Alarm Groups CLS
Appl.

Access Names OLS

Security & Users Cmd

Process Data History LS_Alarm

History

Timeout_Alarm
Alarm History
Event History

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 THE BETTER WAY…

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The better way…

Oper. Interface

Oper. Interface
Windows Windows
Symbols & Faceplates Symbols & Faceplates Tag-based HMI
Navigation Scripts Navigation Scripts
Trends/Alarms, etc. Trends/Alarms, etc. Introduction of Remote
references
Oper. Interface

Windows Security Security

Symbols & Faceplates
Remote
Navigation Scripts references Tag server + Clients
Trends/Alarms, etc.
Tag server – issues
Security
Tag names PV SP – Solution:
Tags – Process Data

CV101
Scaling CLS
History Configuration
• Encapsulation in objects
OLS
Engineering Units Cmd • Derivation from templates
Event Configuration LS_Alarm
Alarm Configuration Timeout_Alarm
Access Name Link PV
CV102 $Valve
I/O Item names CLS
Application Scripts OLS
Data Change Scripts Cmd
Scripts

Condition Scripts LS_Alarm

Window Scripts Timeout_Alarm
SQL Access, Files, etc.
PV
Equipment type is
Other Supervisory Logic CV103
CLS
defined by object
Alarm Groups
templates
Appl.

Access Names OLS

Derived from InTouch
Security & Users Cmd
application templates
Process Data History LS_Alarm
History

Timeout_Alarm
Alarm History
Event History Equipment is
represented by object
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instances
“Equipment-Centric” Objects

Inputs/Outputs Graphic symbols

Logic/Scripting Faceplates

Historical Information
Alarms and events

Security

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Equipment Assemblies

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Derivation of Standards…
Changes to template automatically propagate to instances
New templates can be derived from existing templates
Standard templates decrease project-to-project costs and mistakes VLV101

Libraries of standard objects already exist or can be developed internally

VLV102

$Two-position valve

VLV201
$Valve
This object is a
template for other $Variable position valve
objects VLV202

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 •Simplified development through reusable standard objects.
•Simplified change management through propagation
•Re-use of object configuration, testing and validation.
•Centralized development simplifies system management

Object approach
simplifies configuration and
enforces standardization

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 System Platform Architecture
Dream Reports & Mobile Clients InTouch HMI Multi-user
Insight Dashboards Client Operator Stations Development
Environment
SYSTEM ARCHITECUTRES

PLCs on Control Network

Access Anywhere Redundant Object

Web Portal Process Servers Galaxy
Historian
Repository

Physical or Virtual Operating Systems Other devices on Control Network

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 Centralized Development and
Deployment… • All Configuration
Information is stored in
Operator Operator Operator Operator Development Development
Station Station Station Station Station Station
a central database.
• The Engineering
Stations Request
SYSTEM ARCHITECUTRES

actions to be
performed by the
Galaxy Repository.
• Objects that are being
edited are checked out
to the user performing
the operation.

Historian Automation Automation Automation Galaxy

Object Server Object Server Object Server Repository
– – – –
Remote Station 1 Main Plant 1 Main Plant 2 GRNode

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 Application Management and Delivery

Operator Operator Operator Operator Development Development SP – Solution:

Station Station Station Station Station Station
• Encapsulation in objects
• Derivation from templates
SYSTEM ARCHITECUTRES

• One global name space

• Security at data level
• Thin presentation layer
• Drag and drop
• Plant model
• Centralized Management
• Multi-user development
Historian Automation Automation Automation Galaxy
Object Server Object Server Object Server Repository • Scalable deployment
– – – –
Remote Station 1 Main Plant 1 Main Plant 2 GRNode • Robust IT topology

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 GRAPHICAL USER
INTERFACE…

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 Object Template – Integrated Graphics

Graphic symbols
Graphics

Faceplates

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 InTouch Graphics Library
Graphics

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 ArchestrA Graphics
● Resolution Neutral Vector-based Graphics
● Advanced Features
●Smoothing, Transparencies, Fills,
Gradients, Patterns, Textures
●Group Editing, Rotation Anchors
● Named Elements
Graphics

● Sophisticated Animations
● Intelligent Applets
●Scriptable
●Custom Properties
● Container for .NET Controls
Named Elements

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 Ugly Graphic are not always effective
Graphics

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 Data vs Information

Information comes from putting data in context

● When data is presented without context it forces operators to
remember or search for the related values
Graphics

Data without How far is it from

context setpoint?
Is it getting close to
alarming?
Is it inside the normal
At best, this is inconvenient – but during an upset it can lead operating range?
to slower response times and cause costly errors

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 Analog Meters

How can we avoid forcing people to calculate these things in their heads?
● By using a visual representation – such as an analog meter…
Graphics

PI-4105
All meters
This is a HHAL
mis
pressurevisual
include meter HAL
representations
Different types of SP PI-4105
of the PV and PV PI-4105 XXXXX
values have mis989.7 kPa
the related
slightly different LAL kPa
PI-4105
reference values LLAL
meter shapes

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 Symbol library

> Wonderware InTouch comes

pre-loaded with 200+ symbol
wizard permutations that adopt
Situational Awareness
principles
Graphics

> Can be used as-is, as

foundation for customized
symbols or serve as inspiration

> All built using the ArchestrA

IDE, using many of the new
capabilities in 2014 and 2014
R2
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 Not pretty, but Effective!
Graphics

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 InTouch Access Anywhere

InTouch Access Anywhere provides secure access to your

process anytime, anywhere, from any device with full
InTouch® functionality
Graphics

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 Object Template – Alarms and Events
Alarming

Alarms and events

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 Templatized Configuration
Discrete Alarms

Analog Alarms
Alarming

Analog Alarm Types

•Limit Alarms
•Rate of Change
•Target Deviation
•Communication Loss

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 Alarm Indicators for Navigation

1 Severity 1 response time < 5min

Alarming

2 Severity 2 response time < 30min

3 Severity 3 response time < 60min

4 Severity 4 response time < 120min

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 Navigation Badges

Overview
1 6
Alarming

1 4

Reactor 31 Reactor 32 Reactor 33

1 2 1 3 3 2

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 Silence and Disable
Alarming

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 Alarm Shelving

Who Can Shelve? •Shelving from Alarm Client or Scripting

•Mandatory: a Reason and duration
•Audit trail logged to historian
•Any configured alarm can be shelved
Alarming

What can be shelved? •Only enabled Alarms can be shelved

•Alarm Border integration

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 Analysis – Dashboard
Alarming

www.alarmadviser.com
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 Object Template – Scripting
Scripting

Logic/Scripting

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 .NET Scripting

> Auto complete

> Undo/redo stack

> Fixed that bug with insert follows

Scripting

whitespace in events scripts

> Indications for detected syntax errors

> Line numbering

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 Sample Scripts
● Tons of sample scripts provided, including:
● Accessing an Excel Spreadsheet
● Calling a Web Service to Get the Temperature for a Specified Zip Code
● Using Screen-Scraping to Get the Temperature for a City
● Calling a Web Service to Send an E-mail Message
● Using Microsoft Exchange to Send an E-mail Message
● Using SMTP to Send an E-mail Message
Scripting

● Creating an XML Document and Saving it to Disk

● Executing a SQL Parameterized INSERT Command
● Getting the Directories Under the C Drive
● Loading an XML Document from Disk and Doing Look-ups on It
● Querying a SQL Server Database
● Reading a Text File from Disk
● Creating a Look-up Table and Doing a Look-up on It

Plus the entire World Wide Web… thanks to Google and friends 

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Historian
Process data storage and reporting

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 Object Template – Historical Configuration
History

Historical Information

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 Historian… Automatic “zero” configuration
Operator Operator Terminal Terminal Engineering • History configuration is
Station Station Server Server Workstation
managed in the objects
or their templates.
• The configuration is
deployed together with
the objects.
• The objects
automatically configure
the historian when they
are deployed.
History

• Historical data is
pushed from the
objects to the historian.
Historian Automation Automation Automation Galaxy
Object Server Object Server Object Server Repository
– – – –
Remote Station Main Plant 1 Main Plant 2 GRNode
1

Objects automatically configure the historian and are responsible

for data delivery…
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 Redundant Historian System Architecture

PRIMARY BACKUP
History

Data Collector

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Tiered Historian Architecture

Enterprise
Historian “Tier 2” Historian
Client Historian Client

Open Outbound
Replication (single TCP port)

“Tier 1” Historian
Historian
Client

Redundant SCADA
Servers

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