Emerson enhances its asset management coverage for projects and operations
Published by Tom Mostyn,
Editorial Assistant
Hydrocarbon Engineering,
Emerson has expanded its AMS Device Manager with HART-IPTM support, making it easier to connect with devices and control systems and potentially eliminate costly project hardware and engineering. AMS Device Manager is used by facilities across the globe to streamline the installation of field devices during capital projects, increase safety system uptime, and quickly and safely test devices from the control room. By eliminating multiplexers, organisations can more easily use AMS Device Manager to configure, calibrate, validate, and document more of their HART-enabled field devices and systems.
Connecting field devices to asset management systems typically requires the use of multiplexers that significantly increase hardware costs and engineering hours during the project phase. According to FieldComm GroupTM, more than 40 million field devices use HART, a protocol designed to allow intelligent devices to communicate with host systems. HART-IP – now native on AMS Device Manager – allows asset management systems to bypass complex and expensive multiplexers and directly access measurement and diagnostics information from HART-enabled field devices using existing plant Ethernet networking infrastructure.
The current interface has been tested for connectivity to Schneider Electric Triconex® Tricon CX safety systems, HIMA HIMax safety systems, and Phoenix Contact multiplexers. Emerson will continue to test and add new systems to the list of those officially supported by the interface.
“Asset management systems help integrate data between field devices and systems, making them useful for other on-prem or off-prem IIoT software and analytics. With better plant data integration, organisations can take an early, significant step to enable digital transformation,” said Mani Janardhanan, Vice President of Product Management for Emerson’s Plantweb and reliability solutions.
Read the article online at: https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/product-news/16082019/emerson-enhances-its-asset-management-coverage-for-projects-and-operations/
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