Fisher-Rosemount Introduces Fieldbus PlantWeb Builder.AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 1998--Fisher-Rosemount has introduced Fieldbus PlantWeb(tm) Builder, an integrated suite of products that adds FOUNDATION(tm) fieldbus capability to PlantWeb(tm) field-based architecture. "We designed PlantWeb architecture to maximize the benefits that make FOUNDATION fieldbus FOUNDATION fieldbus is an all-digital, serial, two-way communications system that serves as the base-level network in a plant or factory automation environment. Developed and administered by the Fieldbus Foundation. such an important technology -- including interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. , control in the field and access to a new wealth of device and process information," says Fisher-Rosemount President John Berra. "With Fieldbus PlantWeb Builder, we're delivering this technology to users in an automation solution that provides unmatched functionality, performance and value." Initial Fieldbus PlantWeb Builder components include the Fisher-Rosemount Systems DeltaV(tm) scalable process system, Fisher Controls DVC (1) (Digital Video Camera) A camcorder that records in digital format. See DV. (2) (Digital Video Cassette) An earlier term for the DV format. See DV. (3) See desktop videoconferencing. 5000f Series digital valve controllers, Rosemount Model 3051 pressure transmitters and Model 3244MV temperature transmitters, integrated asset management capabilities and implementation services. Fieldbus PlantWeb Builders can also integrate other equipment and systems through 4-20 mA, HART, discrete I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output and other communication standards, including OPC (1) (OpenGL Performance Characterization) A project group within GPC that manages OpenGL benchmarks. OPC endorses the Viewperf and GLperf benchmarks. Viewperf was created by IBM and OPC provides viewsets for it, which are combinations of tests using specific and Modbus. Over the next six months, Fisher-Rosemount will increase this range of components to include Micro Motion Model 5300 flow and density transmitters, Rosemount Analytical Model 4081 pH transmitters and Oxymitter(tm) 4000 in-situ oxygen transmitters, Rosemount Model 8800A vortex flowmeters and Model 8742C magnetic flowmeters and El-O-Matic ELQ ELQ The Electrocution (Computer Group) Series valve actuators. Additional products are in development. FOUNDATION fieldbus function-block technology enables PlantWeb Builder's fieldbus devices to execute control algorithms independently of a central control system. Fisher-Rosemount's "Control Anywhere" goes farther by enabling users to put functions where they make the most sense. Because all Fisher-Rosemount fieldbus devices use a common set of function blocks, control strategies operate the same way whether they execute in a transmitter A device that generates signals. Contrast with receiver. , a valve controller or the host system. PlantWeb architecture also makes the most of process and equipment information available through FOUNDATION fieldbus. Autosensing enables the DeltaV system to detect and recognize each device as it's connected to the fieldbus wiring, and integrated asset management lets users do wiring checkout and device configuration from the control room or other location without sending a technician into the field. Advanced diagnostics help reduce maintenance costs and keep devices operating as they should. And the ability to integrate additional information sources through OPC and other communication standards extends Fieldbus PlantWeb Builder's "Information Everywhere" capabilities to encompass other plant and business systems. For more information, see www.fisher-rosemount.com. Fisher-Rosemount is part of Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :EMR (ElectroMagnetic Radiation) The emanation of energy from everything in the universe. Although the EMR from electrical and electronic devices is typically measured for practical, every-day situations, every object, including humans, emanates energy. ).
CONTACT: Fisher-Rosemount, Austin
Peter Dossing, 512/832-3162
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