Foxboro I/A Series Intelligent Automation Series

Foxboro I/A Series Intelligent Automation Series

Description 

Easily tailored to meet your specific control requirements and plant management needs, I/A Series software provides the high quality, wide-range functionality desirable for complete process automation and integrated information management.

The I/A Series software is a sophisticated set of software that provides you with optimum process control and management capability for a virtually unlimited range of applications. The software takes full advantage of the I/A Series distributed client/server architecture, which is an object-based communications structure built on an Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) framework. It allows the distribution of functionality and computing power to a wide geographic area, provides networking capability to computer systems from different manufacturers, and provides a broad platform for third-party industrial applications.

The functionality of the system is based on:

• SOFTWARE PORTABILITY supported by an industry standard UNIX operating system and a distributed data object management facility.

• CONNECTIVITY AND INTEROPERABILITY USING INDUSTRY COMMUNICATION STANDARDS for applications support using Foxboro SPECTRUM systems and other manufacturer’s products and computer systems.

• X WINDOW SYSTEM handled by the intuitive, easy-to-use OPEN LOOK graphical user interface which spans the I/A Series systems as well as the connected information networks. • FRIENDLY AND CONSISTENT HUMAN INTERFACE using menus, easy-to-use displays, and dialogue boxes.

• GRAPHICS AND DISPLAY TOOLS for generating sophisticated, interactive process control and management displays.

• INTEGRATED CONTROL TOOL SET for total control solutions spanning logic, sequence, and continuous control domains.

• FIELD DEVICE ACCESS to controllers and intelligent sensors, meters, and transmitters.

• SYSTEM-WIDE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT using a relational database.

• EASY-TO-USE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION allowing system start-up without programming as well as flexibility, compatibility, and connectivity for future system growth.

• DATA ACCESS SECURITY to support plant organization and task assignments.

• SYSTEMS AND NETWORK MANAGEMENT for monitoring remote and distributed systems and for system administration.

• BROAD PLATFORM for third-party industrial applications.

• PRODUCTION CONTROL AND PLANT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS via a wide range of integrated application packages:

– Analyzer Management Software
– Automation Equipment Manager
– Batch Plant Manager
– Data Validator
– FoxCAE
– Historian
– Mathematics Library
– Path Management
– Physical Properties Library
– Process Optimizer
– Production Model
– RBATCH II
– Report Writer
– Spreadsheet
– Statistical Process Control

• PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TOOLS for developing custom solutions.

• ON-LINE HELP allowing ready access to helpful text pertinent to the current function.

• SELF-HOSTING automatic software management and downloading.

• SINGLE SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE expandable from small to very large systems.

OPERATING SYSTEM

All 20/30 Series system processors have an I/A Series Virtual Real-Time Executive (VRTX) operating system enabling operations for the real-time environment. The Real-Time Executive is essential in the time-critical processors. VRTX provides up to 255 priority levels and 350 ms context switching. Integrated with VRTX is our layered communications subsystem, based on ISO standards. Included in this subsystem is a Class 4 transport layer, which guarantees end-to-end data delivery and integrity.

The transaction processing needs of Workstation Processors (WPs), Application Processors (APs), and Personal Workstations (PWs) are handled by a realtime Application Executive. This Application Executive is based on the VENIX operating system, which is compatible with UNIX System V.

Also part of the Real-Time software is a unique subsystem that provides data object management across the entire network including optionally connected external networks. The Object Manager provides location-independent access to all data objects in the system. Data objects can be process variables, calculated variables, or devices. Portability of applications is assured as data access is by name, and the Object Manager resolves linkage to the actual location of the object. The data object management and communication subsystems provide completely consistent and uniform communications across I/A Series systems as well as connected systems.

The 50 Series system processors – Application Processors, Application Workstations, and Workstation Processors (AP51, AW51, and WP51) – run the Solaris operating system based on UNIX System V Release 4. It is a 32-bit multitasking, operating system with extensive functionality in areas such as symmetrical multi-processing, real-time extensions, increased security, enhanced network performance, and improved system administration. The Solaris operating system is able to quickly process larger amounts of information and support increased disk storage.

Solaris’s core networking technology provides an extensive family of protocols and distributed services allowing I/A Series systems connection compatibility to an external information network.

The ability to modify the system kernel provides access to devices and services of other networks in addition to those currently supported by the I/A Series system.

Also included with the Solaris operating system is an industry standard X Window System (X11) easily accessed using the OPEN LOOK graphical user interface as well as a development toolkit providing advanced windowing functionality (across I/A Series systems and connected information networks).

I/A Series system and communications standards offer:

• Hardware independence to the applications. This allows hardware upgrades to be provided by Foxboro while preserving investments in existing applications.

• Portability of applications, to run on Personal Workstations and computers running UNIX.

• Portability of applications, not only within an I/A Series system, but also across other I/A Series systems. This allows corporate-wide standard applications to be developed for use at multiple sites.

• Support for multiple languages in the software development environment. Languages supported are C and FORTRAN/FORTRAN 77.

• Ability to integrate within the system standard UNIX-compatible third party software packages.

• Easy access to multiple applications using the user-friendly OPEN LOOK graphical user interface to the X Window System.

• Connectivity to the hardware of other manufacturers as well as compatibility of software for increased flexibility in providing application solutions and information management.

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