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News Release from: Invensys Foxboro | Subject: FDSI modules
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 21 October 2003
New device integrators from Foxboro for
IA Series
New device integrators further simplify and reduce the cost of integrating third-party equipment into the IA Series system: modules utilise downloadable software drivers for OPC, Modbus, ControlLogix
Rugged, low-cost field-mounted integrator modules utilise downloadable software drivers for OPC, Modbus, ControlLogix, and other devices: Foxboro Automation Systems, a unit of Invensys, has introduced new Field Device Systems Integrator (FDSI) modules for the Invensys flagship automation platform - the I/A Series system The new, low-cost, field-mounted device integrators are available in either simplex or high-availability redundant configurations for both Ethernet- and Serial (RS232/422/485) field devices
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 25 Jul 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The appropriate software drivers for the third-party devices (OPC, Modbus, ControlLogix, etc) are simply downloaded into these device integrators to provide seamless integration of the devices into the I/A Series system database and control strategies.
Additional device drivers can be created, as needed, utilising an easy-to-use driver development kit.
"One of the hallmarks of the I/A Series system has always been the ease with which we enable automation products from other suppliers to be integrated into the system.
However, with these new integrator modules and downloadable device drivers, it's even easier and more cost-effective to do so than ever before," commented Steve Young, vice president of Foxboro Automation Systems at Invensys.
The rugged, compact FDSI modules mount in standard, field-mounted I/A Series baseplates - side-by-side with system Fieldbus (I/O) Modules - and communicate with the system controllers via the Foxboro high-performance (100 Mbps/1Gbps), ultra-high-availability field network.
Each FDSI module can support up to 64 devices and 2,000 DCI points.
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