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News Release from: Yokogawa Europe - Industrial Automation | Subject: PRM Version R3.02
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 10 December 2007
Plant Resource Manager adds Bently
Nevada
Yokogawa announces that it has released the latest upgrade to its Plant Resource Manager (PRM), version R3.02, which includes an interface to the GE System 1 for Bently Nevada sensors
PRM is a key component of the Yokogawa Asset Excellence initiative that integrates and manages maintenance information, monitors online conditions, and records historical data of assets ranging from field devices to plant equipment The main features of the latest version of PRM are as follows:
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 25 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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(1) Integration with the GE System 1 platform.
Yokogawa and GE Energy are now able to provide an integrated solution bringing together the System 1 platform and the Yokogawa asset management offering.
System 1 is a companion condition monitoring and diagnostic software platform to the GE Bently Nevada 3500 and 3300 Series online monitoring hardware.
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As a system solution, it provides both preventative and protection benefits for a customer's critical assets.
The System 1 platform performs a detailed diagnosis of assets such as turbines and rotating and reciprocating equipment that are critical to customer operations, improving performance predictability.
By using the System 1 interface package, PRM R3.02 is able to provide a consolidated supervisory window for critical machinery assets as well as field instrumentation such as transmitters and flowmeters.
In a Device Navigator window, PRM R3.02 can display the plant equipment and equipment status monitored by System 1.
PRM R3.02 integrates alarms and event messages generated by System 1 and provides additional information such as root cause and countermeasures advisories.
Via PRM R3.02, these alarm messages can also be displayed on the operator stations (HIS) of the Yokogawa production control system Centum CS 3000 R3 .
The interface with GE System 1 has widened the scope of the PRM asset management capabilities, helping operators make decisions by providing easy access to rich information on the health of their critical assets.
(2) Interchange of data with FieldMate.
The FieldMate Versatile Device Management Wizard is a software application for PCs that can be used to set, adjust, and troubleshoot parameters of field devices using either the HART or Foundation fieldbus protocols.
Adjustment parameters, historical data, operation records, and other FieldMate data can be synchronised with a PRM database and displayed in a single window.
For example, users can use FieldMate to set the initial parameters for devices, then upload and store the data in PRM.
Conversely, the parameters stored in PRM can also be downloaded to FieldMate and accessed when performing maintenance or replacing a field device.
PRM R3.02 will bring changes in how maintenance is performed, enabling an evolution to a much more predictive and even proactive approach.
The resulting improvements in plant operations will reduce total cost of ownership.
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