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Issue In most projects related to mining it is necessary to integrate frequency inverters with their motor block respectively. Resolution This document will assist you in integrating a Mot1D engine block with the block for the Altivar Process ATV9xx Disclaimer The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Schneider Electric.  

Issue The new versions of Ecostruxure Process Expert include libraries based on Situational Awareness. This document will help you in creating a very simple project from scratch Resolution The new versions of Ecostruxure Process Expert include libraries based on Situational Awareness. This document will help you in creating a very simple project from scratch Disclaimer The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Schneider Electric.  

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Issue With the standard real-time data retrieval from controllers using Node Red or EcoStruxure Operator Terminal Expert, we must add Modbus addresses to Unity Pro/EcoStruxure Control Expert variables. This increases the deployment time and effort considering that there may be iterations leading to the final variable list. Since Modbus deals natively with bytes, and the Modbus nodes generally provide data in 16-bit numbers (int, word), they must be further converted to 32-bit types using additional nodes or JS functions. Bit extraction from words also need separate nodes. Often WiFi media is used to connect the EcoStruxure Augmented Operator Advisor App on a tablet to the EcoStruxure Augmented Operator Advisor runtime. The WiFi network and/or WiFi devices may not be secure. Hence, these must be placed in an untrusted zone separated from the trusted SCADA+Controller zone by a firewall. Incoming connections from untrusted zones to trusted zones should be avoided. Outgoing connections from the trusted zone to untrusted zones can be allowed and must be monitored. To protect the controller from accidental/malicious Modbus commands, a deep packet inspection firewall (E.g. Tofino) is required. Resolution As a proof-of-concept, this article proposes to write real-time data from CItect SCADA to the EcoStruxure Augmented Operator Advisor Runtime via HTTP/json commands. This approach can mitigate the issues described above. Disclaimer The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Schneider Electric.  

Issue How to read Modbus data from EcoStruxure Machine Advisor via MQTT & Tango. Resolution The objective of this article is to explain Node-Red & EcoStruxure Machine Advisor configuration. Disclaimer The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Schneider Electric.  

Introduction This document explains the steps to add a numpad to the numeric entry in the GPL classic offer. The entry point selected for modification is the high high alarm setpoint entry in the analog input 1 ($AnalogInput1). This document is compatible for any version of EcoStruxure Process Expert platform when the user uses GPL classic offer (not GPL with Situational Awareness Library) For more detailed please refer to attached document.   Disclaimer The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Schneider Electric.  

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Issue Troubleshooting industrial machinery can be time consuming. Operators on the factory floor often take more time to troubleshoot and execute maintenance tasks than what their production managers would like to see. The need to call a remote technician to assist is desired and industries are looking for ways to achieve this. Resolution See attached file. Disclaimer The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Schneider Electric.  

Issue With today’s control system design and engineering techniques, it is easy to overwhelm a plant operator with alarms. Compliance to Alarm management standards and guidelines like ISA 18.2 and EEMUA 191 is also a key requirement. Alarm management is a continuous process and the alarm system itself is monitored during plant operation & maintenance for optimal performance. Alarm Adviser is a web-based alarm analysis tool that helps rationalize and identify nuisance alarms in the supervisory alarm system. Resolution Alarm Adviser is an easy to use tool which can be used for new as well as existing systems. The setup and configuration takes only a few minutes, but the analysis reports provide a wealth of information in a user-friendly format. Using this tool, the O&M Engineers can easily identify the nuisance or mis-configured alarms and optimize the alarm system to enhance the operator’s efficiency. Please see attached document which will help you in your first steps with Alarm Adviser. Disclaimer The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Schneider Electric.  

During runtime, EcoStruxure Hybrid DCS Supervision clients only require graphics, code and communications information to operate successfully. Other configuration information is deployed to an appropriate Operation Server. This means that the Tags, Alarms and Trends configuration changes can be made to a project without the need to restart the Supervision clients ...