Proficy process control system

Proficy Process Systems Version 1.5 is a fully integrated process control system that is intended to provide customers with improved quality and reliability, increased throughput, performance and efficiency, and reduced total cost of ownership.

This version of Proficy Process Systems adds dynamic changes to the Global Namespace, run mode store transfer lists, iFIX 4.5 visualisation technologies and connectivity to the Proficy Batch 5.1 release.

The common global namespace provides simplified configuration and maintenance for the user. Tags in the system are defined once and then referenced and used commonly throughout the system. This global namespace capability can reduce system configuration time by 30%.

The global namespace also supports dynamic changes, which allows for tags configured with the process control function blocks in the controller to be seamlessly available throughout the system. This dynamic ‘configure once’ capability provides a significant savings of development time over traditional HMI and PLC-based systems. Now there is no reason for the controller to be stopped to make online changes to the system.

The foundation of Proficy Process Systems is a contemporary hardware and software infrastructure that offers the benefits of both traditional DCS and PLC/HMI systems, without many of the historic limitations of those approaches. GE Fanuc’s multi-disciplined PACSystems controllers can handle process, discrete and motion control applications giving users greater flexibility in their control system.

The system also includes control features including a comprehensive set of function blocks for advanced regulatory control. In addition, user-defined function blocks can be created for the freedom and flexibility to define control algorithms as necessary and system integrators can lock these blocks to protect their intellectual property. Customers can choose the fieldbus technologies they need for their applications because Proficy Process Systems provides an open fieldbus approach by supporting Foundation Fieldbus, Profibus DP and PA, HART, ethernet and ASI.