Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. The DeltaV software maintains its technology leadership, moving to the robust, intuitive Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 operating systems.

Remote Terminal Server. DeltaV Remote Terminal Server extends system accessibility via remote engineering and remote plant operations. You can connect to the DeltaV system from any location on the plant LAN or from other remote locations outside the plant using standard communications including: satellite links, microwave, VPN, LAN, WAN, and dialup modem connections.

Plantwide Event Historian. Captures and displays real-time event data for all systems in the plant with OPC Alarms and Events-compliant servers. The Plantwide Event Historian provides support for operation on any hardware platform running Windows Server 2003 located anywhere on the control network or plant LAN. The individual components of the Plantwide Event Historian may be installed together on a single node, or they may be distributed among many nodes.

Installed Base Transition Solutions

DeltaV Operate for RS3. Using DeltaV Operate for RS3, you can now operate your RS3 controllers from a DeltaV workstation. As you expand over time with DeltaV equipment, you can operate both RS3 and the DeltaV controllers from the same workstation. Migration services are also available to move your RS3 displays to DeltaV displays. DeltaV Operate for RS3, along with DeltaV Operate for PROVOX, protect your current controller investment, while providing integrated operations with the DeltaV equipment as you expand.

DeltaV Interface to RS3 I/O. Now you can easily connect RS3 FlexTerm and MultiPoint I/O to the DeltaV controller. This is a smart way to protect your RS3 I/O investment and incorporate the latest digital technologies in the DeltaV controller.

DeltaV Interface for PROVOX I/O. Now you can easily connect PROVOX Mux and Control I/O to the DeltaV controller, protecting your PROVOX I/O investment and taking advantage of the latest DeltaV digital technologies.

Advanced Control

PredictPro. PredictPro provides full-scale model predictive control for the most complex control problems. It is ideal for supervisory or regulatory control situations where multiple interactive variables can be difficult to manage. Advanced modeling, constraint and disturbance handling, and automated identification, coupled with embedded LP optimization, provide unprecedented ease of use without sacrificing control performance.

Faster System Configuration

Faster Animation Creation. In Graphics Studio, the basic animation dialog makes adding animations to shapes, text, and other objects easier than ever.

Drag/Drop Import/Export. Supports dragging an item from DeltaV Explorer and dropping the item onto an application (for example Windows Explorer, MS Excel, MS Outlook, Notepad, Desktop, MS Word). This action causes the item to be exported and then be opened by or attached to the application. Dragging an FHX file to the highest level of the tree in DeltaV Explorer will cause the file to be imported.

Linked Composites Tracking. This enhancement provides control over how linked composite parameter values track their default values from the library template. A checkbox on the parameter properties dialog determines whether the parameter value is linked to the library template value.

New Function Blocks

New AGA and ISO Calculations. In addition to the new water and steam properties blocks, we've now added AGA and ISO gas flow calculations to the DeltaV system. These blocks are designed to calculate the flow of natural gas through orifice and turbine meters, but they can also be used for other gases and liquids (virtually any single-phase, Newtonian fluid under turbulent flow). 

 
Time Functions and Date Time Event Function Block. Two new structured text functions support reading the date and time from the clock in the controller. The Date Time Event function block gives you a method for generating a pulse at a preset date and time.

Hardware

MD Controller 750DST Availability. The DST availability on MD controllers is now increased from 500 to 750 DSTs. This increased DST count is available with DeltaV v6.3.2 and later.

Controller Restart. Provides you the ability to define which user-defined module parameters should be saved to non-volatile memory in the controller. These parameter values are restored when the controller reboots.

Intrinsically Safe Analog Output with HART. Now you can take advantage of HART analog outputs for your intrinsically safe applications.

Batch

Batch Operator Prompt Control. Operators can now display and respond to prompts generated by the DeltaV Batch Executive from within a DeltaV Operate graphic.

Confirmation and Verification. You now have the option to require that the confirmer and verifier of a batch action be different individuals as part of your regulatory compliance efforts.

Unit Aliasing. You can now require that two or more steps within a procedure use the same piece of equipment. Unit Aliasing supports dynamic unit selection during runtime.

PlantWeb

Timestamping in FOUNDATION fieldbus devices. For more precise device maintenance alarms, the DeltaV Series 2 H1 card with DeltaV v7.2 software provide device-level time stamping for maintenance alarms. These cards also synchronize the time in the associated fieldbus devices.

Tunable FOUNDATION fieldbus PID Function Blocks. Now you can use DeltaV Tune to automatically test your process and tune all PID controllers, even ones executing in a FOUNDATION fieldbus device. This feature greatly enhances your ability to increase performance when executing PID in a FOUNDATION fieldbus device, regardless of the device manufacturer.

HART Support. AMSinside the DeltaV system can now recognize HART devices connected to PROVOX and RS3 I/O when connected through either the DeltaV Interface for PROVOX I/O or DeltaV Interface for RS3 I/O. From the DeltaV Explorer, a simple right click on the HART device icon will launch AMSinside for HART in context, with that device selected.