DeltaV™ version 7.3 offers you new tools to increase your engineering productivity and extends the PlantWeb® architecture to prevent abnormal situations caused by your non-spare rotating equipment.
You can upgrade to DeltaV v7.3 online from the following DeltaV revisions:
- Version 5.3.x
- Version 6.3.x
- Version 7.x.
DeltaV v7.3 adds new productivity tools to make engineering your projects easier.
Module classes. With DeltaV v7.3, you can build module class definitions for frequently used control and equipment modules, reducing your engineering efforts. All the modules used in a system configuration will inherit subsequent changes made to that definition.
Lock and Protect. You can now protect your strategies and intellectual property. This new engineering software capability allows your designers to develop configuration structures that can be viewed but not edited, or can remain both hidden and not editable without password access. This allows engineers additional project development security by protecting key control strategies from alteration. It also lets designers secure any intellectual property in custom control strategies by keeping configuration details hidden.
Lock and Protect supports the following library categories:
- Composite templates
- Module templates
- Control module classes
- Equipment module classes
- Phase classes
- Unit classes.
Tuning in FOUNDATION fieldbus devices. The DeltaV Tune application can now be used to tune PID blocks executing in FOUNDATION fieldbus devices. DeltaV Tune can tune PIDs in Emerson devices as well as third-party devices.
H1 Firmware. You can maintain high system availability by upgrading the firmware in H1 fieldbus devices over the H1 fieldbus segments. You do not need to disconnect or remove the device from the live segment to upgrade the firmware. All the other devices in the segment are not affected by the upgrade.
PlantWeb Alerts for Plant Assets. You can now prevent abnormal situations by using PlantWeb Alerts from your mechanical and process equipment, real-time optimizers and other plant assets. PlantWeb Alerts have been extended and now can be generated by vibration, infrared thermography, oil analysis, thermodynamic models and other diagnostic techniques. You can receive "failed", "maintenance", or "advisory" alerts for your plant assets just like from Emerson's fieldbus devices. The AMS™ Suite of applications, including the AMS Machinery Manager, AMS Performance Monitor and AMS Optimizer software monitor motors, pumps, heat exchangers, boilers and other plant equipment to detect alert conditions. When an alert is detected, the AMS Suite software notifies the DeltaV system so that operators can take action to prevent downtime or process upsets. PlantWeb Alerts can be viewed on:
- Operator Interface
- Maintenance Station
- Event Chronicle
- Plantwide Event Historian
- PlantWeb Messenger
- DeltaV Inspect.
Isolated RTD/Thermocouple. Designed for noisy applications, the new isolated RTD/thermocouple offers 500V AC channel-to-channel isolation. This 4-channel card that functions as RTD or thermocouple on a per-channel basis.
16-Channel AI card. For most cost-effective installations, this new card offers increased density of analog input channels. You can connect HART devices to the card, and use AMS HART for predictive maintenance and to prevent abnormal situations.
