Triconex General Purpose System

Phil Black - PII Editor 12/02/2013

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High availability, fail-safe and fault-tolerant controller now features OPC Universal Architecture communications connectivity

The Triconex® General Purpose system is a SIL2-certified high availability, fail-safe and fault-tolerant controller that helps protect the lifeline of the business. Redundancy, diagnostics, error checking and failure modes are all built into the system as standard. No knowledge or understanding of redundancy is required to make the system work. Users simply just wire up the inputs and outputs and then write the logic for the piece of equipment they need to control or protect. The Trident General Purpose system does the rest. And there is no single point of failure and very high mean time between failure rates.

Compared to traditional programmable logic controllers, the Triconex General Purpose System optimizes total cost of ownership, maximizes return on investment, increases overall equipment efficiency, minimizes maintenance costs and reduces the likelihood of unscheduled asset downtime or production loss.

The latest version also features OPC Universal Architecture communications connectivity, which maximizes interoperability between systems and streamlines connectivity through open platform architecture and future-proof design. The new communications interface module contains an embedded OPC UA server to provide a cohesive, secure and reliable cross-platform framework for real-time data, alarms and events. It also implements X.509 certificates for additional, enhanced security protection.

Key Capabilities:
·       Control and safety in one package;
·       Simple and easy to use, requiring less engineering than PLC’s;
·       No need to program redundancy and fail-over functions;
·       No need to program diagnostics or failure modes;
·       No need for external diagnostics, such as watchdog timers;
·       No need for calibration of analogue inputs;
·       No need for testing of failover redundancy;
·       Simple to maintain and fault find;
·       Transparent Fault Tolerant Operation (triplication is seamless to users);
·       Standard design delivers repeatable, maintainable and supportable solutions;
·       Lowest overall lifecycle costs.

Where can I see more?
For more information on the Triconex General Purpose system, please visit:
http://iom.invensys.com/EN/Pages/Triconex_TriconexGeneralPurposeSystem.aspx.