ABB Symphony Plus SD Series PROFIBUS Interface PDP800

Symphony® Plus is the new generation of ABB’s widely acclaimed Symphony family of distributed control systems – the world’s most widely used DCS in the power generation and water industries. In all, there are more than 6,500 Symphony DCS installations in operation all over the world, more than 4,500 of which are in power and water applications

Included in Symphony Plus is a comprehensive suite of standards-based control hardware and software that meets the requirements of total plant automation. The SD Series PROFIBUS interface, PDP800, provides connection between the Symphony Plus controllers and PROFIBUS DP communication channels. This allows for easy integration of intelligent devices such as smart transmitters, actuators and intelligent electronic devices (IEDs). Each device’s resident information can then be used in control strategies and higher level applications.

 In addition to producing tighter and more reliable process control solutions, PDP800 PROFIBUS solutions lower installation costs by reducing wiring and system footprint. System costs are further reduced by using S+ Engineering to configure and maintain PROFIBUS networks and devices and their related control strategies.

Seamless intelligent fi eld device integration Symphony Plus controllers seamlessly integrate field devices through its PDP800 PROFIBUS interface module. This allows access to a wide range of intelligent field devices including transmitters, actuators, motor control centers (MCC), flame scanners, intelligent electronic devices, etc, from ABB and other third-party vendors. PROFIBUS I/O and related control strategies are configured using ABB’s extensive set of field-proven standard function code algorithms and S+ Engineering’s graphical design tools. Furthermore, this data is provided to other S+ system nodes (ie, control, operation, engineering and information) over the redundant Plant Network (PN800). PDP800 PROFIBUS interface features include: