ABB Ability™ Symphony® Plus  HR Series Control and I/O

ABB Ability™ Symphony® Plus is the new generation of ABB’s highly acclaimed

Symphony family of distributed control systems – the world’s most widely

used DCS in power generation and water management applications. In all,

there are more than 7,000 Symphony DCS installations in operation all over

the world, more than 5,000 of which are in power and water applications.

No other automation platform has such a long

field record and large global installed base as

ABB’s Symphony Plus family. For more than 35

years, the system has progressed through several

evolutionary steps. From Network 90 in 1980,

through INFI 90TM, INFI 90TM Open, and Symphony,

to Symphony Plus, the system progression has

followed ABB’s long-held policy of ‘Evolution

without obsolescence,’ ensuring that each new

generation enhances its predecessor all the while

maintaining full compatibility with them.

Symphony Plus includes a comprehensive suite

of standards-based control and I/O hardware

and software that meets your requirements

for total plant control. The suite's HR Series

(Harmony Rack) meets the past, present and

future needs of its users by protecting their

previous control investments while delivering

higher performance, reliability, and capacity.

HR Series control-based systems feature scalable,

high-performance controllers, a comprehensive

set of I/O options, fast, secure and redundant

communications, an efficient easy-to-use

engineering tool, and a state-of-the-art HMI

workplace. Newest additions to the HR Series

portfolio include an environmentally hardened

DIN-rail mounted native remote I/O option and

integration of intelligent electrical and field

devices via PROFIBUS, HART and Modbus TCP

communication protocols.

In summary, HR Series control-based solutions

lower system life cycle costs and total cost

of ownership by delivering the value needed

to remain competitive in today’s challenging

business environments: increasing reliability,

minimizing equipment downtime, improving

production yields, reducing maintenance and