ABB System 800xA Operations Power and productivity

ABB System 800xA Operations Power and productivity

The System 800xA is used for process monitoring and control. 

System 800xA contains the functionality needed for efficient control and

supervision of your process.

Key functional areas within System 800xA are:

•Operations

•Batch Management

•Manufacturing Management

•Information Management

•Control and I/O

•Engineering

•Asset Optimization

•Device Management & Fieldbuses

The operator has access to information from all these areas via the Operator

Workplace which is the operator’s interface to all System 800xA functions. 

The traditional operator functions like the process graphics, alarm and event lists,

trend displays, history logs are available. In addition to this, System 800xA allows

the operator to have direct access to documentation, standard operating procedures,

drawings etc. depending on how the process application has been configured.

The enabling technique for the above is the Aspect Object technology.

System Functions - Introduction and Description

Aspect Objects - Introduction

What is an Aspect Object™

A plant of today is made up of many real entities, such as pipes, tanks, valves

motors etc. In the Aspect Object solution these entities or objects are modeled in the

control system. Such a modeled object is called an Aspect Object and can be a

simple lowest level object or contain other objects. Objects containing other objects

are called composite objects.

The Aspect Object system can also handle computer related objects the same way as

real entity objects. Example of such objects are user object, node object, workplace

object etc.

What is an Aspect?

There are a number of different types of information connected to each object.

These types of information are called Aspects in the Aspect Object solution. 

For example a valve may have a mechanical drawing, a faceplate (for control

purposes), a graphical representation in a graphical display and so on. Aspect

Objects have a number of default aspects for example its name.

Aspect Objects are visualized with different tools like process graphics, alarm lists,

Plant Explorer etc. The aspect context menu for an object is displayed by rightclicking

on it. This will display a list of present aspects from which a desired aspect

can be selected. Depending on the aspect and the environment, the information will

be presented on the screen in the appropriate tool.

What is an Aspect View?

A view is a visual representation of an aspect on the screen. Some aspects have

more than one view. One example is Faceplates that can have up to three views.

Most aspects also have a configuration view, see System 800xA, Operations,

Operator Workplace Configuration (3BSE030222*).

The 800xA system provides the following workplaces to give relevant information

to a diverse set of users such as, system engineers, production managers, or plant

operators:

•Operator Workplace.

•Plant Explorer Workplace.

•Engineering Workplace.

The Plant Explorer Workplace and the Engineering Workplace are intended for both

the System Engineers and Application Engineers. If the Asset Optimization

functionality is installed, a Maintenance Workplace is also included. Asset

Optimization information can be accessed from any workplace in the 800xA

System. The Maintenance Workplace is the default Workplace for a Maintenance

personnel. It is basically a Plant Explorer Workplace with an Alarm Band that

shows Asset Monitoring Alarms for default Asset groups.

Open Operator Workplace

To open the workplace for the first time, click Start > All Programs >

ABB Industrial IT 800xA > System > Workplace.

The operator can subsequently open the workplace by clicking the desktop shortcut.

Select the workplace and click Open or double-click the workplace from the list.

•Click Create Desktop Shortcut to create a shortcut on the desktop for the selected workplace.

•Click Set as autostart to set the selected workplace to start automatically during system startup.

Two variations of multiple screen workplaces are also available, the Multi-Screen

Workplace and the Large Workplace.