ABB System 800xA System Overview

ABB System 800xA System Overview

The Industrial IT System 800xA is a comprehensive process automation system. It covers operation and configuration of continuous and batch control applications. The System 800xA products have been developed incorporating Information Technology with the experience and know-how collected over decades of successful deliveries and customer installations. System 800xA provides a secure, reliable, control environment with … Read more

ABB Symphony Plus Alarm and Eventlist Configuration

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The Alarm Group builder defines the alarm grouping. S+ has a default configuration consisting of 16 main alarm groups and 16 sub-groupsassociated to each main group. S+ allows user configuring of a great number of different formats to displayand print an event according to alarm category definition. Define the tree structure of alarm groups. The … Read more

ABB Symphony Plus Assign a Scanner for the Tags in the Database

ABB Symphony Plus Assign a Scanner for the Tags in the Database

To command and see the situation of the scanners running on a machine please launch the ScanMonitor tool from the bin folder of S+ Operations in Program Files, or Start->Run->ScanMonitor and press Run. You should see a windows like the one below: By clicking from the toolbar on the General Configuration button and after that … Read more

ABB Symphony Plus Client Interface Configuration

ABB Symphony Plus Client Interface Configuration

1 Menu and toolbar builder S+ provides a default menu and tool-bar configuration. The Menu and Tool-bar builder defines the structure of menus and icons in the global function area: Database builder processes the fields of each item to be configured in the S+ according to the definitions of the cross-reference, the Menu and Tool-bar … Read more

ABB Symphony Plus System Architecture

S+ Example of System architecture

System Overview S+ is a versatile software package that allows various configurations, which can have a number of functions and a specific capability according to the client’s requests. S+ important functions: x Standalone, DCS or SCADA interface x Full redundant and complex architectures support x Operator HMI: x Displays, trends, alarms management, tags summary, diagnostic … Read more

ABB Symphony Plus System Backup and Restore

ABB Symphony Plus System Backup and Restore

At this moment, S+ supports a full backup of the files (only on 32 bits systems), databases and of the registry entries. In the next release a tool will be avalaible (Acronis based) that will provide all the backup functions needed, and also the One Shot Backup option. In order to make a full backup … Read more

Experion PKS HISTORY ARCHIVING CONFIGURATION

Experion PKS HISTORY ARCHIVING CONFIGURATION

1. In windows explorer navigate to your second partition and set full access to MNGR user account – Right click on Partition itself and select properties – Navigate to Security Tab – Click “Edit” button , then “Add” and add MNGR user – Allow MNGR for full access 2. On your second partition create new … Read more

EXPERION PKS Configuring Excel Report On Specific Steps for Excel 2010

– Select Trust Center from the left menu, then Trust Center Settings – From the Trust Center dialog select Add-Ins from the left menu – Uncheck all possible check boxes if checked any. – Select Trusted Locations from the left Menu – Click on Add new location – Browse to the location C:\Program Files\Honeywell\Experion PKS\client\Xldataex\mede.xla … Read more

EXPERION PKS To Set Up Microsoft Excel Data Exchange

Log on to the computer using a Windows account local administrator rights. Choose Start and type msc in the search box. The Local Security Policy window appears. Expand the Local Policies item and then click on the User Rights Assignment Double-click on the Deny log on locally The Deny log on locally Properties window appears. … Read more

EXPERION PKS Event & History Archive Best Practice

EXPERION PKS Event & History Aarchive Best Practice

1 EVENT ARCHIVING CONFIGURATION: 1.In windows explorer navigate to your second partition and set full access to MNGR user account Right click on Partition itself and select properties Navigate to Security Tab Click “Edit” button , then “Add” and add MNGR user Allow MNGR for full access 2.On your second partition create new folder and … Read more

How to change the license for Experion PKS

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Prerequest 1、The new Experion license file. 2、If you are planning a license change, it is recommended that you perform a backup of your system. To change or compare the license on a server 1. From Configuration Studio, select the server on which you want to install the license. 2. From the Server Tasks list, choose … Read more