Controls News 13
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Focus issue:
Management level for lean automation
Control/management level with
Saia
®
PCD
«
doesn’t work» almost doesn’t exist!
With Saia®PCD automation stations, the whole management level can be custom
designed. Anything that serves the customer is possible – from small-scale equipment
to widely distributed equipment.
Author: Jürg Beyeler
A control system should be adaptable to the skills
and requirements of all operators dealing with it. It
must be scalable and extensible at any time.
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The combination with Saia® PCD control technol-
ogy makes it possible to implement traditional
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)
software at any time. Saia-Burgess works closely
with a range of manufacturers to ensure good
functional integration and efficient and secure en-
gineering.
That’s how we operated in the past and we will con-
tinue to do so in future. However, it doesn’t repre-
sent progress towards lean automation. But we can
achieve that through the following basic capabili-
ties of Saia® PCD automation technology:
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Every automation device has integrated SCADA
functions and can supply these as a server to any
connected browser device. So a completely sepa-
rate SCADA system is unnecessary.
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Saia®Visi.Plus SCADA software, developed espe-
cially for managing multiple Saia® PCD automa-
tion devices, can be used without license costs
during the commissioning and optimization
phase. To improve the efficiency of the building,
there’s no need to buy and install further equip-
ment.
Classic SCADA systems –
in conjunction with all professional systems
and good software manufacturers
Supporting conventional SCADA systems is not pro-
gressive in terms of lean automation. It is necessary,
since Saia® PCD automation devices are used in prac-
tice with many different SCADA systems. The use of
open communication standards ensures that a PC-
based SCADA software can be easily embedded and
changed if necessary. For that reason, Saia® PCD sys-
tems support virtually every communication standard
on the market. Moreover, recognized manufacturer-
independent control and management systems also
have dedicated software tools for communicating
with Saia® PCD automation devices.
Saia-Burgess cooperates actively with many control/
management system manufacturers and forges links
at all levels of business to ensure customer satisfaction.
A Saia® PCD customer should always be able to install
control/management software that is ideally suited
to them and their project. Here is an example from
our practice:
La Chaux-de-Fonds Hospital
The hospital undertook comprehensive renova-
tion of building automation. The ever-increasing
requirements for building technology in hospitals
and clinics could be met fully using Saia® PCD auto-
mation devices and ControlMaestro technology.
BACnet ensured communication between PCD
and control system.
Aquazoo Löbbecke Museum in Düsseldorf
The museum embarked on modernization of
building technology. The focus was on reducing
energy consumption. A specific challenge was that
the building had to be renovated during operating
times. Because of the animals, shutdowns were not
possible. Visualization was carried out using
Wonderware inTouch via OPC.
EDEKA Central Administration in Hamburg
Basic renovation of building automation in the of-
fice wing of EDEKA Central Administration in Ham-
burg covered the following equipment: heating, air
conditioning, lighting, sliding gates, door closing
devices, fire alarm systems and electrical peak
load optimization. Integration in the open, manu-
facturer-neutral building IBS SCADA technology
from INGA was achieved using Saia® PCD S-Bus
protocol with appropriate drivers.
Manage-
ment-level
Automation level
Field level
By supporting virtually every communication standard
on the market, many different control systems can be installed.
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