Process Solutions
DCS Migration Solutions
Phased Migration
Responding to a market gap created by many Automation vendors who no longer support their systems and capitalizing on the unmatched capabilities of Integrated Architecture for Process Control, the Legacy DCS Migration Solutions program provides manufacturers with a phased approach that eliminates most of the costs, risks and complexities involved with migrating DCS systems while providing a single platform for integrating both process and discrete applications. Your solution is the highly flexible, multi-disciplined Logix Control Platform for improved productivity, lower costs and easier access to parts and service.
Implementing a single control platform across all plant-floor applications provides manufacturers with a number of advantages, including reduced spare parts requirements, more synchronized processes and lower maintenance and training costs. It also improves plant-wide integration by enabling the seamless transfer of real-time data from disparate control systems for improved decision making and increased manufacturing flexibility.
- Phased Migration Keeps Your Plant Running
Phase one of the migration plan involves replacing legacy human-machine interface (HMI) consoles with Rockwell Software FactoryTalk View Site HMI infrastructure. In phase two, the legacy process controllers are replaced with Logix controllers, while allowing customers to reuse existing I/O modules to maximize the return on their existing investment. Phase three involves removing the legacy I/O infrastructure and replacing it with the Logix 1756-based I/O platform.
As part of the program, Rockwell Automation has developed custom field termination unit cable designs that allow the removal of legacy I/O without the need to remove field wires, significantly reducing installation costs and risks associated with I/O replacement. The custom cables plug directly into the legacy field termination units on one end and into the 1756 I/O module on the other.
The Rockwell Automation migration tools, utilities and services are especially designed for transitioning from many leading DCS brand-name systems. Our legacy DCS migration capabilities will continue to expand in the coming years with programs designed to convert the majority of the industry-leading legacy DCS platforms. In addition to solutions available today for Honeywell, ABB and Fisher PROVOX, upcoming solutions will target Westinghouse, Moore, Yokagowa and other DCS systems.