InnovativeField Organizer - Device Management System

Using InnovativeField Organizer, Azbil DCS users can achieve dramatically more efficient instrument maintenance work.

By using HART® communication with field equipment in combination with DCS systems from various vendors, InnovativeField Organizer can maximize the use of diagnostic and maintenance information that was not available with conventional 4–20 mA communication, and contribute to more efficient maintenance of plant instrumentation.

For example, you can use it in the following scenarios:

• More efficient checking and testing work before plant startup
  InnovativeField Organizer assists speedy plant startup by automating loop checks and CV step response tests.
• Making daily maintenance more efficient
  Checking the condition of field equipment during operation can now be done without bringing a communicator to the site. Instead, the condition of the equipment can be checked using InnovativeField Organizer in an instrument room or in the office. Then, only if it is really necessary, an engineer can be dispatched to the site.
• Condition-based maintenance
  InnovativeField Organizer monitors the status of field devices 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
  If any abnormality is detected, it alerts maintenance staff and operators so that they can take prompt action.
  By allowing condition-based maintenance, InnovativeField Organizer helps to prevent shutdowns caused by device abnormalities.
• Optimization of control valve overhaul during regular maintenance
  To ensure that the overhaul of control valves is properly done during periodic maintenance, we can assist your transition from time-based maintenance to condition-based maintenance by listing the control valves that should be checked according to their amount of deterioration. This listing is based on diagnostic messages recorded by InnovativeField Organizer during operation, which may reveal clogging, galling or leakage, as well as tests done after shutdown.

Features

1. Safe and easy installation using existing azbil DCS (Advanced-PS/TDCS3000, Harmonas-DEO)
   Replacement only of base unit IO module with HART-compatible module
   No need to upgrade DCS or change software
2. Solution for HART’s weak point, slow communication
   Online trend diagnostics with high-speed communications
   At HART’s full speed of 1200 bps, high-speed communication almost equal to that of FOUNDATION fieldbus is achieved
3. Emergency notification of field device error
   If the field device diagnostic function detects an emergency, the device error alert is issued to notify that an emergency response is required. It is also possible to notify remote places connected by LAN by turning on a police lamp.

Function

• Dramatically streamline loop checking by aligning it to your workflow
  Loop checking is supported by the following work units to improve the efficiency of pre-start inspection work.
  1. Checking field equipment for survival and continuity
  2. Commissioning of field equipment
  3. Checking outputs to see if field devices are measuring values correctly
  4. 3-point and 5-point check (HART communication only)
• Dramatically improved interlock testing and sequence checking
  The InnovativeField Organizer’s simulated input tool enables you to set the current for multiple HART devices all at once in a batch. This eliminates the need for simulated input work for those tests on the site or at the terminal board in sequence or interlock tests, which increases the efficiency of testing and eliminates the need to disconnect the wiring, which is a common cause of connection errors. In that way the tool enhances safety.
• Powerful maintenance support from specialized control valve diagnostics
  Valstaff, the well-established control valve maintenance support system, will be available in combination with InnovativeField Organizer. By monitoring Azbil smart valve positioners (AVP_02 and AVP_03) as they operate, Valstaff can detect control valve or positioner malfunctions at an early stage to minimize problems and can visualize the information necessary for control valve maintenance decision making, making maintenance more efficient.
• Connect up to 3000 field devices
  As many as 3000 field devices can be connected, including devices capable of HART communication and devices compatible with FOUNDATION Fieldbus.
• Multi-vendor field equipment calibration settings
  Both HART and FOUNDATION Fieldbus devices can be configured using the Device Type Manager (DTM), Device Description (DD) or Enhanced DD (EDD) provided by the vendor.