The document discusses Schneider Electric's Foxboro Evo asset management software. The software aims to [1] improve operational uptime by enabling remote device monitoring and diagnostics to reduce unnecessary field trips, [2] streamline engineering workflows through template-based device configuration and commissioning wizards, and [3] reduce costs and risks through features like a maintenance response center for alert triaging and work order management integration.
2. The Foxboro EvoTM
Process Automation System
Addressing the needs across your operation today and tomorrow.
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3. What are some of your top priorities?
Avoid the costly impact of
downtime
Maintain multiple
tools, devices,
protocols
Manage the risk of working
remotely
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4. How can we help address these issues?
Improve operational
uptime
Streamline engineering
effort & workflow
Reduce cost & risk trips to
unnecessary trips to the field
Field
Device
Manager
Maintenance
Response
Center
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Let’s talk about how…
What’s new in Foxboro Evo
6. Foxboro Evo Maintenance Software
Maintenance
Response
Center Mobile
Detailed
Device Alerts
Device
Repository
Work Order
Support
Install /
Commission
Inspect /
Diagnose
Field Device
Manager
Technician
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HART / FF / Profibus Devices
HART MUX
FBM CP
HART Device
Analysis &
Reporting Workforce
Supervisor
Change
Tracking
7. Field Device Manager
Effectively maintain multiple tools, devices, protocols
- Field Device Manager is an extension to the
Foxboro Evo Control Editor
- Supports all major smart device protocols
- Complete field device lifecycle coverage in
one comprehensive tools set:
- Device Configuration
- Device Commissioning/Replacement
- Device Maintenance
- Device Diagnostics
Engineering
Historian Environment
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8. Field Device Manager
Cut your startup costs
Master Device Template
Generic Device Type Template
Valve, Transmitter, etc
Vendor Specific HART Template
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Unique Instances
9. Device Template Extension
Streamline engineering effort & workflow
Templates allow ‘generic’ definition of an
object, across a template hierarchy
• Protocol
• Vendor
• Device Type
- Instantiation can be performed
manually or in bulk
- Changes to a template, or derived
template, automatically propagate
down to derived templates and
instances
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10. Device Template Configuration
Streamline engineering effort & workflow
Ease of use for all skillsets
- Template architecture allows expert knowledge to be captured early
- Non-experts can commission with minimal configuration – typically just tag name
Option to lock parameters, this prevents derived
templates or instances from modifying selected
parameter
Option to attach device specific
vendor DTM and DD file
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11. Commissioning & Device Wizards
Improve operational uptime
Cut project execution times / Mean Time To Repair
- The wizard automatically commissions all selected devices
- Enables unskilled users to commission/replace instruments
- Allows users to extract value from devices already installed in their facilities
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12. Field Device Manager
Get online faster
Manual Process
20-30 minutes per device
Competitor Solutions
11-18 minutes per device
Field Device Manager
6-9 minutes per device
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13. Combined Single Information Repository
Streamline engineering effort & workflow
- Eliminates duplication and mismatch issues
commonly experienced by vendors that
employ independent DCS and Asset
databases
- Saves labor – Single backup
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14. Advanced Diagnostics Using FDT
Improve uptime & avoid unnecessary trips to the field
Perform
diagnostic &
maintenance
directly from the
workstation
VALVE STROKE
ANALYSIS
POSITIONER
DIAGNOSTICS
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15. Advanced Diagnostics using FDT
delivered by hardware vendor
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delivered by hardware vendor
Any office
application
Any FDT
application
17. Foxboro Evo Maintenance Software
Maintenance
Response
Center Mobile
Detailed
Device Alerts
Device
Repository
Work Order
Support
Install /
Commission
Inspect /
Diagnose
Field Device
Manager
Technician
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HART / FF / Profibus Devices
HART MUX
FBM CP
HART Device
Analysis &
Reporting Workforce
Supervisor
Change
Tracking
18. Maintenance Strategies
Maximize Profitability
Predictive maintenance based on real time
diagnostic information from smart devices
Reactive
Predictive
Reliability
Centered
Scheduled
Preventive schedule is optimized based on
failure history
Traditional approach with fixed schedule for preventive
maintenance
Run to failure approach – only appropriate for low impact failures
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19. Introducing the Maintenance Response Center
> Presents real-time highly contextual device diagnostics
> Delivers reports of detected device conditions
> Allows analysis of conditions (Decision Support)
> Work order requests can be generated right from the analysis windows
> Integration with work order management
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20. The limitations of a ‘run to failure’ approach
Device
Status Bit
DVC6200
7 Field Device Malfunction
6 Configuration Changed
5 Cold Start Since Last Comm
4 More Status Available (MSA)
3 Not Used
2 Analog Input Saturated
1 Internal Sensor Out of Limits
0 Any Variable Out of Range
Device Status
Bit returned in
every HART
message
When the MSA bit is set, further investigation is required – often resulting in a field trip.
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Field Trips = More Time = More Cost Field Trips also increases Safety Risk
21. Maintenance Response Center
Improve operational uptime
HART command #48 – Read Additional Status
Device vendor specific content that can detail up to 200
bits of data that represent device specific conditions that
could be experienced.
So instead of a generic “More Status Available”, a more
detailed view of the device condition can be seen:
• Valve “Stuck” Alert
• Pressure Deviation Alert
• Travel Deviation Alert
• Temperature Sensor Failure
• Power Starvation, etc.
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22. Comprehensive Event Analysis
Reduce cost & risk trips to unnecessary trips to the field
Event
Analysis • New Device Alert Summary
• Acknowledge or Ignore Alert
(place into backlog)
• Extra Context to Enable
Prioritization
Additional Device Status Information with
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alert description text
NAMUR 107
23. Native Work Order System Integration
Streamline engineering effort & workflow
Avantis.PRO
Work Order
System
Integration
Additional Device Status Information
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with alert description text
• Raise a work order (via Workflow
connector to the ERP system of choice)
directly from each alert
• Work Order is linked to the device alert
24. Powerful Reporting Capabilities
Improve operational uptime
Dashboard/
Reports
Additional Device Status Information with
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alert description text
• Detailed Device History (Events,
Commissioning, Calibration, etc.)
• OPEX savings clearly exhibited to
management via online dashboards
25. Active Asset Alarms
Improve operational uptime
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26. Maximize Your Return on Assets
Planned
Shutdown Periods
Unplanned Outage caused
by Device Failure
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27. From Reactive to Proactive…
Transition to Predictive Maintenance
Predictive maintenance
saves 30% in costs over a
maintenance approach that
combines reactive
maintenance with a
scheduled shutdown
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