Water Industry Process Automation & Control Monthly - April 2024
Digital Transformation with FDT 3.0 Webinar
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Digital Transformation with FDT 3.0
Webinar | 2 July 2020
SPEAKER
Glenn Schulz - FDT Group
2. Click to edit Master title styleUtthunga’s Overview
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Germany
500+
Professionals
USA
Japan 13
HQ & Development Centre
Bangalore India
FOCUS
SERVICES
Embedded
Software &
Hardware
Product
Engineering
Digital
Services
Application
Software
Engineering
Quality
Engineering
Process &
Factory
Power &
Utilities
SOLUTIONS
IIoT, Cloud &
Big Data
Analytics
Solutions
Data
Connectivity
& Integration
Solutions
Custom
Solutions
3. Click to edit Master title styleToday’s Speaker
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• Glenn Schulz joined the FDT Group as Managing Director in July of 2009. Before
joining FDT, Mr. Schulz was the Managing Director and Vice President of
Engineering at Dorner.
• For thirteen years prior to that Mr. Schulz was executive at Rockwell Automation
(NYSE:ROK) with responsibilities that included the Process Industry Asset
Management businesses.
• During his tenure at Rockwell Automation, Mr. Schulz served as a Vice President
and the Secretary of the Board of FDT Group.
• Mr. Schulz was instrumental in establishing the legal, non-profit structure of the
FDT Group that culminated with incorporation in Belgium as an AISBL.
• He has numerous design credits, articles, and patents in the areas of real time
information-based material handling, industrial and process control security, asset
management, cryptography, RF data transmission, extremely low power intelligent
sensing technologies, electronic operator interface, and root cause analysis.
Glenn Schulz
4. Click to edit Master title styleAgenda
• State of Industry
• Digital Transformation with FDT 3.0
• Development with FDT 3.0
• Endless Business Benefits
• FDT 3.0 Deliverables
• FDT 3.0 Demo
• Questions & Answers
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STATE OF THE INDUSTRY
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6. Click to edit Master title styleDesigned for Diverse and Modern Industrial Markets
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Process
Automation
Factory
Automation
Hybrid
Automation
• Open Integration
– Standardized
– Data centric
– Mobile
– Remote access
• Flexible Architecture
– Scalable
– Agile
– Secure and robust
– Compatible
7. Click to edit Master title styleExpanding Today’s Capabilities
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Today Tomorrow
Device = Object Device = App
8. Click to edit Master title styleSupport for All Industry Standards, Platforms and Protocols
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FDT represents the leading global standard for universal device and network integration for both the process and factory automation markets. It is engineered for use with
all major industrial communication protocols, legacy protocols and proprietary protocols with fully transparent tunneling through any mixed network topology.
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• Secure
• Standardized
• Web client based
• Information driven
• Service oriented
FDT is Empowering Today’s Intelligent Enterprise
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10. Click to edit Master title styleEnhancement Driven by Use Case Scenarios
• FDT Mobility
– Secure mobile field device management
– Improves workflow for plant workers
– Enhances maintenance efficiency
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• FDT Security
– Secure by design
– Sensor-to-cloud
– Air-gapped support
• FDThub™
– Single DTM repository
– All certified DTMs
– Secure online or offline
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DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION WITH FDT 3.0
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12. Click to edit Master title styleFDT IIoT Server (FITS™) Architecture
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• FDT Server Features
– Single server environment
– Skid to cloud-based solutions
– Built-in security
– Platform independence
– Native OPC UA Server
– Embedded Web Server
– Universal device integration
– Common Component
13. Click to edit Master title styleThe Open Integration Advantage
• FDT IIoT Ecosystem
– FDT Server for distributive architectures for single and multiple
facilities
– FDT Desktop for single user architectures
– FDT DTM for any device
• Flexible Deployment Architecture
– Skid-to-cloud scalability
– Cloud, on-premise, edge
– Cross platform functionality
• Sensor-to-Cloud Integration
– Direct maintenance and optimization data path
– Support for all IT networks and OT protocols
• Backwards Compatibility
– FDT Desktop environment
– FDI DP integration
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14. Click to edit Master title styleKey Features of FDT Server™
• Integrated Web Server
– Leverages a browser-based environment
– Modernizes field device management
– Transforms OT access for remote asset management
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• Embedded OPC UA Server
– Leverages a standard OPC client-based environment
– Enables IT/OT integration of real-time data
– Supports ERP/MES for enterprise connectivity
– Supports OPC UA PubSub
• End-to-End Security
– TLS encrypted communications with 509v3
certificates for authentication
– Role-based access control
– On-the-wire security for enabled protocols
15. Click to edit Master title styleFDThub™ DTM Repository
• FDThub™
– Driven by end user demand for
simplicity
– Cloud based or onsite
– Certified FITS based FDT DTM
storage and management
– Server to server communications
• No end user browsing necessary
– Automatic device discovery support
– Secure DTM transfer, messaging and
updates
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DEVELOPMENT WITH FDT 3.0
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17. Click to edit Master title styleEmpower Innovative Business Models
• FDT Common Components
– Create an Ecosystem of IIoT Ready Solutions
– Platform Independent Tool Sets
– Out-of-Box Ready
• FDT Server - Common Components
• FDT Desktop - Common Components
• FDT DTM - Common Components
– OPC UA Integration Auto-enabled
– Modern Development Environment
for Customization
• WebUI (HTML5, Java Script)
• Value-add for competitive differentiation
• App support
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18. Click to edit Master title styleFDT DTM Development
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19. Click to edit Master title styleFDT Server™ Development
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20. Click to edit Master title styleEmpowering the Intelligent Enterprise
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ENDLESS BUSINESS BENEFITS
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22. Click to edit Master title styleEmpowering End Users
• Fully enables secure remote access of all functions
• Seamlessly integrates all industrial networks into one
project view
• Scalable from skid to enterprise cloud level
• Securely access device data across the enterprise
without PLC/DCS host intervention
• Supports all wireless mobile platforms for increased
productivity and flexibility
• IT/OT integration
• Confidence from built-in, multi-layer security
• All certified DTMs automatically
accessible from the FDThub
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23. Click to edit Master title styleEnabling System and Device Suppliers
• Empowers innovative business models through
scalability and flexibility
• State of the art, secure, platform independent
server architecture – skid to cloud
• Multi-layer security throughout helps to protect
brand value
• Platform independent OPC UA server is pre-wired
into the FDT Server Common Components
• Easily integrate into larger control/asset
management solution or use for standalone
deployment
• FDT Desktop backwards compatibility
supports the installed base
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FDT 3.0 DELIVERABLES
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25. Click to edit Master title styleDigital Transformation Starts Now with FDT 3.0
• Standard (downloadable) – Now Available
– IEC, ANSI/ISA, GB/T
• Platform Independent Developer Tools – Now Available
– FDT Server CC’s
– FDT Desktop CC’s
– FDT DTM CC’s
• Style Guide with Responsive Design – Now Available
• Communication Annexes
– HART Annex - in progress for release in mid 2020
– CIP Annex - in progress for release in mid 2020
– Profibus Annex - in progress for release in mid 2020
– IO-Link annex - in progress for release in 2020
• IO-Link Interpreter DTM – July 2020
• Website – Launched
• Brochure – Now Available
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