SIMILAR PRODUCTS

Complete support for Link Active Schedule (LAS) and Backup Link
Schedule
– Honeywell pioneered this capability!
– Any LAS-capable devices can be Backup Link Active Scheduler
– We support multiple LAS devices
– Devices get LAS without FIM publications
• Most devices support limited connections
• FIM connections not needed if it fails
• FF Basic-to-LM device wizard
– “Safe” way to enable/disable Backup LAS
– Provides wizard to step
through sequence
– Insures BLAS will
work when needed

Commission device without pre-configuration
– Easy way to add a device in an existing installation
– From Uncommissioned Device tab
– Builds and loads device
• Knowledge Builder Integrated Help
– Dynamic and comprehensive
– As you add devices, help
information from the manufacturer
is transparently added to KB
– From any parameter in a device,
hit F1, and presto — you’re
looking at help information!

Alarms & Events
– FIM support all alarms and events
– FF priorities intelligently mapped into Experion
– Seamless and transparent to operator
• Third-Party Access to Data
– Key to access by other system and applications
– OPC Server — for inter-system read/write communication
– ODBC Driver — for SQL queries
– Network Server — Microsoft Excel Data Exchange, Network Node
Interface and Network API

THINGS WORK!
– Issues found tend to be minor – very few are serious
– Most common problem is minor CFF file errors
• Approximately 250 devices out there
– Many with several revs!
– More vendors and variety than ever!
• We’ve tested over 150 devices
– Our testing is customer driven
• Testing will continue indefinitely
– Requests from customers and HW projects
– A lot of vendor requests in past year