Re: [foxboro] IACC Projects (was: IACC Projects)

  • From: "Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)" <ajohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 17:14:55 -0500

Here's a brief Q&A on IACC and FF and V8.
 

1)    Is Version 8 of the I/A Series required for FF?

No, but the FF support is much better under Version 8.0 with xCP270 and the
new FF FBM. So, that's what I'm going to talk about.

 

2)    Which IACC version supports V8.0 of I/A Series? 

V2.0 + SP1

 

3)    When will that version be available? 

Released with V8.0

 

4)    Will it be able to configure a system with the FF FBMs? 

Yes

 

5)    Will it be able to configure the blocks required to support the FBMs? 

Yes

 

6)    What tool is used to configure the FF devices at this time - FoxCAE? 

Yes.

 

7)    Will a version of IACC be able to configure FF devices so that I don't
have to use FoxCAE? 

Planned for V2.2 - the date is TBD, but the work is underway.

 

8)    Can FoxCAE be used on V8.0 projects? 

Yes, V5.1. IACC is not required for FF support.

 

 

Regards,

 

Alex Johnson

Invensys Process Systems

Invensys Systems, Inc.

10707 Haddington

Houston, TX 77043

713.722.2859 (voice)

713.722.2700 (switchboard)

713.932.0222 (fax)

ajohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx

 

-----Original Message-----
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Subject: Re: [foxboro] IACC Projects (was: IACC Projects)

 

Dear Alex,

It's possible today to work with IACC in a project with Foundation

Fieldbus Instruments??

 

Best Regards,

 

                        Tzvi Ben Yosef

 

                         Oper. & Control Manager

 

                         BacSoft

 

                         Systems Integration

 

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                         Phone: 972-8-9989652

 

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-----Original Message-----

From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

On Behalf Of Johnson, Alex (Foxboro)

Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 11:08 PM

To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Subject: [foxboro] IACC Projects (was: IACC Projects)

 

 

 

Here is a list of some of the projects that have or are using the tool.

This

 

is NOT a complete list. In addition, sales of the tool are brisk -

better

 

than we hoped actually - which indicates some market acceptance. Most

new

 

customers use IACC on their projects; more established customers seem

more

 

resistant.

 

 

 

 

 

There are two main complaints about IACC - and while both are justified,

I

 

think they are overblown. The weaknesses are:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*     A single IACC database begins to degrade in performance with

12,000

 

or so objects (think blocks)

 

*     Only one user is allowed in a given database at any one time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'd just like to point out that this is no worse than ICC. ICC supports

on

 

CP per database (4000 blocks max) and only one user per database at any

 

given time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Given that ICC and IACC have similar weak spots - though IACC can hold

more

 

data - the question then becomes is IACC easier to use than ICC. The

answer

 

is clearly yes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My point is, don't fixate on the weaknesses; look at its strengths.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As for why there aren't more comments from users on this list, it may

well

 

be that IACC users and Windows users don't join the list. I think we

need to

 

do something about that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anyway, here's the list that I've compiled in the last hour or so from

 

internal users. This does not represent any projects done by customers

 

themselves. Hope this helps.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In North America (US and Canada)

 

 

 

   In Houston:

 

 

 

      2 refinery projects using V1.1

 

 

 

      1 pipeline project using V1.1

 

 

 

      1 refinery project using V2.0

 

 

 

      1 chemical plant using V2.0

 

 

 

      2 large V8 projects using V2.0 (active)

 

 

 

      

 

 

 

   In FoxMass

 

 

 

      1 Refuse Fuel project (complete)

 

 

 

      1 Nuclear project (active)

 

 

 

      Porting 2 Nuclear jobs to IACC from other tools (active)

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

   In Canada

 

 

 

      1 textile project using V2.0 (FAT)

 

 

 

      

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

In Latin America

 

 

 

   In Chile,

 

 

 

      4 complete projects using V1.1

 

 

 

      1 18,000 project under way using V2.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   In Argentina,

 

 

 

      2 projects using V2.0 (complete)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

In EMEA

 

 

 

   In Spain

 

 

 

      1 project with V1.1 (complete)

 

 

 

      1 project with V2.0 (complete)

 

 

 

      

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

   In Belgium

 

 

 

      1 project in SAT on V2.0

 

 

 

      

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

   In Germany 

 

 

 

      1 project in SAT on V2.0

 

 

 

      1 project on V1.1 (reference site)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   In Austria

 

 

 

      1 project on V2.0 (complete)

 

 

 

      1 project on V2.0 (5000 pts)

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

   In France and Netherlands together 

 

 

 

      1 project (60+ FCPs) on V2.0 (in progress)

 

 

 

         

 

 

 

   In France,

 

 

 

      1 project (60+ FCPs) on V2.0 (shipped to site)

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In AP

 

 

 

   In Singapore

 

 

 

      1 project for delivery to Middle East

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   In Australia

 

 

 

      1 project using V2.0   

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regards,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alex Johnson

 

 

 

Invensys Process Systems

 

 

 

Invensys Systems, Inc.

 

 

 

10707 Haddington

 

 

 

Houston, TX 77043

 

 

 

713.722.2859 (voice)

 

 

 

713.722.2700 (switchboard)

 

 

 

713.932.0222 (fax)

 

 

 

ajohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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