Re: [foxboro] Replacing 51D workstations

In our system , we had 51E & 51D (ver 6.3), also 51G (P81 Sun Blade 1500,
ver 7.1).
They are working well together.
I heard in this January 2008, Invensys just launching I/A Series v8.3 , both
AW and WP are unix based. Just for domain PC using XP.

Regards,
Budi T Jatmiko
Pertamina's Dumai Refinery
Indonesia


On Jan 29, 2008 6:05 AM, Kevin Fitzgerrell <fitzgerrell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 51E workstations (Sun Ultra 60) are software, hardware and cable
> compatible with 51D workstations (Sun Ultra 5).  In my experience they
> are far more reliable than 51D workstations, and the hardware is
> easier to source.  However, they are also at or near Foxboro's EOL.
>
> 51G and 51F workstations at V7.x can be added to an existing V6.x
> system fairly easily.  One or two workstations can be added via NCNIs,
> more than 2 workstations in an area and you'll probably find it's
> easier to add with a pair of NCNIs, a pair of switches.  Each
> workstation needs it's RCNI (works like the dnbt or dnbi).  I'd be
> cautious about going this route - it's an easy way to replace a few
> workstations, but is likely to be more complex than adding new Solaris
> on the Mesh workstations once you get past a few workstations.  My
> impression is that V8.x is better supported than V7.x.  Also, the
> 51G(P80/81, Sun Blade 2000/1500) and 51F (P79, Sun Blade 150)
> workstations are already past EOL by their manufacturer.  The new P82
> Solaris workstations for the Mesh network (Sun Ultra 25) are Foxboro's
> only offering that is currently in production by Sun.
>
> Additionally, I/A version 7.x requires upgrading the rest of your
> workstations to at least version 6.4 (and may as well go to 6.5.x).
> This is a day 0 upgrade.  I/A version 8.x (mesh network) is supposed
> to be compatible with I/A back to 6.1.
>
> At my plant we are in the same position as you.  We will not be using
> the 51F/51G workstation at version 7.x.  We'll add a small v8.x mesh
> network to our existing 6.2.1 system and trial both XP and Solaris
> workstations and decide how to proceed from there.  Initially this
> will be a simple addition to our system, but later this year we will
> start to replace our carrier band LAN with switches on the mesh for
> de-bottlenecking.
>
> Regards,
>
> Kevin FitzGerrell
>
>
> On 1/28/08, Amer, Fahad A <fahad.amer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Dear list,
> > Our DCS is made of 51D machines (which fail frequently) running I/A
> > v.6.2.x. The 51D workstations have been announced to be obsolete by end
> > of March-08 and we run out of spares.
> >
> >
> >
> > I would like to know if there are replacement machines that don't
> > require hardware upgrades. Moreover, can 51G or 51F be such an optimum
> > replacement for our case.
> >
> > Or if you there is another alternative (other than Windows XP platform),
> > please advise.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
> > Fahad Al-Amer
> >
> > DCS Engineer
> >
> > Haradh Gas Plant
> >
> > e-mail: fahad.amer@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:fahad.amer@xxxxxxxxxx>    e-Fax:
> > +966 3 874-4444 ext. 105945 , Tel: +966 3 576-2223, Fax: +966 3 576-2717
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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