All, Thanks for the response. Unfortunately, we actually went with Matrikon OPC & have not gone down the SSC route. At the moment, the APC controller writes the setpoint to the PIDE or to the PIDE output. The setpoint is not locked so operators can still manipulate the SPT or OUT. That is why I want to try the SSC way. My previous plant used a different way (not using the SSC) which was a bit cumbersome. So simply put, does SSC work with Matrikon OPC with Fox v7.1.1? I don't need the alarming functions (already configured in another way). What are the pitfalls to be expected? Best regards, Andriny Rusman Advanced Process Control Engineer, Group Technology Solutions, Level 4, Menara Dayabumi Phone: 03-2783 6317 Petronet: 8-333-6317 Fax: 03-2783 6499 email: andriny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of foxpat Sent: 21 November 2008 15:03 To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [foxboro] Supervisory control Andriny We use Supervisory Setpoint Sontrol with the IAconnect OPC server (Invensys Germany software). The IAconnect OPC is specifically designed to handle the SSC mechanism and does this without any problems (1 applic, for 1 year, zero problems). It directly addresses the low-level Object Manager and therefore does not require AIM* and performance is FAST! Using AIM*OPC is possible but is much more complex to setup. We decided not to go that route as we've heard IAconnect was very simple to implement. (which proved to be absolutly true). The standard FoxDoc includes the SSC documentation which describes the SSC mechanism (don't have access to that here, so don't know the exact doc. Number). The IAconnect manual describes how to implement the IAconnect. I had this running on a AW70 integrator V7.1 for test and used some home-made visual basic programs to read/write IA blocks, including SSC (PIDA). Highly recommended! Kind regards, Patrick Martens Total Raff. Ned. NV. -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Namens Andriny Bt Rusman (R&T/PETH) Verzonden: vrijdag 21 november 2008 4:38 Aan: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Onderwerp: [foxboro] Supervisory control All, I have a question on the Supervisory Control. I'm using Foxboro v7.1.1 & wants to implement advanced controls which will require an external controller to write to the existing PIDE controllers. I know you can set the SUPOPT = 1 and this enables writing SPT from external (in this case, via OPC), but I heard this way is fraught with problems. Can someone confirm this? Best regards, Andriny Rusman Advanced Process Control Engineer, PETRONAS email: andriny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx DISCLAIMER : This e-mail and any files transmitted with it ("Message") is intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above and may contain confidential information. You are hereby notified that the taking of any action in reliance upon, or any review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, printing or copying of this Message or any part thereof by anyone other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this Message in error, you should delete this Message immediately and advise the sender by return e-mail. 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