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ABB System Evolution Software LicensesABB is committed to continually demonstrating that you have
made the right choice by choosing ABB as your automation
system partner. Our goal is to protect your investment by
mitigating your ongoing risks, eliminating down-time and maximizing the performance of your system.
ABB’s commitment to ‘Evolution without obsolescence’ provides plant owners with the ability to extend the operating life
of their control systems and improve the profitability of their
investments through seamless evolution, thus avoiding the
costs and risks associated with ‘rip-and-replace’ upgrade
methods.
A successful evolution program begins with a solid plan driven
by the system owner’s business goals. Good planning is critical for any incremental, step-wise evolution and can minimize
the negative production impact of the actual system upgrading process. It can simplify the yearly budgeting process and
facilitate timing of system upgrades with planned plant shutdowns.
Automation Sentinel subscribers are eligible to receive software licenses for newer versions of their installed product,
“like functionality” in newer technology products within their
system family, and “like functionality” in ABB state-of-the art
systems and products.
Benefits
– Extends the useful life of the system and its applications
– Enhances and sustains the control system to meet today’s
business challenges
– Improves the competitiveness of your production facility
through enhanced functionality
– Provides the lowest cost for System Evolution within the
industry
– Protects intellectual property and capital equipment
3rd Party System Evolution Software Licenses
A newly-acquired automation system offers the best set of
solutions to help your business be successful and stay competitive. That may no longer be the case. Today’s demands on
network availability, efficiency and capacity are increasing
continuously. In many cases, the systems from earlier technology generations can’t meet these new requirements. Now the
risk of unplanned downtime is always present. Lengthy production stops cannot be ruled out. What’s more, production
gains via mere process control improvements are no longer
enough to stay ahead of the competition. The solution is an
evolution of your existing control system installation.
As DCS market-leader with the world’s largest installed base
of control systems, ABB truly understands your needs for
step-wise improvement and modernization of production
equipment. To achieve continuous improvement yet still retain
productive assets, we have developed comprehensive evolution solutions for our own installed base as well as for thirdparty DCS systems. Such cost-efficient and low-risk evolution
is ideal for manufacturers with a mix of systems (sometimes
from different vendors) at each production site.
Our evolution programs are designed to give you the financial
flexibility to “step-up” from your existing automation systems
to new higher performance Human System Interfaces, system
engineering tools, controllers, control networks, and information management - one functional area at a time.
Placing System 800xA on top of vintage systems such as
Honeywell TDC2000, TDC3000 or Experion; Emerson Fisher
RS3 / Provox / DeltaV; Siemens Teleperm M / WinCC/PCS7;
Yokogawa Centum 3000/Centum VP or Invensys Foxboro IA
our customers instantly acquire a world-class human-machine
interface that makes all mission-critical data available in a
highly advanced workstation environment.
Benefits
– Extends life cycle for present investments
– Savings on operations and service through less number of
control systems to take care of
– Integrates legacy functionality, information and historical
data into new ABB Human Machine Interface (HMI)
– No down time of the production system during evolution
phase through off-site installation and testing

ABB System Evolution and 3rd Party System Evolution
Planning & Engineering Services
Your control system is the brains behind your process, and
maintaining its health and longevity makes good business
sense. Determining what it costs to operate and maintain your
equipment effectively is key to deciding how long to keep it,
how much to invest in it and when it’s time to upgrade. Good
planning helps to minimize the negative production impact
from any upgrade and is critical for any incremental, stepwise
evolution. It simplifies and improves yearly budgeting, and
facilitates planning for system upgrades and plant shutdowns.
ABB Evolution experts help to ensure the longevity of your
equipment with life cycle prediction and planning services.
They help you build a life cycle strategy to manage system
updates, plan for system obsolescence and justify equipment
upgrades. They can also assess your current situation, help
you gauge future automation needs, and plan for expansion.
After a comprehensive audit of your existing system, and an
understanding of your business drivers:
– ABB will submit a 3-5 year plan to be reviewed and revised
as necessary. Our incremental approach supports flexibility,
and allows for changes to the plan as may be required over
the course of time.
– We will identify and target which facilities are at greatest
risk for production loss and those that have the greatest
potential for increased production. As each phase is identi fied, ABB will provide value assessments and Return-on Investment support for consideration in order to facilitate
successful project appropriation requests.
– The long-term plan is reviewed periodically and updated as
required to reflect your changing business needs, and new
ABB solutions. This approach takes the guessing out of
your budgeting process. As part of this planning, specific
projects are identified and initiated.
Automation Sentinel subscribers are entitled to software main tenance for the current version of installed software products,
including service packs, patches and updates.
Benefits
– Improves performance by adding new functions and fea tures
– Minimizes unplanned plant upsets and trips
– Extends the life of automation systems
– Protects intellectual property and capital equipment
Premium access to myABB/My Control System business
portal
The myABB business portal/My Control System, a managed
personalized access to your ABB installed base of control
systems, provides information, service and support
deliverables for your control system(s) and general control
system documentation. By using a secure log-in at the www.
abb.com website, customers can access one easy-to-find
location from which they can retrieve detailed information
about their system.
MyABB/My Control System presents, in dashboard format,
important information about the control system’s subscrip tions and software licenses in terms of content, expiration
dates, tools and license key downloads. All this data is avail able with just a few clicks. For convenience, the ABB local
service contact information is listed on the starting page. Us ing myABB/My Control System, customers will be able to
download documentation and software updates relating to
their control system, view online training videos, run system
benchmark reports and access all relevant safety reports,
alerts or product documents. Rapid problem identification
through real-time access to the dashboard is one of the main
benefits of the myABB/My Control System portal.
An Automation Sentinel subscription provides access in
myABB/My Control System to:
– Publications: Technical product information for ABB control
products and systems such as Product/Technical Bulletins/
Application guides; Product Manuals; Change Notices or
Release Notes
– Downloads: Latest service packs, release notes, feature
packs and updates
– Forums: provide an interactive environment for discussion
groups by creating communication channels. Information,
ideas and questions can be presented and exchanged with
other users.
Benefits
– Excellent overview of control system installation – every thing in one place
– Better decision making through direct access to filtered
information about the installed ABB control system
– Recommendations on how to improve productivity of the
installed ABB Control System
– Reduces maintenance and support cost through shorter
software delivery times
– Reduce cost of after-hours phone support or service calls by accessing self-help online
– Reduction of documentation and software delivery times