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IFIX Drivers
IFIX Drivers
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What Customers desire from I/O
Drivers?
Flexible Solutions
• Drivers that can handle any application
Open Solutions
• Support for Industry Standards
• Toolkits for Custom Drivers
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Ease of Use
Develop Easy-to-Use Products (Starting with the CD)
• Getting Started Guide on Driver CD (‘Drivers for Dummies’)
• Configuration in all 7.x drivers is via the “Power Tool”
• Digitized Pictures of H/W embedded in eDOC
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Proficy HMI/SCADA iFIX I/O Drivers -
Features & Benefits
FEATURE BENEFIT
Functions as a High Performance Driver Multi-purpose implementation in one
& an OPC Server product
‘On the fly’ configuration Faster implementation – no need to
start/re-start due to configuration changes
Digital Photos of hardware setup
Easier hardware setup & enhanced
HTML help system
troubleshooting
DataMonitor & DataScope
Easier to use help system
Templates & Report Files
Decreased configuration time
Redundant Communications
High reliability in the most demanding
applications
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IGS – Universal Driver
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Industrial Gateway Server (IGS) 7.5
Powering connectivity to drive results
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Smart Drivers – IEC 61850
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Proficy IEC 61850 Client
Driver Option for Power Industry
A standard for the design
of electrical substation automation
• Part of the International Electrotechnical Commission's
(IEC), (TC57) Reference architecture for electric power Native OPC-DA
IEC
systems.
• TC 57 responsible for the development of standards for
information exchange for power systems and other related
systems including Energy Management Systems, SCADA, TC57
distribution automation & teleprotection
• IEC 61850 is a TC57 publication: “Communication
networks and systems in substations / for power utility Configuration, Tags, Types, etc.
automation” IEC
61850
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Legacy Drivers
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Driver Configuration – The “Power Tool”
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Troubleshooting – Driver Statistics Mode
•Provides overall view of
System health (at Driver level,
in this case - GE9)
•Can be viewed at various
levels
•Channel
•Device
•Datablock (shown at left)
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Troubleshooting – The Data Monitor
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Troubleshooting – The DataScope
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Time Saving Configuration Tools
Starter Templates
• Set default values (Channel, Device & Datablock)
• Default values used when configuring from Power Tool or from Database Manager
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Corporate Driver History