Volume 3:  May/June 2009

• System Platform Perfect for Geo-SCADA
• Proprietary Panel Killers
• Wonderware IntelaTrac - The Game Changer
• This Month's TECHTIP

• STRONGARM - Industrial Large Screen Displays
• WonderWorld 2009 - Now OpsManage '09
• Wonderware NorthEast Summer Events - Register Now
• Wonderware Patchfixes, Device Integration Releases &Tech Notes

The London Underground, The Philadelphia Subway System, Carson City Public Works, Puerto Rico Water and Sewage Authority, and now the entire rail system for China.  System Platform is the perfect choice for Water & Wastewater, transportation, oil and gas, energy and more.

Wonderware recently announced that China’s Ministry of Railways has selected Wonderware System Platform as the SCADA system to operate the country’s national railway. The project will extend to 2020 and involves the automation of all power monitoring points for a majority of the Chinese railroad system and will feature 3 million I/O points.

The Wonderware SCADA project integrates a large part of the country’s railway lines running from Beijing in the north to Guangzhou in the south. The project’s estimated budget is approximately 3.5 trillion yuan (USD $512 billion). The China Ministry of Railways company expects a 6-year return on investment.

“When the China Railway system is completed it will carry both passengers and goods, reaching a distance of 4,000 kilometers in just a few hours,” said Chen Qizhi, vice general manager of Chengdu Jiaoda Guangmang Industry, the Wonderware system integrator managing the project. “This is a big leap from the normal multi-day trip it takes right now and is indeed a huge improvement in our country’s transportation system.”

The initial rollout of Wonderware System Platform software involves approximately 100,000 I/O points. By the end of 2009, the SCADA solution will expand to 300,000 I/O points as more stations are added, and will increase to 1.5 million I/O points by 2010. It is expected that by the time the project is completed in 2020, the Wonderware SCADA solution will manage more than 3 million I/O points and will include the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railroad currently under construction.

“Wonderware System Platform was chosen by the China Ministry of Railways because it is able to accept large I/O systems into a single, integrated solution,” said Mark Davidson, vice president of Wonderware global marketing. “The scalability of the software makes it possible to execute the project in stages, enabling China Railways to operate only the system that is required at a certain time. This allows railway managers to budget resources properly.”

The China Ministry of Railways’ Wonderware SCADA system will be the largest-scale industrial project to date involving the Microsoft SQL Server platform. Wonderware has standardized its automation and control systems on Microsoft’s industry-standard platforms, such as Microsoft SQL Server, because they provide the highest levels of security, reliability and scalability for business-critical applications, as well as the ability to create and deploy data-driven solutions quickly.

“The China Ministry of Railways selected the Wonderware System Platform on Microsoft SQL Server to meet its unprecedented scalability challenge without sacrificing reliability and security,” said Chris Colyer, global director of manufacturing operations strategies, Microsoft Corporation. “Microsoft and Wonderware offer a solid and secure SCADA system built on an open, highly scalable and fully integrated architecture. Together, we remain dedicated to providing robust, easy-to-use automation software based on Microsoft technology.”

About China Ministry of Railways
The China Ministry of Railways is responsible for passenger services, regulation of the rail industry and development of the rail network and rail infrastructure. The ministry also is in charge of the operations of China Railways, which manages the railway bureaus and companies in the provinces.

Why System Platform:

Solutions built on ArchestrA technology benefit from a single, open and scalable software architecture that can connect to virtually any automation system, remote terminal unit (RTU), intelligent electronic device (IED), programmable logic controller (PLC), database, historian or business system in use today. The open nature of this platform enables users to expand their existing systems without having to buy new hardware or control systems.

Geographically dispersed applications, from a few hundred to one million I/O (and more) and from a single node to hundreds of stations, can be rapidly and securely implemented as a single, centrally managed system.

Key Capabilities:

• Virtually unlimited scalability
• HMI visualization and geographically distributed SCADA
• Template based development and maintenance
• Remote application deployment and change management
• Data level security built into the system
• Easy and flexible alarm definition
• Data collection and analysis for new and existing systems
• Easy-to-use report generation
• Open access to historical data
• Wide connectivity to RTUs, PLCS, EFM equipment
• Historical data collection
• Integration with Geographical Information Systems (GIS), simulation, maintenance management systems (CMMS/EAM), LIMS, and ERP
• Support for low bandwidth, wide area, and radio networks
• More...

From the smallest to the largest systems in the world, the Wonderware System Platform is the Premier Geo-SCADA solution on the market.  If you don't believe us, just let us prove it.  E-mail us to see a demonstration.

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What kind of hardware do I need to run my InTouch license?  How about the kind that is tested, certified, sold and supported by Wonderware?

More new Hardware:  Wonderware is announcing two new Thin Client computers. The first is an upgrade to the existing Thin Client (Widescreen or standard display support (to 1920x1440)), and the second is a new Multi-Monitor capable Thin Client device (Widescreen or standard display support (to 1680x1050) for each display connected - up to 5 displays). Both devices are available as ACP-enabled units, requiring ACP ThinManager (available from ACP) software.

Wonderware Hardware sales continue astounding growth as more and more customers understand the value of access to the world's most popular HMI product on a Wonderware supported hardware platform. No longer do customers have to deal with proprietary, closed panel products or multiple development environments, or questions as to how to handle certain functionality within a stripped down panel offering.

Because of the ease of use, power, and flexibility of these offerings and because both hardware and software are fully backed by Wonderware and their award winning support channel, customers continue to realize that there is no longer a need to deal with limitations when they can get everything they need at a very competitive price. Additionally, with the best OEM program around, OEMs around the world can gain access to the breadth of Wonderware offerings and need only learn one development environment to handle any project.

High Level Benefits of Wonderware Hardware:

• Wonderware Panel Computers are developed using the only development System Wonderware provides - The Wonderware Development Studio. This development system is the only development system needed for any Wonderware product.
• Wonderware Panel Computers communicate to all major PLC brands with native Wonderware drivers and can also leverage any Wonderware Certified 3rd party driver on the market. All Wonderware drivers are included so again, one system to work with any hardware.
• Wonderware Panel Computers don't have limited capability because they are running the full version of InTouch - the World's leading HMI. So never worry about what flavor of panel offering to use to accomplish the job.
• If you do need a low end, pushbutton replacement offering, Wonderware makes a CE product running a stripped down version of InTouch - but again, screens on these systems are still developed using the same Wonderware Development Studio.

Wonderware's Hardware Offerings:

• Compact Panel Computers running Microsoft Windows CE (varied screen sizes)
• Compact Panel Computers for Hazardous Environments (varied screen sizes)
• Thin Client Computers (See our new offerings mentioned above)
• Box PC Computers
• Operator Interface Computers (varied screen sizes)
• Touch Panel Computers (varied screen sizes)

Wonderware offers a variety of different hardware platforms depending on your needs so the next time you need a computer to run InTouch, consider a complete Wonderware solution.  E-mail us for more information.

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 40% to 60% of equipment in your plant is not automated.  Operations is making rounds to collect information via pencil and paper for critical plant performance metrics.  Thousands of points of data must be manually inspected every day to determine areas of potential problem and potential plant downtime.  We can fix that.

In most manufacturing environments, instrumentation and monitoring is widespread. Pages and pages of graphs and reports describe every operational characteristic and are used by operators and management to steer the plant to optimal performance. But in the modern plant, the right time to view this information is not when you are standing in front of an operator console. It is when you are in the field, in front of a failing piece of equipment or discussing a problem while on the move. The major limitation to truly getting a handle on this information, however, is the fact that a significant portion of equipment measurements and collection points are not instrumented or automated.

From many studies, it is known that 40% to 60% of equipment in the plants and on the shop floors is not instrumented. Optimizing this critical aspect of plant performance depends on mobile field workers. Armed with the right tools, mobile workers can cost-effectively gather data from non-instrumented assets that can be readily analyzed and integrated into existing back-end decision support systems (Like ERP or CMMS). Bidirectional flow of information to and from mobile workers is a key competitive imperative required to make fully informed decisions regarding the operation of the Perfect Plant. The key is “automating” all of these manual collection processes and providing mobile tools that increase the effectiveness of our field workers.

Industry leaders have repeatedly proven how mobile technology can enable the disconnected worker, help monitor non-instrumented pieces of equipment, and assure that field operations and field personnel execute against standard operating procedures consistently and repeatedly according to defined best practices. These leaders see step change process improvements with rapid hard dollar paybacks, accountability and total visibility based on intelligent and precise stewardship and corresponding empowerment of their mobile workforce. Additionally, the ability to begin systematically collecting non-automated information generated from day to day operational rounds can serve to significantly enhance the value of other key systems as the loop between business-side and plant-side data can be closed. This closed loop process can drive significant value in overall equipment performance, product quality and reductions in maintenance costs and energy costs.

The payoff for improving support for mobile workers comes in a variety of other ways as well.  Mobility turns field staff, previously off the radar when it comes to process optimization, into a visible part of the designed processes of the enterprise, operating according to standard procedures with accountability and auditability.  Productivity can skyrocket, providing capacity for mobile staff to handle additional responsibilities for environmental, health and safety regulations.  While typical workforce productivity improvements of 20% or more are common with mobile applications, documented client case studies show that Wonderware IntelaTrac has delivered over 300% workforce productivity improvements over a four-year period. Such returns can be transformational.  Additionally, maintenance costs for assets inspected/maintained using IntelaTrac typically drop by 25% to 30%, resulting in an overall reduction of 2% in the total maintenance budget. With maintenance budgets in the millions, cost savings can be very substantial indeed.

Where to apply Wonderware IntelaTrac:

• Operations – Rounds (Operator Driven Reliability)
• Maintenance and I & E – inspections
• HSE – safety and environmental rounds
• Security - Rounds
• Learning – mobile learning on-the-job
• Projects/Turnarounds – status / details
• QA – time stamped lab samples
• Calibration Rounds
• Equipment Setup/Changeover
• Supplemental data entry for Process Data Historians
• Process Optimization & Energy Management
• Process Safety Management
• Operator Driven Reliability Initiatives
• Etc.

Learn More About Mobile Solutions:

• On-demand video: Join Michael King, Research Director at Gartner, Inc., and Don Frieden, VP of Mobile Solutions, Wonderware, as they discuss the possible impact on your operations of the latest mobile and wireless technologies. You will also hear real-life success stories from Wonderware customers that have placed mobile technology in the hands of their field workers.
• On-demand webinar: Mobilizing the Perfect Plant. Charlie Mohrmann, VP Sales Mobile Solutions, discusses how mobile solutions enable your organization to change behavior, leading to a new culture that drives operational excellence all the way down to the field level.
• On-demand webinar: A New Approach to Energy Efficiency Initiatives. Learn more about how mobile technology can help your manufacturing plant reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions.
• On-demand webinar: Mobile Learning - A New Approach to Address Workforce Turnover and Assimilation of New Workers. Learn more about how mobile learning provides just in time knowledge, based on best practices to mobile workers, when they need it, as part of their every day work processes.

5 of the top 8 largest integrated oil & gas companies, Over 50 of the top 100 refineries, Over 30 of the top 100 chemical companies, Utilities that power more than 85 million homes.  Wonderware IntelaTrac is widely used and industry tested and can be applied to any industry that has an operations workforce.  To learn more, call us at 215-675-5800 or e-mail us for additional information.

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Ergonomic: 1. (used with a sing. verb) The applied science of equipment design, as for the workplace, intended to maximize productivity by reducing operator fatigue and discomfort.

Some of the latest offerings from STRONGARM are the new series of oversized industrialized large screen LCD/Plasma displays. These displays can come with various mounting solutions and can be customized with many different options depending on your exact needs. For those applications where oversized graphics or distance viewing are required, please consider the STRONGARM large screen system.

Typical Uses:

• Overhead control room displays
• Plant floor displays Visualization of plant KPIs and performance information
• Visualization of production information
• Company information displays
• And more...

Mounting Types:

• Wall Mount
• Post Mount
• Ceiling Mount
• Tilt Swivel
• And more...

Options to Consider:

• Stainless Steel NEMA 4X (<25ra finish) or Painted Systems with Optional Sloped-TopSized for 37"/40"/42”/52"/60"
• LCD/Plasma displays/li>
• Includes Premium LCD/Plasma display
• Hinged front or rear door with ¼ turn latches
• 3/8” Polycarbonate (LEXAN) Viewing Window
• NEMA 4X ThermoElectric Cooler supplied and wired
• Conduit holes for video and AC with all wiring to terminal block
• Optional Integrated Low Power microbox PC or thin client
• LCD offerings available with touchscreens as well

Remember that STRONGARM specializes in customized solutions so if you don's see something above that meets your exact needs, simply give us a call or e-mail us. We would be happy to design your specific solution.

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WonderWorld 2009 is expanding to give you even more value and even more reasons to attend - more industry and solutions expertise and coverage - more interaction with our partners.  With the creation of  the Invensys Operations Management Division, OpsManage '09 will bring even more to the Wonderware customer base.

At OpsManage '09 (that includes WonderWorld), we bring together experts with a single focus--deliver the tools and information that will make a difference in YOUR success. OpsManage '09 will still deliver on presenting Wonderware software solutions but will also offer you the entire spectrum of Invensys Operations Management opportunities and solutions focusing on manufacturing and infrastructure operations industries.

Invensys Operations Management (IOM) was created by the integration of our three industrial automation businesses (Invensys Process Systems, Wonderware and Eurotherm) into a single division.

Registration will be going live very soon! Look for a special communication on the OpsManage '09 website and registration details.

WonderWorld is now Part of OpsManage '09 - Mark your Calendar!

Registration will Open Soon!

Stay tuned to see how we will make this year's event even better.

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Wonderware NorthEast is on the road again and coming to a location near you.  Don't miss this chance to join us and learn about getting the most out of your existing systems.

It has been another year of significant new releases from Wonderware.  Wonderware IntelaTrac, HMI Reports, Performance 3.5 and more.  Join us this summer as we show you how these products can extend the value of systems you already have in place and leverage untapped information in and around your plant.

Summer Seminars - Coming to a Location Near You

A handful of hours to take your traditional InTouch application and start to generate real, usable information. Improved graphics, powerful reports, performance data at your fingertips – all from that original InTouch HMI.

Inflate your production, and raise your expectations. We’ll show you how to take a legacy InTouch HMI solution, modernize its technology and increase its value. Add reports instantly. Need a bit more? BAM! Historian on-line in a few minutes more. Not enough granularity? POW! Add some Performance Objects and get to the bottom of your bottom line. Every bit of it a live demo.

Not every area is ‘automated’? - - See our Mobile Solutions product to automate operational rounds and collect all remaining plant information for easy analysis and compliance reporting. No more paper forms, no more stranded assets.

Event Time: 9:30am – 3:30pm

There is no charge but space is limited so please sign up now @ wwevt@wonderwarene.com
or call 215-675-5800.  Continental breakfast and hot lunch are included.

Select The Location That Is Right For You

Product Demonstrations of Key Wonderware Products

Seats are limited so make sure to register at wwevt@wonderwarene.com and specify the location of the seminar you plan on attending.

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Registered Wonderware Customer Support subscribers can download the following Wonderware device integration releases: (www.wonderware.com/Support/MMI):

• Quick Install CAB Files: IntelaTrac 3.2 SP3 to Motorola 9090 Handheld
• Wonderware DAServer Runtime Components 3.0

Registered users can now download the following Wonderware software patchfix releases (www.wonderware.com/Support/MMI):

• Wonderware Industry Application for Packaging version 1.0 Patch 01
• IntelaTrac PKS Version 3.2 SP3
• IntelaTrac Version 3.2 SP3
• DAServer Runtime Components Upgrade 2.0 Service Pack 3
• Wonderware Application Server 3.1 Service Pack 1
• ArchestrA Symbol Analysis and Repair Utility for 3.1

The following Tech Notes and Tech Alerts are now available:

• Tech Alert 127 License Issue for WIS 3.0/3.1 Portal on Remote Desktop or Terminal Server
• Tech Alert 125 Galaxy Communication Problem Caused by Patch 02 for Historian (InSQL) 9.0
• Tech Alert 124 InBatch 9.0 Installation with Wonderware Application Server 3.1 SP1 or SP2: InBatch IDE/IEE Extensions Are Not Installed Correctly
• Tech Note 595 Setting Up Wonderware Application Server to Receive Unsolicited Messaging From Allen Bradley Controllogix PLCs
• Tech Note 596 Using the OwningObject Property with ArchestrA Graphics
• Tech Note 597 Configuring the Operations & Performance Factory Connector for In-Proc OPC Server Connections
• Tech Note 598 Repairing Missing Operations & Performance (Factelligence) Entries in the Wonderware Information Server (WIS) Panel
• Tech Note 600 Using Online OPC Item Browsing in DASABCIP 4.0
• Tech Note 601 HMI Reports: Creating a Historian (InSQL) Driver Configuration
• Tech Note 602 Resolving Operations & Performance v3.5 DLL Reference Issues
• Tech Note 603 Improving Report Generation Time for Performance 3.5
• Tech Note 604 ActiveFactory Reporting Web Site Repeatedly Starts the ClientSoftwareDownload
• Tech Note 605 Resolving the Black Screen Issue with Box PCs
• Tech Note 606 IntelaTrac Integrations: Troubleshooting the PHD Integration
• Tech Note 608 Quick Install from CAB Files: IntelaTrac 3.2 SP3 to Motorola 9090 Handheld
• Tech Note 609 ArchestrA Object Toolkit 3.1 Tips and Tricks
• Tech Note 610 How to Refresh All Functions in ActiveFactory Workbook
• Tech Note 611 Configuring Windows® SharePoint Services 3.0™ for Wonderware Information Server 3.1
• Tech Note 613 Avoiding Slow Startups on Wonderware ActiveFactory 9.x Clients Without Internet Access
• Tech Note 614 Monitoring and Troubleshooting Communication with the Wonderware Client Utility
• Tech Note 615 Configuring the DDESuitelink Client Object in the ArchestrA IDE
• Tech Note 616 Performance 3.5 Utilization Capability Object Rollover Counter Behavior and Changes with Hotfix 1394

Registered users can view and download these and other Tech Notes from the Wonderware Technical Support website.

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