Legacy control system extension, migration and replacement services
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You need to extend, upgrade or replace your legacy control system. You might want to:
Whatever your overall direction, you want to get it done your way. You want to avoid once again getting locked into a difficult to upgrade or costly to support system. You want just the features and capabilities you need—and not the cost of those you don’t. You want flexible, supportable and reliable solutions that meet your current and future needs. Deep experience in legacy and current control systemsThe more than 175 engineers and developers of The RoviSys Company can help. As one of the largest independent systems integrators in North America, we help manufacturers select, engineer, implement and support the process control and information integration solutions best for their production environment. We know legacy control systems. We’ve been upgrading or replacing plant mainframes and major control systems since we opened our doors in 1989. We’ve upgraded and replaced legacy control systems such as RS3, TDC, PROVOX, MODCELL, Infi90 and more. Our staff includes key members of the team that developed the Bailey Control Infi90 system. We wrote the first third-party Network90 driver. Our current product line includes the most complete OPC server and interface for Bailey DCS, one that provides all the required interface hardware without the need for ABB licensing. As for modern DCS, PLC and PC HMI systems, size matters. As a large independent control system integrator, every month we engineer millions of dollars of solutions using various control systems and components—whatever best meets each client’s needs. Legacy migration experience overviewIn addition to integrating many Network90 and Infi90 systems, migrations engineered by our staff include:
See detailed legacy migration and replacement case histories. Tools for legacy controls conversionRoviSys has also developed products that assist customers migrating from Bailey legacy systems. We developed and market OPC90 Server for ABB Bailey, which facilitates communications from Bailey legacy systems to any OPC compliant external system. Among other capabilities, this product enables you to replace Bailey consoles with modern HMI during phase I migration or for as long as you intend to maintain legacy Bailey logic. Several hundred copies of OPC90 Server for ABB Bailey are in use worldwide. Legacy control system servicesIf you know precisely how you want to extend, upgrade or replace your current control system, we can help you do that. We've completed 3,000 automation and development projects since 1989. We know how to get projects done. If you want to fully understand all your options, including how you might get more supportable life from an aging system with minimum investment, you are unlikely to find a more suitable partner. We will work with whatever technology or combination of technologies meets your requirements. We can use existing tools or develop new ones. We deliver documented and openly supportable solutions.
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Review the latest RoviSys legacy migration case histories.
Read "Migrate Legacy DCS with Ease" by Richard Ciammaichella, director of process automation and control systems for RoviSys, in the October issue of Journal from Rockwell Automation.
View a full-size PDF file (195kb) of the RoviSys Bailey/Rockwell phased migration schematic.
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