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YOKOGAWA

Yokogawa Electric Corporation

FAST/TOOLS Features

System overview

system overview FAST/TOOLS has a true client/server architecture, not limited to stand-alone stations, and allowing distributed functionality.
Front-end nodes give the possibility to reduce the load of the host by pre-processing data on remote locations and passing through only relevant data.
The Server systems can run one or more I/O-drivers per node, e.g. a configuration could be an application running up to 70 I/O-drivers at the same time on one node, with e.g. only three telephone lines available to connect to the 70 remote PLC devices.

Where system availability is a primeissue FAST/TOOLS can be configured to run in a redundant configuration.
Several redundancy concepts are available, illustrating the flexibility of FAST/TOOLS.
Networking can be configured redundantly eg, redundant networks between server and clients and/or
between server and PLC’s or RTU’s.

Some features of FAST/TOOLS:

  • Multi-page alarming functionality with sorting options based on priority or time, adjustable acknowledging/reset options, rerouting of alarms, paging use for alarming
  • Object oriented engeneering; make one class and use it as many times as needed (objects)
  • Object oriented graphics; no need to update symbols separately, one change in a symbol updates all copies
  • Predefined trend-pages for most common trending configurations
  • On-line editing (adding/removing) of graphics, item (tag-) definitions, reports, I/O-drivers
  • Communication scheduling, based on time or availability of communication lines for distant PLC/RTU-stations
  • Automatic data-archiving of historical data on tape and clean-up of diskspace
  • Unlimited I/O-count (the largest working system has over a million database items). Up to 255 different I/Odrivers can run in parallel on one machine
  • Open interfaces (XML, OPC and ODBC) e.g. used for reporting/ MIS-functionality/Web-enabling
  • Report distribution to remote locations
  • Fine-tuning tools to optimise performance e.g. coping with bursts
  • Communication links via traditional copper wires, high-speed optical fibers, radio or satellite
  • Time synchronisation from GPS or PLC/RTU including time distribution to other nodes

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Release Information

New in R9.04:
Playback functionality for operation recording, E-mail notification alarm reporting, X-Y plots and more...

FAST/TOOLS R9.03

Web-based Supervisory

FAST/TOOLS personalized visualization human machine interface(HMI) is fully web-based and allows the operator to easily and intuitively navigate through the operator displays like a browser
The HMI is designed for web deployment and delivers the benefits of advanced web technology.

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