Process Trending on Mobile Phones

Version 10 of PlantTriage now provides real-time trending of process variables on mobile phones. Live data from a control system is relayed to the cell phone’s browser, allowing users to have immediate access to control-room data, even when working remotely out in the plant.

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The PlantTriage control performance monitoring system is designed to automatically diagnose and prioritize process, control and instrumentation problems. The trending tools provide immediate trends of process variables, set points, and controller outputs. Users can zoom, span and scale the trends to see details. Other features of the PlantTriage Control Performance Monitor are also available directly via a cell phone browser. For example, users can browse through reports and dashboards that pinpoint instrument issues, valve issues and tuning problems.

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