Reviewer details
Name: Details withheld at reviewer request
SI details
Name: Omron Project Division and various SIs
Position/designation: Project manager
Company: OMRON Europe B.V.
Phone: 0860 667 661
E-mail: [email protected]
Product details
Product name and version: CX-SUPERVISOR VER.3
Vendor: Omron Electronics
Phone: 0860 OMROM 1/0860667661
E-mail: [email protected]
URL: www.industrial.omron.co.za
Application details
Industry: Cabling
Location: Pietermaritzburg
Application: Logging data to SQL, event triggers, length and line status.
Application statistics
Tag count: 6500
End-user responses
General
Q: Briefly describe the application including information on any pre-existing system?
Omron is collecting pulse, run and stop signals from various points in the factory from 90+ machines, this information gets converted from pulse to length, speed and line statuses, scada was used as a visual interface for the above-mentioned statuses. This information is stored and trended to display line OEE reports. The information can be made available to a third-party MES system.
Licensing, maintenance and support
Q: What licences have been purchased for this application?
CX-Supervisor Machine Edition V3.01.
Q: What upgrade agreements are in place on this application?
N/A.
Q: How is the after-sales support handled on this application?
A service level and maintenance contract is in place to support the system over a year via either remote desktop support. Part of the contract is also to ensure backups are done every evening. A support engineer visits the site monthly.
System architecture
Q: Is the scada system integrated onto an intranet or the Internet? If so, what level of remote monitoring and control is configured?
The system is fully integrated with the current intranet.
Q: Do you run the scada in conjunction with any third-party application software (Other than MES)?
Yes. Scada information is also logged and information is reported on using a third-party reporting system.
Management reporting and integration
Q: Does the application include data archiving/historian capabilities with an historical data reporting system?
Data is logged to a SQL database which stores that for later reporting via either OPUS reporting or Adroit’s data warehousing software.
Q: Is the system integrated with an MES / ERP or other management reporting or control system (eg, Baan, SAP, SYSPRO, …)?
The system is integrated with GE Fanuc Proficy and Historian servers.
Q: Who performed this management system integration and was any additional software development needed to accomplish this?
GE Fanuc.
Q: Have any production benchmarking tools been configured as part of the scada system?
We have configured the system to provide a dashboard with relevant KPIs.
Q: Has any asset management functionality been configured in the application (for software assets, control system assets or for plant assets)?
No.
Q: Has any GIS (geographic information systems) functionality been configured in the application?
No.
Conclusion
Q: In the procurement decision making process was the total cost of ownership (TCO) considered?
No.
Q: What was the predominant feature (or features) that made you decide to purchase this scada product for this application?
Single point of contact, ease of use and flexibility concerning licensing.
Q: What single feature most impresses you about the product now that it is in operation?
Data-logging capabilities.
SI responses
Project details
Q: What human factors were taken into consideration in the HMI design process?
N/A.
Q: For the graphics development process did you use standard library images, or did you have to draw images from scratch?
50:50.
Q: How would you describe the library of graphic images?
Clear and smart
Q: Did you use any ‘special’ images (eg, photographs, 3D images, specialised dashboards, etc.)?
No.
Q: Did you use any video or multimedia technology used in the application?
No.
Q: What alarm management standards or best practices were adopted in configuring the scada system?
N/A.
Q: What structured processes were followed to determine expected performance under full load, and during abnormal failure conditions?
N/A.
Q: What are the key physical communication layers and communication protocols employed in the system?
Fibre and copper.
Q: What levels of redundancy are incorporated in this scada application?
SQL mirroring.
Q: What specific custom code or scada scripts were written for this project?
Some MS VB code.
Security and data protection
Q: How have authentication, authorisation and role management been configured?
None.
Q: Does the design make provision for a DMZ and firewall segregation of process (scada) network and business networks?
None.
Q: What configuration backup and data archive backup methodologies have been adopted?
SQL standard mirroring and daily data backups.
Q: Did you use any integrated or third party configuration control system for the scada configuration during the engineering of this application?
None.
SI conclusion
Q: How would you rate the ease of use of the historical reporting system?
N/A.
Q: What impresses you the most about the engineering/configuration aspects of the product now that it is in operation?
Ease of logging and writing data to SQL databases.
Q: What impresses you most about the architecture?
N/A.
Vendor responses
Product
Q: Vendor comments on product/modules?
Both Machine Edition and Plus are Version 3.
Licensing, maintenance and support model
Q: What sort of licensing agreement options are offered?
One licence per complete installation.
Q: Are licences sold outright or subject to periodic (eg, annual) renewal?
Licence is a once-off purchase for a particular version.
Q: What upgrade agreements are offered?
Upgrades are available by purchase.
Q: What after-sales offerings iro support and maintenance are available, and which technologies are used to deliver them?
Support is covered under a paid annual support agreement.
Unique selling proposition (USP)
Q: List the top five feature/benefit pairs that contribute to this product’s USP?
* All the features of an expensive scada.
* Price/functionality ratio.
* Ease of use.
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