FDT Real-Time Supplement – October 2023 Issue | Unifying Control Systems

October 24, 2023

In This Issue:

FDT/DTM (IEC 62453) focuses on eliminating intelligent device management barriers to enable data harmonization and access enterprise-wide for the process, hybrid, and discrete markets. This issue emphasizes industry’s ‘opportunity for innovation’, allowing manufacturing to thrive by unifying control systems across market domains.

  • Editorial: Unifying Control Systems for Industrial Automation Markets – Steve Biegacki
  • Tech Focus: Can FDT/DTM Technology Work in Factory Automation and Hybrid Applications?
  • FDT News: Andre Uhl announced as new FDT Chairman and & New Certified DTMs
  • FDT Product: Harmonizing Cross-Platform Access With Legacy DTMs – M&M Software
  • FDT Product: The ‘Full Version’ DTM Collection is Now Free for Everyone – VEGA
  • FDT Product: Improve Operations with DTMs to Gain Access to Plant-Floor Data – Rockwell Automation
  • FDT Product: Innovative Field Device Management Solution – Schneider Electric
  • FDT Product: Yokogawa Adds New Functions to Oprex Field Instruments – Yokogawa
  • Service Provider: M&M Software Video
  • Service Provider: CodeWrights Video
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FDT Real-Time Supplement – June 2023 Issue | Harmonization

May 30, 2023

In This Issue:

  • Editorial: Let’s Harmonize Intelligent Device Management
  • Tech Focus: Unified Environment for Control System Integration
  • FDT Service: Meet M&M Software’s Full Stack Now Supporting FDT UE – M&M Software
  • FDT Product: A More Reliable Level Measurement for Industry 4.0 – VEGA
  • FDT Product: New FLEXHA 5000 Modern I/O Platform Brings Flexibility and Reliability to Process Systems – Rockwell Automation
  • FDT Product: Altivar Soft Starter ATS480 Integrated Digitally for Easy Engineering, Selection and Downtime Reduction – Schneider Electric
  • Video: Harmonizing Industrial Device Management – Steve Biegacki
  • Video: FDT Enables Asset Management Software – Suriya Selvarja
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FDT Real-Time Supplement – February 2023 Issue | Predictive Maintenance

February 22, 2023

In This Issue:

  • Editorial: Editorial: Data Harmonization on Course for the FDT Unified Environment
  • Tech Focus: Accelerate Your Reliability-Centered Maintenance Strategy
  • FDT Case Study: MOL Group Refinery Uses Asset Management Tools to Improve Plant Performance
  • FDT Product Case Study: Yokogawa Adds New Functions to Oprex Field Instruments
  • Video: Transformation by FDT 3.0
  • Press Release: PACTware 6.1 Now Supports FDT3 and Expands Device Integration Model
  • Interview: Steve Biegacki and Holger Sack talk about universal device management with PACTware 6.1
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FDT Real-Time Supplement – November 2022 Issue | Unified Environment for Intelligent Device Management

November 9, 2022

In This Issue:

  • Editorial: Renewed Energy and Product Use Cases Drive Industry Excitement for FDT UE
  • Tech Focus: Modern Intelligent Device Management with IT/OT Data-driven Operations
  • Case Study: Bioethanol Producer Employs Advanced Automation Technology to Optimize Integration, Operation and Lifecycle Management of Critical Assets
  • FDT DTM Solutions
    • Altivar Soft Starter ATS480 DTM Integrates Digitally for Easy Engineering, Selection and Downtime Reduction – Schneider Electric
    • Remote Instrument Verification: Check the Pulse of Your Assets Everywhere – Endress+Hauser
    • Oprex Vortex Flowmeter VY Series and DTM Improves Reliability with Self-Diagnostics – Yokogawa
  • FDT Video: Transformation by FDT 3.0
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FDT Real-Time Supplement – September 2022 Issue | Solving the IT/OT Divide

September 12, 2022

In This Issue:

  • Editorial: Standardized IT/OT Data Interoperability – Ask for FDT UE
    Enable a direct connection to the IT world with OPC UA integration/information modeling and a complete solution making data sharing seamless
  • Tech Focus: Use Case: It’s Not Enough to be Smart: Simplifying Device Lifecycle Management
    What do users need? Simplification based on Standards
  • FDT Embedded Solutions
    • New DTM User Interface – It’s More Than Just a Facelift – Endress+Hauser
    • Improve Operations with DTMs to Gain Access to Plant-Floor Data – Rockwell Automation
    • TeSys island – Full Tool Integration into EcoStruxure Control Expert Supporting M580 Controller
    • Utthunga’s Simplified FDT DTM Certification Process – Utthunga Technologies
  • FDT Video: Transformation by FDT 3.0
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FDT Real-Time Supplement – May 2022 Issue | Distributed Control for Modern Asset Management

May 12, 2022

In This Issue:

  • Editorial: Unified Environment Delivers IT/OT Data Harmonization and Mobility
    First-in-Show FDT UE Demo Happening at Hannover Messe 2022
  • Tech Focus: FDT UE Migration Empowers Data-Centric Business Models
    New standard helps forward-thinking end users, system and device suppliers make actionable data accessible across the enterprise
  • PodCast: FDT UE for the Industry 4.0 Era
  • Case Studies
    • New DTM User Interface – It’s More Than Just a Facelift – Endress+Hauser
    • Efficient Device Setup with Network Scanning and Remote Access to Device Intelligence – Rockwell Automation
    • TeSys island – Full Tool Integration into EcoStruxure Control Expert Supporting M580 Controller
    • Oprex Vortex Flowmeter VY Series and DTM Improves Reliability with Self-Diagnostics
  • FDT Video: Transformation by FDT 3.0
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