2008年1月4日消息，ABB的設備管理和資產優化解決方案——Asset Master，將世界上領先的過程自動化系統的功能和優勢都濃縮到一個小體積的獨特包裝中。 于2007年六月面市的Asset Master軟件是ABB推出的新型軟件工具，成功地集自動化工業優勢于一體，比其它任何資產管理系統都具備更多的特性，功能和系統兼容性。 專門設計用于協助工程和維護人員的解決方案可設法提供500個ABB的產品，在所有的儀器使用、試運行和維護領域不存在ABB產品。監控設備包括如：流量計、分析儀、執行器和控制閥、故障探測及事件動作的推薦。甚至還可以排列工作順序。 Asset Master軟件工具是ABB的旗艦式自動化平臺按比例的縮小版， 800xA系統，仍應用相同的桌式PC界面。所以其可以被整合到800 xA系統中，或是任何分布式控制系統中。其還提供了一個完善的資產管理應用界面，基于臺式PC視窗的友好型用戶界面。 上述特點對于那些需要管理產品資產但不想安裝整套分布式控制系統的制造商來說非常重要。此軟件與硬接線儀器設備之間的通信都使用目前領先的通信協議：HART, PROFIBUS, 和FOUNDATION FIELDBUS 此版本可被開發用于支持500多臺設備。其所廣泛涉及的主要功能覆蓋了在設備構造、試運行、診斷和實時資產優化過程中對完整光譜的需要。 再沒有另一個資產管理系統可提供如此全面的功能性和兼容性 值得關注的是Asset Master為用戶帶來了大量的關鍵性受益，使其與來自其它資產管理系統的受益別具特征： • Asset Master可通過所有領先的現場總線支持ABB和第三方設備進行通信，如HART, PROFIBUS 和FOUNDATION。 • Asset Master不僅能提供設備在一定條件下的詳細信息，還可以識別導致事件的可能原因，并建議一個或是更多矯正措施。 • Asset Master可以評估設備故障的緊急性，判斷其等級為低或是高，以保證操作者及維護工程師可以據問題大小進行依次處理，有效利用資源。 • Asset Master可與領先的計算機維護管理系統像SAP或MRO Maximo整合，觸發命令并進行跟蹤。 • 由于Asset Master是800xA系統的按比例縮小版，用戶可以方便地進行系統控制。其資產管理產品及控制系統都應用不同的界面。 • Asset Master可以與其它分布式控制系統共存。 [FONT=times] original text [/FONT] [font=times][Color=#708090]2008-01-04 - ABB’s device management and asset optimization solution, Asset Master, packs the functionality and benefits of the world’s leading process automation system into a small, uniquely comprehensive package. Launched in June 2007, Asset Master is generating widespread interest throughout the automation industry for successfully integrating more features, functionalities and system compatibilities than any other asset management system. Designed to assist engineering and maintenance staff, the solution manages up to 500 ABB and non-ABB devices in all areas of field instrument engineering, commissioning and maintenance. It monitors devices like flow meters, analyzers, actuators, and control valves, detects any faults and recommends alternative actions. It can even issue a work order. Asset Master is a scaled-down version of ABB’s flagship automation platform, System 800xA, using the same desktop PC interface. So it can be easily integrated with System 800 xA, or any distributed control system. Yet it also provides – for the first time – a complete asset management application that runs on a user-friendly, stand-alone, Windows-based desktop PC. This is important for manufacturers who need to manage production assets but don‘t want to install a full distributed control system. The software communicates with hard-wired instrumentation using all three leading communication protocols: HART, PROFIBUS, and FOUNDATION FIELDBUS. A version is being developed to support more than 500 devices. It stands alone Its comprehensive range of primary functions covers the entire spectrum of needs in device configuration, commissioning, diagnostics and real-time asset optimization. No other standalone asset management system offers such a comprehensive range of capabilities and compatibilities. Significantly, Asset Master provides users with a number of key benefits which differentiate it from other standalone asset management systems: • Asset Master supports ABB and third-party devices communicating via all three leading fieldbuses – HART, PROFIBUS and FOUNDATION • Asset Master not only provides detailed information on the condition of a device, it also identifies the probable cause of a problem and suggests one or more corrective actions. • Asset Master assesses the severity of a device fault on a scale of low to most critical, to ensure that operators and maintenance engineers can prioritize problems and manage their time and resources efficiently. • Asset Master can be integrated with leading computerized maintenance management systems like SAP and MRO Maximo to trigger work order submissions and track them to completion from the Asset Master workplace. • Because Asset Master is a scaled-down version of System 800xA, customers can easily progress to a System 800xA control system without a retrofit. Other asset management products do not use the same interface as their control systems. • Asset Master is a standalone product that coexists with other distributed control systems. [/color][/font]