Monitor, Control and Automate Facilities in Real-time
FuelsManager Oil & Gas utilizes specialized data points to automate and control tank farm equipment, increasing safety and responsiveness, while minimizing the time your operators need to spend in the field. The combination of automation features with inventory management reduces the number of systems that your operators have to learn and manage. Field devices can easily be integrated; data can be input, acquired, validated, displayed or shared with other systems to provide an additional level of integration across your facility.
Input/Output Points
Input and output points are mapped to instrumentation and controls, such as push buttons, meters, pumps and valves. The use of input and output points in addition to tank points facilitates complete automation of a tank farm facility. Input points are used to receive data from generic field equipment, database calculations or manual input. Typically, these points are used to hold data for equipment that is not tank specific (i.e. pumps, valves or motors). However, they can also be used to store tank information not covered by the FuelsManager tank point. Output points are used to transmit data from the database to field equipment. Typically, outputs are derived from an operator issuing commands; however, they can also be derived from an internal calculation process.
Triggered Points
Triggered points are used as an intermediary between other points. Triggered points are typically used to monitor database input from a gauge. Once the connected point changes, the triggered point sends the changed information to another point, such as an output point for an OPC server or a PLC.
Wide Range of Communications Options
Choose from a wide range of communications possibilities when connecting equipment or sharing data throughout the FuelsManager system. Connections to new digital buses can be utilized, such as Ethernet, Foundation Fieldbus or Profibus. Alternatively, wireless communications can be used, such as spread spectrum radio and WiFi, that eliminate expensive wiring at the terminal.
