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Data Sheet

Features
Comprehensive platform for live data,
archival data, data integration, remote
visualization of process graphics, trends,

DCS Net work

and alarms
Integrated view of multiple systems and
sites at authorized desktop computers
Calculation server and reporting system
with execution scheduler
Data gathering from multiple data sources
to a centralized data server for live and local
archival and forwarding to the EDS™ thin
and thick clients
High availability options including clustering,
and server virtualization
Scalable to 1,200,000 process points in
clustered arrays
Microsoft® Excel plug-in

Accurate, up-to-date process information for

executives, managers, supervisors and High Availability Solutions
engineering analysts is essential for optimal
The EDS may be supplied in a redundant
system operation. The ability to monitor your
hardware configuration, from basic parallel
processes from anywhere within your corporate
servers to high availability rack mounted
or municipal IT architecture provides additional
hardware and optionally clustered server
flexibility for improved operations, and enhanced
configurations. Below is an example of
evaluation and decision support.
virtualization of three servers on a redundant set
of servers with attached RAID hard disk storage.
Emerson offers EDS™ Enterprise, a
The system can be supplied with RAID 1, RAID
comprehensive system for collecting and
5, and RAID 10 for the ultimate level of
processing data, which allows viewing of current
performance.
and past process information from anywhere
within your corporate structure. EDS information
is gathered from control systems, as well as
other plant data sources, and is presented in
process and read-only control diagrams, alarm
lists, trends, and reports.

A key security feature of the EDS is the one-way

data communications and data shadowing
features. The data shadowing allows for a
secondary value to be added where archived
data sets are lost or if network transmissions are
interrupted.

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Data System Integration
EDS manages the distribution of replicated
process values, alarms, and displays to users
running the EDS Terminal client application suite
at their desktop computer. The EDS also acts
as a data integration platform that provides
™ EDS server is designed to read point and status
process information to SmartProcess plant
optimization and performance software
applications as well as fleet management
solutions.
The EDS architecture supports interfacing with
data sources, control systems, and PLCs. The
client application provides the ability to select
between the individual servers in order to focus
on process activity from each unique system. In
addition, site EDS servers or data feeders can
propagate their data to a higher level EDS
Enterprise server, thus providing multi-site
integration support.
The EDS is comprised of three major
components: Data feeders; EDS server
functions, and the EDS terminal client
application suite.
Data Feeders
The EDS includes software applications which
are loaded onto data systems or control systems
in order to monitor process value statuses and
determine when to transfer this information to
the EDS data server. Only value changes are
sent to the server, thus minimizing network
traffic.
The EDS data structure obtains information from
those data sources with support for analog,
digital, packed, and time point types. Interfaces
available are API’s, DCS data feeders, OPC,
Modbus, and various SCADA protocols.
EDS Server
Running on the Linux (preferred) operating
system, the EDS server provides live data
service, archive service, calculation service,
diagram service, reports, and database access.
As a centralized source of current and past
process values and alarm state data, the EDS
server manages connections to EDS terminal
client applications. A single EDS data server can
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be configured to collect data from one or more
sources, such as OPC-DA servers, Smart
metering systems, PLCs, DCSs, or another EDS
server.
Equipped with tools for importing databases, the
parameters from data sources. It also monitors
the control systems’ databases to identify new or
modified points.
Calculation Server
The EDS calculation server allows users to
select any point in the system and run
calculations to create new tag values, virtual tag
values, and other functions. There are currently
99 functions available. These calculated points
can be used and displayed system wide the
same way as other tags in the system on
displays, trends, in reports and can alarm to the
events list. This tool uses a visual tree structure
for the representation of the calculation. All
calculations can be stored in archive function for
retrieval by any user.
The server manages the EDS system
configuration and offers security and technology
group definitions. Redundancy via server
clustering is available and storage options
include SCSI arrays and fiber channel arrays.
EDS Data Gateways
The EDS Data Gateways provide an ability to
retrieve and synchronize information from
multiple sources including existing EDS servers
and other data collection services.
There are programs that provide functionality to
display and store live data as well as
synchronize historical data between sources.
Database Administration Tools
The EDS system’s powerful administration tools
include a graphics converter that quickly
transforms actual Ovation™ and WDPF™
graphics into the EDS displays at a high level of
translation with minimal display differences. The
graphics builder allows users to create custom,
multi-unit, or multiple data source display
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creations. Point database configuration is
available for point database importation and
system database monitoring to identify new or
modified points. Additionally, a calculation
builder is included for calculation functions.
Figure 1: Point database administration for the EDS server.
User administration features allow the definition
of security groups and users. Technology
groups are a collection of other security groups
for rapid area access, and are used for filtering
points and graphics.
Figure 2: Configuration of users to EDS security groups.
EDS Terminal Application Suite
The EDS terminal application suite is a set of
process visualization tools for presenting
dedicated data server process information and
graphics to end-user desktops located
throughout the corporate wide area network.
The EDS terminal suite consists of:
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EDS Toolbar
Process Diagram Display
Graphics Builder
Point List / Point Info
Events List
Report Editor
Report Monitor
Trends
Message Log
Workspace (Profile) Scripting feature
These applications work together in a secure,
well-organized environment to provide a number
of ease-of-use features, including:
Drag and drop of process values between
applications
Menu-based navigation between EDS
terminal applications from the chosen
process point value
Selection of graphics, trends, and reports
from user-filterable lists
Display layout and organization profiles for
each user
Automatic database and graphics updates
EDS Toolbar
Once the user has logged in with a unique ID
and password and has connected to an EDS
server, the EDS terminal toolbar appears,
providing access to the user level of EDS
applications. During the login process, the
terminal environment is automatically updated
with the latest point database and process
graphics available from the EDS data server.
The toolbar, collapsible to a single minimized
icon, contains a small status indicator which
shows that communication with the server has
been established.
Figure 3: The EDS Terminal toolbar is panel of icons that
enables access to the individual application components.
Process Diagram Display
The EDS process diagram display provides a list
of available process graphic replicas. The list of
graphics is filterable based on selection of the
source control system. Graphics can be
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previewed in this window before launching the
desired selection in one of four available
diagram display windows.
Figure 4: The EDS diagram display system supports up to 4
graphic windows.
Each diagram display window shows a selected
graphic with live, dynamic updates of the
process values presented in numeric or
graphical form. It also supports scaling a
resized process graphic and navigation controls
to go backward and forward in a chain of
previously displayed graphics. For example,
right-clicking on a displayed process value in a
graphic’s active area initiates a pop-up menu
which launches an EDS trend or point
information application for the associated
process point.
Figure 5: Navigation to Point Information or Trends is
available via a pop-up menu selection.
Trends
The EDS terminal suite can trend current and
past data for up to eight process points. Trend
assignments can be made by dragging and
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dropping points from process graphics or other
EDS terminal applications into the trending
diagram. Points can be saved to trend groups
for easy and quick initiation at a later time.
Figure 6: The EDS Terminal Trend displays up to 16
process variables.
The EDS trend window can be launched from
any process graphic, such as the EDS point list,
or EDS trend group window. Special features
allow for changing the trends time and value
ranges, and viewing process values at the time
indicated by the cursor and users can annotate
trend and point values to assist in later data
analysis. Trend groups can be created and
saved at the client.
Annotation Feature
The EDS Annotation feature allows users to
select a trend and add an annotation. The
annotation provides an explanation for the
occurrence. All information is then stored in
historian for retrieval or analysis by any user.
Events List
The EDS events list application allows viewing
of current and past occurrences of points
alarmed within the EDS server and alarms
replicated from data sources and systems. A key
feature is that EDS maintains the original time
stamp of the data source. Switching from the
current to a past view is accomplished by
selecting the radio button on the event list
window. The EDS events function supports eight
levels of alarms, each with a unique user-
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configurable color, and event printing and
exporting capabilities.
EDS Report System
The EDS report system is a powerful tool to
create and execute process data reports. The
report system consists of two parts: the report
editor and the report monitor.
Figure 7: EDS reports are created using the spreadsheet-like
Report Editor.
The EDS report editor contains tools to define
report layouts in a spreadsheet-like application
window. The layout window is organized by a
grid of cells where process values and
mathematical expressions can be programmed,
as well as special functions for process values,
point attributes, and summary results.
The EDS report monitor schedules selected
reports for periodic execution (e.g. hourly, daily,
weekly), assigns the report to run based on a
process condition, or reports can be requested
manually.
EDS reports can be generated at the client
workstations or output to the server for global
access across the system in various formatted
file types. Text files and native .rdf reports can
be saved as diagram .edf image files, comma
separated variable CSV files, and HTML pages.
Output can also be archived to the database as
native .rdf reports, diagram .edf image files, or
HTML pages. The key advantage to database
archival is the availability of the reports to all
clients.
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Process Diagram Builder
Designated users can be given a version of the
EDS terminal suite that includes additional tools
in the Process Diagram Display window for
graphics creation and editing. This version
includes functions for drawing element creation,
cut, copy, paste functions, and item
grouping/ungrouping.
The diagram builder’s drawing functions allow
for the construction of graphic elements with
lines, arcs, rectangles, and ellipses. Process
point elements produce place holders for
numeric values to be displayed during run-time.
Bars Process values are visually represented as
charts within the process graphic.
Process graphics can also be created by using
the EDS graphics source language. This
language is based on the Emerson DCS
graphics language with a syntax that is similar to
the C application programming language.
Microsoft® Excel Plug-In
EDS offers a Microsoft Excel plug-in feature
which allows users to import values from the
EDS live data function, or from archived
(historical) data sets. The point descriptions,
value, and time samples are all available, as
well as the EDS functions (99) including the
Steam Tables.
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Web Service ORACLE, Business Intelligence, and Balanced

Score Cards. Additionally, a new module of
EDS data is also available in a user-friendly
EDS, EDS Mobile, gives users the ability to view
customized portal (web application). It may be
plant data and monitor system processes from a
delivered as a customized portal or web service.
desktop operating system on a handheld device.
Detailed KPI data can be viewed by selecting
from the iconic data menu or in the drill down
plant view.

The customized portal is a fully engineered and

integrated corporate portal with additional
custom features such as Web-based reporting
systems, external database links, and O&M
functions. These data management solutions
are available on various operating systems.

EDS Mobile offers navigation through a multi-

level enterprise hierarchy spread across
different geographic locations. It presents high
level key process data but also renders technical
point information, live and historical plots, live
alarms, historical events, and live graphics on
tablets and iPads.

Current Software Features

EDS Enterprise is a dynamic product that is
often updated to reflect new functionality, new
technology features for the hardware platforms,
and new cyber security provisions. The current
EDS 9.0 includes features such as buffering at
data interface level, integration with Ovation
Historian, Microsoft Excel multi-server Executive level KPI summary and key process
connectivity, corporate solutions such as ETL for measurements. Touch screen functionality allows users
data warehousing and reporting applications like to view data for all units by dragging the screen.

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Live alarms and historical events

Easy navigation through a multi-level, custom
enterprise hierarchy across various geographic
locations. The KPI menu populates dynamic screens
detailing plant and unit data.

Live DCS graphics (Best viewed on tablets or iPad)

Process data values and descriptions

Live trends and historical plots

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