Product Management, Control Systems

Symphony Harmony
Harmony OPC Server
Version 6.0
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Harmony OPC Server
Overview

 Is the ABB O.E.M. supported OPC interface to the

Symphony/Harmony INFI 90 Distributed Control System. This
is the recommended product to connect external host computer
applications to the DCS.
 Supports Symphony/Harmony INFI 90 DCS equipment
(past/present).
 HOPC is the evolution path for ‘stand alone’ Host Computer
interfaces that were previously deployed with custom Harmony
drivers (semAPI or CIU subroutine based).
 Harmony OPC Server is in the ACTIVE lifecycle phase and is
included in the ABB’s Automation Sentinel Program.
 Compatible with - Windows 7 Enterprise and Server 2008 32/64
bit operating systems with the latest updates.
 Is FULLY Certified - passed all mandatory tests within the OPC
Foundation Compliance Test Tool (CTT) – Data Access 2.05a.

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Harmony OPC Server
Product Features

 Provides secure, fast and efficient OPC connectivity

between the ABB Harmony Distributed Control System
(DCS) and OPC Clients.
 Supports all Harmony Tag Types and Computer Interface
Modules – tiered licensing - up to 30,000 Harmony tags.
 Supports Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM)
communication to allow for remote client connections from
anywhere on the network.
 Enables OPC Clients to subscribe to Harmony control
system points providing read/write access in real time
using the OPC Data Access custom interface.

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Harmony OPC Server
New Product Features in version 6.0
 Support for the Remote Motor Control Block (FC 136).
 Ability to set write security on a per tag basis to prevent
clients from writing to a tag.
 Full Tag licensing enhancement – each tag license
supports subscriptions to any applicable tag.item.
 Support for the PNI800 module.
 Ability to throttle Remote Manual Set Constant and Remote
Control Motor.
 Addition of TRIGGER atom to BlockTune and BlockOutput
tag types. The Trigger atom causes the HOPC server to
immediately call the required ICI function then waits for the
ICI to reply.
 Benefit – This is a toggled feature that enhances
HOPC’s performance with client applications that
require exclusive or high performance use of the Read
Block Output function.
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Harmony OPC Server
Features
 Supports the BRC410 (serial), IET800 (ethernet).
 Support for Read Block Output and Tune Function Blocks.
 Harmony OPC Tag Explorer application.
 USB dongle or Ethernet address licensing.

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Harmony OPC Server
Features
 Time Synchronization: Support of
Master or Slave Time Synchronization of
the Symphony Harmony INFI 90
Distributed Control System.
 Online and Offline Utilities: provides
additional features and functions to
manage the Harmony OPC database and
monitor online operations.
 Advanced Control Applications
Support: Advanced Control Applications
which require the use of the Station
(Function code 80) Computer mode is
fully supported.
 Report Tag Extensions: Support for
feedback atoms (RMSCEx, and
StationEx).

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Harmony OPC Server
Features
 Multiple Instances - up to four instances of the HOPC Server
can be executed in a single computer.
 Benefit – Reduces the hardware footprint (PC’s) required
to support multiple DCS interfaces. Can reduce OPC client
licensing requirements (depending on the client licensing
scheme).
 Enhanced redundancy - HOPC redundancy is fully achieved
when using redundant ICI’s, redundant OPC Servers,
redundant OPC Data Links, and third party OPC Servers
servicing foreign devices.
 Enable/Disable Exception Filtering (Screening) -
enables/disables exception reports generated by changing
data to be processed.
 Benefit – To support regulatory guidelines which require a
‘guaranteed’ data update rate for process monitoring
applications.
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Harmony OPC Server
Enhanced Redundancy Support
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Serial, Serial,
Ethernet, Ethernet,
or SCSI Redundant or SCSI

Ethernet
Harmony OPC Server (Primary) Harmony OPC Server (Redundant)
HOPC Status,Config,Imports
Data

Data
OPC Data Link Synchronization

OPC Data Link (Primary)

Redundant OPC Data Link (Redundant)
Ethernet
Data

Data
OPC Server OPC Server (Redundant)

Foreign Foreign
Controller Controller
Ethernet

Ethernet
Private Network

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Harmony OPC Server
Online Utility
 Verify / Activate functionality (online configuration changes
supported)
 Backup configuration
 Online Monitoring of HOPC functions – includes status of
connected OPC Clients and connected tag items.

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Harmony OPC Server
Offline Utility
 Supports configuration version control.
 Add/Delete/Modify Tags in the Harmony OPC
Configuration.
 Tag Import/Merge - There are three options - *.cfg
for current HOPC database types, *.ttg for
Composer tag types and *.txt for previous HOPC
version types.
 Verify operation is used to perform consistency
checks on the tag configuration ensuring unique
tag names.
 Computer Interface Memory Usage provides the
approximate resource utilization within the ICI.
 Used to configure the tags which reference
exception reporting blocks in the Harmony system.
Additionally, internal status tags, and export tags
can be configured.

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Harmony OPC Server
Feature Comparison - Platforms

Harmony OPC Server Competitor OPC Server for

Bailey / Harmony Systems

Supported Platforms

OPC Compliance OPC 1.0A, 2.0, 2.05a OPC 1.0A, 2.0, 2.05a

OEM Product Yes - Global ABB Product - fully No - not supported by ABB
supported via Automation
Sentinel Product - Maintain Plus
subscription provides evolution
license from semAPI
installations

Operating Systems
Version 6.0
Windows 7 Enterprise (32 bit) √ √
Windows Server 2008 (32 bit) √ √
Windows 7 Enterprise (64 bit) √ ?
Windows Server 2008 (64 bit) √ ?
Version 4.0
XP √ √
Server 2003 √ √

Runs as Windows Service √ √

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Harmony OPC Server
Feature Comparison – Interfaces/Controllers

Harmony OPC Server Competitor OPC Server for

Bailey / Harmony Systems

Licensing

Licensing model Based on Harmony Tags 250 blocks (2 clients), 5000

(unlimited clients) - 100, 250, 500, blocks (4 clients), Unlimited
1000, 2500,5000,10000,
20000,30000

Interfaces

semAPI Yes - bundled in 4.0 Χ

HAPI Yes - bundled in 6.0 Χ
INICT12 √ √
INICT03 √ √
INICT13A √ √
INICI800 (Ethernet CIU) √ Χ
PNI800 (Ethernet) √ Χ

Controllers Supported

BRC100 √ √
BRC300 √ √
BRC400 √ √
HPG800/BRC410 √ Χ
HPC800 √ Χ

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Harmony OPC Server
Feature Comparison – DCS Tag Types

Harmony OPC Server Competitor OPC Server for

Bailey / Harmony Systems

DCS Tag Types Suported

Analog/AnalogEx √ √
AnalogIn √ √
AnalogOut √ √
ASCIIString √ √
BLOCKOUTPUT √
BLOCKTUNE √ √
DAANG √ √
DADIG √ √
DD √ √
DEMUXDigitalEx √ Χ
Digital/DigitalEX √ √
DigitalIn √ √
DigitalOut √ √
ModStatus √ √
MSDD √ √
RCM/RCMEx √ √
RMCB √ √
RMSC/RMSCEx √ √
Station/StationEx √ √
TextSelector √ √

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Harmony OPC Server
Feature Comparison – Importing/Exporting

Harmony OPC Server Competitor OPC Server for

Bailey / Harmony Systems

Features
Redundancy √ √
Time Sync √ √

Importing / Exporting Cfg file

*.ttg (Composer file) √ Χ
*.cfg √ Χ
*.txt √ Χ
*.ucf √ Χ
*.csv Χ √

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Harmony OPC Server
3rd Party – Process Historian Connection Example
 Typical Host Computer interfaces to Symphony Harmony Systems
are for Process Historian applications.
 Generally Process Historians consist of an interface (scanner)
computer connected to the DCS and a separate Historian server
which acts as a central repository for process data from any number
of systems.
 The most common 3rd Party Process Historians are OSI PI and
Aspentech IP.21.
 Previously a ‘custom’ interface driver was developed by either the
external vendor or ABB and utilized ABB’s semAPI software to
communicate with the DCS.
 An excellent evolution path is to utilize ABB’s latest interface product
(IET800) and the Harmony OPC server.

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Harmony OPC Server
3rd Party – Process Historian Evolution Example

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Harmony OPC Server
3rd Party – Multiple Host Computer Example

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Harmony OPC Server
Why upgrade your Host Computer Interfaces?
 Many Host Computer interfaces are using PC Hardware and
Software that is no longer supported (i.e. Windows NT). You cannot
replace a failed computer without a significant software upgrade.
 Evolve from older interface technologies (RS-232 and SCSI) to
ethernet. SCSI technology is VERY hard to support as many
manufacturers no longer support their SCSI products (i.e. PCI
interface cards and SCSI extenders)
 Eliminate the need for ‘custom’/proprietary interface drivers from 3rd
party vendors. It’s always wise to use O.E.M. software on your DCS
systems.
 Improve Host Computer interface performance using OPC and
ethernet interfaces to your DCS.

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