DeltaV Distributed Control System Product Data Sheet

November 2019

Operator Station Software Suite

„„Robust and secure plant operations

„„Real-time and historical-trend display

„„Integrated system and device diagnostics

Operate your distributed control system at the DeltaV™

Operator Station.

Introduction
Do you want to operate your distributed control system with a
user-friendly interface, state-of-the-art graphics, real-time and
historical trending capabilities, process alarms prioritized by the
user, and system-wide, built-in security?

Run your distributed control system using the DeltaV™

Operator Station. An Operator Station is made up of the
Operator Station Software Suite and the DeltaV hardware
to run it. Take advantage of single-click access to graphics,
directories, and other applications.

You get the most for your investment with the DeltaV Operator
Station. This additional, independent operator station provides
full operations capability for your DeltaV system. DeltaV Live provides complete, interactive graphics.

If you are looking for an easy-to-use, plant-aware, operator

workstation for your process control system, then the DeltaV Benefits
Operator Station is for you. The DeltaV Operator Station can be
Robust and secure plant operation. Every DeltaV workstation
either remotely or directly connected to your DeltaV system.
has direct access to all operating information, from the current
process values and operating displays to having alarms with the
proper alarm priority, timestamp and alarm help.
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Operators are provided with a powerful environment for Integrated system and device diagnostics. The DeltaV system
process operation, with built-in features for easy information offers an integrated approach to diagnostics with the look
access and situation analysis. Standard displays, faceplates and and feel of the Windows Explorer. No longer do you have to
detail displays provide a consistent operating philosophy. remember which diagnostics package to use or how to work
each package—critical when the plant operation depends on
Built-in, reliable features such as prioritized alarms and user
immediate diagnosis of the situation.
security increase usability. Easily customize the standard
operating desktop to fit your specific operational philosophies When your DeltaV process automation system is up and
and work preferences. running, use the Operator Station to monitor, troubleshoot,
and maintain your process.
Use the unique DeltaV Flexlock feature to securely lock
operators into the DeltaV system, limiting user access to only Remotely operate with your Operator Station Software Suite
the applications that you chose, while also giving engineers the with DeltaV Remote Client or DeltaV Remote Access Service.
ability to access Windows applications, as needed.

Real-time and historical trends. Easily monitor your process

over time. Track today, yesterday, or a year ago by simply
scrolling forward or backward with History View. Real-time
and historical data are seamlessly combined into a single view.

Toolbar
for quick
navigation

Main Display
includes
alarms and
historical charts

Alarm banner
shows highest
priority alarms

Display color themes and a library of faceplates and dynamos facilitate a quick start.

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Product Description High-resolution operator graphics allow extensive detail and

flexibility in the way information is displayed. Built-in, reliable
Powerful operator applications allow you to easily monitor operations features such as prioritized alarms and security
and control the process, manage alarms and view events and increase usability.
historical trends. Whether remotely or directly connected
DeltaV Operate provides a powerful graphics environment for
to the DeltaV system, the Operator Station Software Suite
process operation, with built-in features for easy and direct
provides the same capabilities.
information access. Whether you are viewing the highest-
Each workstation independently manages its own alarms and priority alarm, the next display, related historical information
data access. This includes alarm information such as when the or detailed tag information, operator navigation is consistent
alarm occurred, whether the alarm is suppressed and even the and intuitive.
current Alarm Help is maintained locally. With DeltaV, there is
DeltaV Live is Emerson’s new modern, built-for-purpose
no additional server PC, or other intermediary required to be
operations experience that was introduced with DeltaV
able to operate your plant.
v14.3. The DeltaV Live Premium license tier is available for
Individual users can have specific privileges that determine the Operator Station with v14.3, and the Standard tier will be
which functions (e.g., operate and tune) they are allowed to included with the Operator Station software suite in 14.3.1.
perform and which parameters they are allowed to change. Please refer to the DeltaV Live product data sheet here for
These user privileges can have a defined span of control, more details.
enabling the privileges to be tailored to certain plant areas.
Standard displays, faceplates, detail displays and operations
Each Operator Station can be limited to certain plant areas for layouts for both single and dual monitors provide a consistent
viewing and operating. This security feature can be defined for operating philosophy. With DeltaV Operate, you have the
an individual station, as well as for specific users. Use the DeltaV option to use the standard library, or create your own to meet
exclusive Flexlock to ensure that operators remain dedicated your specific needs.
to monitoring, troubleshooting, and maintaining the process
Alarm prioritization, presentation and management focus
according to plant operating philosophies.
the operator on the most important alarms. The alarm
Operator log on and log off are performed without needing banner provides constant visibility and access to the highest-
to close DeltaV Operate, or any other DeltaV application. The priority alarms.
DeltaV system automatically recognizes the different user and
History View Software Suite gives you a simple, integrated
adjusts the user privileges accordingly.
method of defining charts and monitoring your historical
and real-time trend data on your DeltaV workstations.
History View provides several types of charts to match
your viewing requirements.

Log on and off of the DeltaV system without disruption.

View Historical charts with Process History View.

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The Process History View e-Chart provides an integrated view of DeltaV Diagnostics lets you quickly know the status of you
historical trend information along with the events that occurred control system and intelligent field devices. Diagnostics
on that tag during the same time interval. information is included not only for your DeltaV Workstations,
Control Network, Controller, and I/O, but also includes support
The DeltaV system brings a new level of historian integration
for AS-i, DeviceNet, Profibus DP, Hart and Foundation™ fieldbus
to automation history and control. Each control module, the
intelligent devices.
fundamental building block of your control strategy, maintains
the historical configuration information for all of its parameters. Taking advantage of smart field devices, DeltaV Diagnostics
Operators have one click access to the historical information for lets you look at information from internal device diagnostics
a tag and can easily create their own historical charts on-the-fly. to communications statistics–all from your desktop.

When historical information is important for day to day

operation, historical charts can be embedded into the operator
displays, improving operator productivity by placing the
information right where it is needed and eliminates the
need to launch separate historical trend charts.

With the appropriate system licenses, operators can add and

operate batches, as well as view batch status from DeltaV
Operate. Operators can also enter comments and answer
prompts related to active batches.

Diagnose the DeltaV system and intelligent devices.

Flexlock. Use the exclusive DeltaV Flexlock to ensure that

operators remain dedicated to monitoring, troubleshooting,
and maintaining the process according to plant operating
philosophies. Operators are locked in to their system
responsibilities so that nothing can preempt their duties.

Continuous Historian. The included Continuous Historian

can collect history locally on this workstation. You can have
Integrated batch operation. additional Continuous Historians on other workstations. You
can view continuous, event, or batch historical data, regardless
Display configuration for DeltaV Operate is included. of the DeltaV workstation collecting the data. This allows you
Display configuration is intuitive and designed for process to centralize or decentralize your historical collection.
control. Display configuration is loaded with pre-defined
functionality such as faceplates, trends, alarm summaries The following software applications are included
and display directories. Predefined functionality also includes in the Operator Station Software Suite.
Human Centered Design (HCD) display components, which
For detailed information about the following applications,
follow recommendations and guidelines from the Center for
refer to the appropriate product data sheet:
Operator Performance (COP) and ISA 101.1 standards, including
dynamos geared specifically for Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 or
4 displays.

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„„ DeltaV Continuous Historian. A 250-parameter DeltaV „„ AMS Device Manager Client SC for device status. Provides
Continuous Historian is included with every DeltaV the ability to view the status of HART and Foundation fieldbus
workstation. This includes the ability for up to 250 analog, devices (license from AMS Suite: Intelligent Device Manager
discrete, and text parameters and their status to be captured required for configuration capability).
and stored for future analysis.
„„ Campaign Manager Operator Interface. The interface used
by the operator to create and control campaign execution.
For DeltaV v12.3.1 and newer, three scale-up licenses are
available that enable up to 3,250 parameters of DeltaV „„ DeltaV Operate for Batch. Batch Controls allow you to
Continuous Historian capacity on any non-Application Station operate your batches from the same DeltaV Operate
node, including the operator workstation: environment used to monitor and control your process.

• VE22UPS042OP1 – DeltaV Continuous Historian, „„ DeltaV InSight. Control performance monitoring and loop
Enable 1,250 Parameters tuning application embedded in DeltaV. Identifies control
problems and improves control performance with automatic
• VE22UPS042OP2 – DeltaV Continuous Historian,
process learning, loop diagnostics, on-demand and adaptive
Scaleup from 1,250 to 2,250 Parameters
tuning, and automatic report generation.
• VE22UPS042OP3 – DeltaV Continuous Historian,
Scaleup from 2,250 to 3,250 Parameters

„„ DeltaV Operate. High performance operator graphics,

trends and alarms offered in standard operating layouts
and utilizing system-wide built-in security.

„„ DeltaV Live - Standard Tier. In DeltaV v14.3.1, the

Standard licensing tier will be available and includes all the
functionality equivalent to DeltaV Operate (runtime and
configure), with some enhancements and additions.

„„ DeltaV Reporter. View, analyze and report historical

process and alarm and event data from the DeltaV
Continuous Historian and the Event Chronicle in your
copy of Microsoft Excel.

„„ Diagnostics. Facilitates checking the overall health of your Use DeltaV Insight for Performance Monitoring.
system and quickly resolving system hardware, software,
and configuration issues. „„ DeltaV Predict and PredictPro. Model Predictive Control
„„ Dual Monitor. DeltaV Operate support of two screens for (MPC) provides multivariable control and optimization
monitoring your process. for small and large applications. Includes off-line model
identification and simulation, plus on-line MPC with
„„ Flexlock. Creates dual desktops on a single workstation operator interface.
to ensure that operators remain dedicated to monitoring,
troubleshooting, and maintaining the process according to „„ History View Suite. Additionally monitor your plant’s
plant operating philosophies while also giving engineers the batch data—historically and in real time.
ability to access restricted areas as needed.
Operation-related Product Options
„„ History View Suite. Monitor your plant’s continuous and
event data—historically and in real time. (Not included with To enhance your Operator Station, the following options may
View Only Operator Station - VE2110) be added:

DeltaV Live - Premium Tier. In order to take advantage of

Products included with appropriate the DeltaV Live Premium tier features, each workstation
system licenses that will run DeltaV Live will require a DeltaV Live Operations
Premium Performance Pack license (VE2104P01).
When the appropriate system licenses are included in your
DeltaV system, the following applications are provided:

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The following runtime features are included in the Premium „„ DeltaV Excel Add-in. OPC Data Access client application
tier of DeltaV Live, but they are not included in the providing read/write access to DeltaV real-time information
Standard tier: in your copy of Microsoft Excel.

• Use of more than 2 content languages in runtime „„ DeltaV InSight Basic. Basic control performance monitoring
(up to 8 are supported) and on-demand loop tuning application available for a single
DeltaV workstation. This option is only applicable when
• Watch areas
DeltaV InSight is not included on your system.
• Alarm rollups

• Display hierarchy navigation Configuration-related Product Options

„„ Alarm Help. Provides Operators with in-context access to To enhance your Operator Station, the following options may
approved alarm response procedures and Control Engineers be added:
with native system configuration capability to administer „„ AMS Device Manager Client SC. Add full configuration of
alarm rationalization data per ISA-18.2 - Management of HART and Foundation Fieldbus devices using AMS Device
Alarm Systems for the Process Industries. Manager Server Plus located on a different workstation
„„ Control Studio On-line. Graphically monitor and (license from AMS Suite: Intelligent Device Manager
troubleshoot running control strategies. required for configuration capability).

„„ DeltaV Event Chronicle. Captures process, system and „„ Configuration Software Suite. Makes it easy to create
user alarms and events and stores them in a Microsoft SQL Control Strategies and System Graphics to get your plant
Server database. up and running quickly and efficiently.

„„ DeltaV Four-Monitor Workstation. DeltaV Operate support „„ Recipe Studio. Add powerful yet simple to use application for
of up to four screens to monitor your process. Refer to graphically configuring recipes (with formulas) for successful
Workstation Hardware for workstation requirements. batch production.

Ordering Information
Description Model Number

Operator Station Software Suite, Full Span of Control* VE2104

Operator Station Software Suite, Zero Span of Control* VE2104S0000

Operator Station, View-Only** - DeltaV v12.3 and Later Only VE2110

DeltaV Live Operations Premium Performance Pack License VE2104P01

*Span of Control is defined by how many DSTs can be assigned the Alarms and Events of a workstation (e.g., Full Span of Control = 30,000 DSTs)

**No Span of Control is included with, or may be added to, the Operator Station View-Only product. Additionally, no alarms will appear in the workstation’s/session’s
alarm banner or alarm list displays; no events will be accumulated in an Event Chronicle if enabled/licensed on the workstation. The Operator Station, View-Only may not be
assigned to nodes/sessions that already have another type of workstation license (e.g. Operator Station Software Suite, Full Span of Control) assigned. All other license bundles
intended for Operator Station type nodes may be assigned on top of the Operator Station, View-Only license to increase the capabilities of the workstation (e.g. “Excel Add-In”,
“History View”).

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Related Products „„ ProfessionalPLUS Station Software Suite. Centralized

operations, engineering, configuration database and
Related Software Products diagnostics on a DeltaV workstation.

„„ Application Station Software Suite. Integrate DeltaV with Related Hardware Products
3rd party systems and applications on a DeltaV workstation. „„ DeltaV Workstation Hardware. Select from a variety
Includes a scalable DeltaV Continuous Historian and DeltaV of PC and server hardware, tested and preloaded with
OPC Data Access server. DeltaV software.
„„ Base Station. Centralized DeltaV applications, where the „„ Touchscreen. Allows displays to interact directly to
combination of applications included are user selected on a operators' touch.
DeltaV workstation.

„„ DeltaV Remote Access Service. Enables communications Prerequisites

to a remote DeltaV workstation.
„„ This software suite must be loaded onto a DeltaV
„„ DeltaV Remote Client. Remotely connect to your DeltaV
workstation. A variety of hardware is available to meet your
system using thin-client technology
specific requirements. Refer to the DeltaV Workstation
„„ DeltaV Web Server. Enables web-based viewing of operator Hardware Product Data Sheet.
displays and historical data.
„„ One ProfessionalPLUS Station is required for each DeltaV
„„ Maintenance Station Software Suite. Centralized system system. Refer to the ProfessionalPLUS Station Software Suite
and device maintenance, including device calibration, device Product Data Sheet.
and hardware alerts and diagnostics on a DeltaV workstation.
„„ Use of the DeltaV Reporter or DeltaV Excel Add-in products
„„ Professional Station Software Suite. Centralized require a copy of Microsoft Excel (provided by others).
operations, engineering and diagnostics on a
DeltaV workstation.

„„ DeltaV Engineering Seat Software Suite. Access to

engineering tools on-demand from a DeltaV workstation
or Remote Client session.

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