DeltaV Workstations
Enhancing the operator experience with built-for-purpose solutions.
In a non-DeltaV environment, success in maintaining computers is often elusive — and expensive in time, effort, and money — due to incompatibilities between computer hardware and software. DeltaV has solved these issues by providing a variety of built-for-purpose computers specifically manufactured and tested to support DeltaV applications.
Using DeltaV workstations eliminate potential software incompatibility headaches involved in implementing and maintaining control workstations. DeltaV Workstations are only available from Emerson and are required to be used for all DeltaV Workstation deployments.
DeltaV software requires specific operating system configuration settings to provide the best performance. By using images to install Microsoft Windows, all of these settings are automatically configured and do not require any manual operating system setup to support the proper installation of DeltaV software. Any unique hardware such as network interface cards and video cards are preinstalled and tested with DeltaV software — reducing time and effort in deploying the system.
The images install only those O/S applications required for the DeltaV system. This is an important element for security as it significantly reduces the “attack surface” of the computer. If non-certified computers are used, all of this required installation and configuration must be done manually. In addition it may be necessary to actually reinstall the O/S to ensure that only the minimum set of applications are installed.
DeltaV Workstations using multi-monitors require specific video cards, drivers, and management software to support the DeltaV Operator interface applications. Using untested or unsupported video cards will result in poor performance and possible undesired operator interface situations (such as operator dialogues appearing incorrectly and on inconsistent locations on the monitors).