Emerson has launched the DeltaV™ Edge Environment, a first-of-its-kind integrated software solution that extends the capabilities of the evolving DeltaV automation platform to provide an operational technology (OT) sandbox for data manipulation, analysis, organisation and more. With seamless, secure connectivity to contextualised OT data across the cloud and enterprise, teams can deploy and run applications to run critical artificial intelligence (AI) engines and analytics close to the data source. The DeltaV Edge environment enables faster operational improvements linked to productivity, sustainability and other business goals.
A highway to enterprise data access
Valuable data in intelligent devices, machines and systems is helping to enable enterprise-wide analytics, expand operational insights and feed the AI engines that are catalysing innovation. However, OT data is often trapped beneath layers of systems and networks. This adds complexity and removes meaningful context. The DeltaV Edge Environment extends the horizons of the distributed control system (DCS), creating a secure data superhighway where users can seamlessly socialise contextualised data directly with cloud and enterprise applications, while leveraging a built-in execution sandbox - a test environment for critical innovation tasks such as creating dashboards, running applications and training AI tools.
“Operations and IT increasingly rely on data from the control system to optimize production and increase intelligence for OT improvements, sustainability and other digital transformation initiatives,” said Claudio Fayad, vice president of technology for Emerson’s process systems and solutions business. “The DeltaV Edge Environment is the first step in defining the control system of the future, extending the DeltaV DCS with the capability to move data and configuration easily and securely while simultaneously empowering users to drive innovation as they safely run applications and scripts inside the DCS.”
The DeltaV Edge Environment helps production teams meet their need to more easily and securely engage with automation data and manipulate it into actionable information to steer digital transformation. A single, encrypted, outbound-only flow of data helps authorized users ensure they have constant access to near real-time data without risk of users accessing the control system—a common risk with traditional custom-engineered solutions. Users can run applications for visualization, analytics, alarm management, digital twin simulations and other needs with the contextualized data available on the DeltaV Edge Environment. OT teams will know the rich data they use is a precise replica, always up to date and fully reflective of the current operating condition.
The DeltaV Edge Environment helps production teams meet their need to more easily and securely engage with automation data and transform it into actionable information to drive digital transformation. A single, encrypted, outbound-only data stream helps ensure that authorised users have continuous access to near real-time data without the risk of users accessing the control system - a common risk with traditional custom-built solutions. Users can run applications for visualisation, analytics, alarm management, digital twin simulation and other needs with the contextualised data available in the DeltaV Edge environment. OT teams know that the rich data they are using is an accurate replica, always up to date, and fully reflective of the current operational state.
The DeltaV Edge Environment leverages open, common protocols such as OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA) to provide contextualised data, while standard application programming interfaces such as the REST API and scripting tools such as Python provide the sandbox environment in which users can develop and run applications.
