Emerson advances software-defined automation with DeltaV 16.LTS
Emerson’s DeltaV automation platform includes the release of version 16.LTS designed to deliver software-defined automation (SDA) capabilities to its distributed control system (DCS) and integrated safety instrumented system (SIS).
“The speed of technological innovation and rise of industrial AI coupled with growing compute demands at the control layer have created an inflection point requiring a new way for companies to unify operational data and scale automation across the enterprise,” said Nathan Pettus, president of Emerson’s process systems and solutions business.
The enhanced modularity and flexibility of DeltaV is designed to enable deployment and expansion of automation systems by including access to the DeltaV IQ Controller, a fault-tolerant, modular, software-defined controller deployed in a server-based environment.
DeltaV 16.LTS also integrates intelligence via field networks, including native support for Profinet over Ethernet-APL on the DeltaV PK controller.
DeltaV Continuous Historian Elite software builds on Emerson’s AspenTech product portfolio, designed to create connectivity between the DCS and enterprise data management.
Enhancements to DeltaV Live are designed to provide a view of operations by streaming data through the DeltaV Edge Environment to support enterprise-level decision-making and situational awareness. The DeltaV Live Enterprise View is designed to allow secure, read-only access to displays outside of the control room, making it possible to serve control room data to enterprise-level consumers for trending and continuous improvement of operations. Enhancements also include web application integration that empowers users to bring third-party software applications, such as optimization tools, natively into the DeltaV control interface.
DeltaV version 16.LTS will also maintain its International Society of Automation (ISA) System Security Assurance (SSA) Level 1 (L1) certification. ISA SSA L1 certification provides third-party assurance of secure-by-design practices that meet ISA/IEC-62443-3-3 and 4-1 requirements.
