Advanced Realtime Information DEplyoment Solution

DCS HMI Solution
Advanced Real-time Information DEployment Solution

ARIDES is a specially designed DCS HMI solution that offers optimized features for plant monitoring and control. ARIDES offers many kinds of up-to-date HMI features and it can be integrated with DCS or PLC.

ARIDES is based on client-server architecture and available on Windows as well as on Linux platform. ARIDES improves whole control system performance with lower cost and shorter time because customers retrofit only old HMI software to the latest one without replacement of lifetime remaining DCS.

ARIDES HMI system has been applied to Nuclear, Thermal, Hydro, Combined cycle power plants and to various process plants. ARIDES is compatible with various kinds of DCS below :

ABB Procontrol P13/42
ABB Procontrol P14/44
Siemens Teleperm XP
Siemens Teleperm ME
MHI MIDAS 8000
GE Mark V
GE Fanuc
+ Modbus and Profibus based systems

ARIDES offers real-time data processing, various interfaces, I/O tag management, alarm management, historical data storage & retrieval (HDSR), various operation support functions, engineering tools and monitoring & control functions.

Benefits

Improved ROI
- Extension of DCS life cycle.
- Getting more ROI from existing DCS by small investment in ARIDES.

Performance and Operability
- ARIDES works with Real-time Memory Based database and offers Best Performance.
- For smooth transition to new ARIDES HMI, initially existing HMI system can be operated in parallel.

Reliability and Scalability
- Improved and Reliable DCS interface.
- Client-Server architecture on latest TCP/IP network provides higher scalability.

Historian
- Integrated historian can save several years of historical data.
- High resolution data with selection of deadband. Backup and restore to external devices.

OPC Server and Interface API
- OPC Server offers access to third party OPC enabled clients.
- Using ARIDES API an interface to any external system including ERP systems can be done.

Operational Efficiency Improvement
- Work intuitively with overall sitemap and icons from main menu.
- Experience improved system performance and speed.