Lift plant performance with ECS/ControlCenter process control
Our ECS/ControlCenter™ process control solution gives you complete and reliable control of your plant. Hardware agnostic, with state-of-the-art cybersecurity protection, the software is flexible and user-friendly, lifting performance, while allowing easier troubleshooting for your operators and engineers.
Optimise your operation with user-friendly process control software
In today’s landscape of rising costs, increasingly stiff competition, and rising environmental pressures, you need a reliable control system now, more than ever. Our ECS/ControlCenter process control solution offers just that. The product of more than 40 years of innovation in process control and engineering, it’s designed to deliver secure and reliable performance based on your needs, delivering the most advanced yet simple-to-use solution on the market.
Complete and reliable plant process automation
Process control by process experts
We’ve designed the ECS/ControlCenter process control solution with a range of features that support your operators run the plant, consistently, day in, day out.
DCS functionality with PLC flexibility
Based on our PLC-brand agnostic ECS/ACESYS™ advanced standard function block library, the ECS/ControlCenter system offers a hybrid solution, combining the benefits of traditional DCS systems with the flexibility of modern PLC/SCADA systems.
Inbuilt data historian
The inbuilt data historian logs all process, alarm, and event data for one year at full resolution, using a ‘swinging door’ algorithm, which logs data only when it changes to preserve disk space. Longer time horizons are possible with an optional ECS/PlantDataManagement server.
Trend anything any time
All analogue and digital signals and statuses are logged automatically and continuously. This data can be presented in any combination as trend curves, with the ability to compare up to 16 signals in the same view. Pick from pre-built trend packages, build your own, or simply drag and drop tags onto the trend screen from the HMI without the need for an engineer or admin user. The trend system is responsive, with most trends opening within 1-3 seconds; trends data can also easily be exported to a file for further data analysis.
Fast fault detection
The software provides the tools you need to find faults quickly. Your operators and maintenance staff have access to comprehensive information, such as alarm and events, diagnostics, interlocks, trends and statistics, to help them identify the problem and act.
Simple reporting and data export
SQL reporting tools provide a simple interface to basic reporting functionalities, which can be configured with any analogue value or digital status and scheduled for automatic printing or export as required. Data export queries from the SQL database can also be scheduled or triggered by an event, which can be used prompt actions, such as sending a SMS, email, or workplace notification, or playing a sound.
Interoperability and AI integration
Our software easily integrates with other systems, both onsite and Cloud-based, including ERP and data historian systems, via open communication standards. There’s also seamless integration with open-source AI and data analytics tools, such as Jupyter Notebook and Python.
