Automotive Application: The capability of modeling complex objects such as Robots using the Smart Object technology of HPI and the open connectivity to multiple subsystems through different OPC servers, means that a supervisory project in discrete manufacturing plants such as car assembly lines can be performed most elegantly in HPI environment. The out of the box connectivity of DIS servers means that a hierarchical structure of the servers with local HPI client stations can be formed as a means of producing a complete supervisory control system in a complex multi-stage manufacturing plant, integrating all the diverse parts of the plant in a unified architecture. The ability to calculate KPIs such as OEE data for manufacturing assets in real-time and generation of complex reports combining the information in databases and real-time or historical data makes HPI an ideal platform for process improvement initiatives in a discrete manufacturing plant.  

With a comprehensive library of Smart Objects for most widely used assets of process automation plants such as Pumps, Valves, Controllers etc. which can be enhanced by adding a view of EDDL-based asset management faceplates, a powerful alarm and historical subsystem and the out of the box redundancy features, HPI is well posed to serve as the supervisory platform of choice for Process Automation applications such as oil & gas upstream and downstream applications, mineral processing industries (e.g. cement plants), chemical & petrochemical industries and food industries. The possibility to define plant structures based on ISA 88 standard and producing reports per ISA 95 model, plus the capability of interfacing to ERP systems using B2MML, provides the users of HPI with an ideal platform for managing the complexities of today’s process plants.

The capability of handling hundreds of thousands of objects per server and per page gives the ability of showing a large hierarchical distribution network on the various layers of a single page.  Using Smart Objects for electrical components such as transformers, circuit breakers and lines according to IEC 61850, in addition to excellent integration of SCADA protocols such as DNP 3 and IEC 870-5-101 with redundancy on OPC-based Front End Processors (FEPs) and DIS SCADA servers means that the most critical projects can rely on HPI as their supervisor control and dispatching platform. Deployment of DIS on robust Linux servers gives the users and extra confidence on absolute reliability of the overall system.

Today’s building management systems are orchestrating complex assemblies of multiple subsystems such as security, fire alarm, HVAC and lighting along with complex elements such as elevators. The possibility of DIS to integrate various protocols through OPC aggregation means that such an integration is possible with least effort. The logics of operation can be defined by IEC 61131-3 compatible languages and operated through the HPI DIS. The alarm and reporting system’s various dispatching methods ensure that every stakeholder in a building has timely access to the critical information via a diversity of communication media.