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• Optimisedforwidescreendisplays• InformationpresentedonboardintheStatusPanelisreplicatedontheRDSsectionofABBFleetPortaltoprovideconsistentnotificationtobothoffshoreandonshorecustomerteams.

• Thestatuspanelisonlyvisibleonboardforcus-tomerswithServiceLevel3–RDSPrediction

Condition monitoring of rotating equipmentTheDiagnosticsforMachine(D4Machines)pack-agehasbeengreatlyimprovedwithtwomainareasofdevelopment:

1.Introductionofanewdataacquisitionhard-waresolutionforonlineconditionmonitoringofcriticalrotatingmachinery.

2.PilotinganewconceptofModularTool–mul-ti-sensordataacquisitiontoolforconditionmonitoringofLVrotatingequipment

Ad(1)Theonlinesolutionforconditionmonitor-ingofcriticalmachineryreceivedanewhardwareplatformforsignalsacquisition.Provenandwidelytestedinvariousindustriesandapplication,theABBAC500based,highlyspecialiseddataacquis-itioncomponentshavebeenchosenandintegratedwiththeRDSsystem.WithitspilotdeploymentonboardPGSRamformHyperion,thenewconceptprovedtobefullyoperational.SimilartopreviousreleaseofD4Machinesconcept,measurementsfromAC500CMSsystemaretriggedbyRDSunderpreciselydefinedoperatingconditionstonormal-isethecalculationresults.Someoftherawreadings

andendresultsareautomaticallysenttoourSer-viceCenterdatabasestofeedperiodicreports.Themainhighlightsofthenewreleaseareasfollows:

• AC500ConditionMonitoringPackageconsist-ingofPM592CPUandFM502inputmoduleformnewRDSdataacquisitionunit

• Thesystemfacilitatessignalscollectionfromupto16I/Ochannelsacquiredsimultaneouslywithmaximum50kHzsamplingfrequency

• Inputchannelsre-configured‘on-the-fly’byRDSsystemstypicallyreadsignalsfromaccelero-meters(IEPE)and+/−10Vvoltagesignaloutfromcurrentclampsandvoltageprobes

• Extendablewithstandard,16-channelAImod-uleforadditionalhard-wiredinputsignalssuchastemperatures

• InstalledinsidetheRDSmarinecabinetformsaportfoliooffourdifferentoptionsfittedfornormalandextremeconditionofinstallation,dependingonthevibrationlevelofthemachineandtheinstallationlocationofthecabinet

Ad(2)Year2016broughtsignificanteffortinfurtherproductdevelopmentandmarketintroductionofModularTool–acosteffectivehand-heldsolutionforRDSconditionmonitoringofLVrotatingequipment.Conceptualisedandresearchedinpreviousyears,thetoolwassuc-cessfullyintegratedwiththeRDSsystemin2016.AllanalyticsprovidedwiththetoolaredeployedintheonboardRDSsystemandlaunchedauto-maticallyeachtimeitisconnectedtoRDSPC.

Afterfundamentalimprovementsandchangesintheback-endandserversidefunctionality,in2016theRDSsystemhasbeensubjecttomajormodificationsrelatedtoitspresentationlayer.Inordertofulfillrequirementsof‘commonABBMar-ineOnboardUserInterface’lookandfeel,atotallynewdesignoftheRDSmainviewwasintroduced.ABBMarinegraphicaldesignersworkedcloselywithsystemuserstocreateavisualdesignthatwillinheritthebestfunctionalitiesfromthepre-viousRDSreleaseanddeploythemaccordingtothenewphilosophyofuser-machineinteractionthatistobecommonforalltypesofonboardsystemsdeliveredfromABB(e.g.automation,voyageoptimisationanddiagnostics).Theiter-ativeprocessofdiscussions,specificationand

incrementalimplementationallowedbuildingthenewRDSUIwithfocusonusersatisfactionandergonomics.Onthetechnologyside,communic-ationbetweendataserverandpresentationlayerhasbeenimproveddrasticallybyintroducingfastandultra-lightmessagingprotocol.Graphicalele-mentsarebasedonworld’sbestUIframeworkssuchasTelerikandSCICHART.MainfeaturesofnewRDSUserInterfaceareasfollows:

• Consistentpresentationofinformationfromthelevelofequipmentstatusandanalyticsresultsthroughdetailedalarmandeventdescription,totheleveloftimeseriestrendsandhighfre-quencysampledsignaltransientsandloggers

• Twodifferentwaysofaggregatinginformation,e.g.byassettypes(drives,motors,generators)andsystemtypes(e.g.portsidedrivetrain,powersystem,etc.)

• StatusPanelwiththreelevelsofdrill-downnavigationallowsusertoquicklyassesstheconditionofmonitoredequipmentinrealtime

• AlarmPanelandTrendPanelwithdetailedalarmlistandadvancedplottingcontrolsfacilitiesfastfaulttracing–acorefeatureforinternal,ABBusersofthesystem

• Embeddedroles-basedmechanismgovernspresentationofcertaininformationonlytoprivilegedusers

• NosoftwareengineeringrequiredtoredesignthecontentofStatus,AlarmandTrendpanels

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ABB Ability™ Marine Remote Diagnostic System Release 5.2 Software and hardware technology upgrade, new functionality, simplified commissioning, scalable infrastructure for IT service centres.

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JARoSlAw NowAkGlobal Product Specialist, Equipment Analytics,PG Servicejaroslaw.nowak@no.abb.com

YAgo PARRoNDoR&D Product Manageryago.parrondo@no.abb.com

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Acoustic,vibration,magneticandtachometerre-cordingsacquiredbythetoolareprocessedwiththenumberofspecialisedalgorithmstogivehighlevelindicationabouttheconditionofthemotorbearings,rotorandmechanicalinstallation.PilotinstallationofprototypedevicewasdoneinJanu-ary2017onboardthePGSRamformHyperionandreceivedverygoodfeedbackfromendcustomer.

RDS Cyber security enhancements• FullycompliantwithABBcybersecurityrequire-ments

• EncryptedtrafficfromshiptoshoreusingABB’stechnologyRemoteAccessPlatform(RAP)

• DSACandhardeningforonboardRDSinfra-structure

• Firewalledfromshipnetwork-thevessel’snet-workissecuredfromoutside(Internet)byafire-wallwhichisbydefaultconfiguredonlytoallowfortrafficrequiredforABBRemoteAccessPlat-formandsetuptopassonlydedicatedpredefineddataconnectionsandblockallothertraffic

Enhanced portfolio of monitored assets and analytics• ConnectortoACS880drives• Turbochargersmonitoringandanalytics• Infraredtemperaturemonitoringanddia-gnosticsforMVpowersystems

• IntegrationwithABB800xAandAssetOptimiser• PredictionalgorithmsforMVdrivewatercool-ingsystem

Improved IT serviceabilityForinternalusersandRDSITmaintenanceteamsinparticular.RDSversion5.2comeswithnew

functionalitiesthatsimplifyandacceleratetheprocessofRDSsoftwareupgradeandreconfigur-ation.WithseveralyearsofexperienceonremotetroubleshootingandmaintenanceofRDS,whatprovedtobeparticularlytroublesomeforourITteamwere2typesofoperations:

1.UpdateofsoftwaretypicallyrequiringtransferoftheentireRDSinstaller,reachingmorethan100MBinsize

2.ReconfigurationofRDSusingconfigurationscreens

Bothaboveactivities,perhapstrivialtaskswhenworkingonalocaldesktopcomputer,becomeachallengeiftheremoteconnectiontoonboardRDSstationsisusingaveryweaksatellitecon-nectionwithverylimitedbroadbandcapacity.Inthosecases,asingleclickofmousetochangetheconfigurationmaytakedozensofsecondsandthetransferofinstallationfiles,ifpossibleatall,maytakeseveraldays.

ThefirstproblemwassolvedbychangingthereleaseandbuildphilosophyofRDS.Fromversion5.2,eachandeverymaintenanceorproductionreleaseofthesoftwarecomeswiththepairoffull.msiinstaller.msppatchfiles.Asaresult,inordertoupgradethesoftwareversionbetweenminorver-sions,transferofamaximum2MBfileontothesiteisneeded,or50timeslessthanpreviouslyrequired.

New diagnostics functionalities in RDS 5.2ContinuousinnovationonexistingsolutionsandnewerproductsdeliveredtocustomersrequiresRDStoconstantlyadapttomarketneedsand

providestate-of-the-artmonitoringsolutionsthatmatchequipmentinstalledonboardthemostsophisticatedvessels.AdditionaldriveshavebeenincorporatedintothealreadyexistingD4Propul-siondiagnosticspackage,includingACS1000,ACS800,ACS880andDCS800usedinDCgridprojects.Inordertoprovidebetterconditionmonitoringofcircuitbreakersandcontactors,anewclientlibrarybasedonIEC61850MMSpro-tocolisbeingdevelopedtointerfaceRELIONpro-tectionrelaysinstalledinMVswitchboards,whichwillsignificantlyincreasethevolumeofsignalsbeingrecorded,andwillenablefurtheradvancedanalytics.Forexample,monitoringthetotalnum-berofopening/closingcycles,loadofoperations,shortcircuitsandfaults,etc.,willhelptodeterm-inethelifeexpectancyofacircuitbreaker.

Thankstothemodularapproachofstandard-isedmodulesconnectedtodifferentequipment,RDSisabletoexpanditsdiagnosticsportfolio

andregularlyadapttobrand-newequipment.Withcurrently>45differentdiagnosticssolutionsinstalledinabout600automationPCs,ABBisabletoremotelymonitorapproximately100ves-selswithservicecontracts.Hardware and platform upgradeTheincreasingamountofassetsbeingmon-itored,andhigher-enddiagnosticssolutionswithonboardedgeanalytics,requiremoreresourcesfromtheautomationPCsandpanelPCsrunningRDSsoftware.Within2017,allcomputerswillbedeliveredwithanincreased8GBRAMmemory(previously4GBRAM)with64-bitWindows10operatingsystem.Theseupgradesnotonlycon-tributeforbetterperformanceanduserexper-ience,butalsoextendtheserviceabilityoftheequipmentandeliminatehardwareconstraintsthatcouldlimitfuturesoftwaredevelopmentactivities.

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