AMS Suite Enhanced to Streamline Smart Wireless Deployment and Make Predictive Diagnostics More Powerful

March 16, 2009

AMS Device Manager 10.0 improves ease of use, featuring support for WirelessHART^TM devices and networks, alert monitoring capabilities, and advanced diagnostics through SNAP-ON^TM applications. The user interface leverages the benefits of enhanced EDDL (Electronic Device Description Language) to provide simple, graphical screens that quickly deliver important information. The new user-centric design delivers unprecedented ease of use in asset management software.

Operators and maintenance personnel rely on predictive diagnostics to make fast, informed decisions. Through AMS Suite and the PlantWeb digital plant architecture, users can improve efficiency and plant performance to achieve business goals.

Common interface for WirelessHART and wired devices. AMS Device Manager 10.0 delivers a rich set of tools to help users deploy Smart Wireless technology and access predictive diagnostics from all areas of the plant. With AMS Device Manager, users have a common interface to manage all their devices, both wired and wireless. Wireless device configuration is streamlined, and drag-and-drop functionality automates commissioning for increased efficiency and security.

Easy Smart Wireless network management. With the AMS Wireless SNAP-ON application, users can plan, customize, visualize, and manage Emerson's Smart Wireless networks. Once the wireless network is installed, the AMS Wireless SNAP-ON application also provides a comprehensive view of the network's status, enabling users to maximize reliability of the wireless network.

Enhanced management of and response to alerts. Advanced alert monitoring functionality in AMS Device Manager 10.0 allows users to better manage their predictive alerts and take targeted action. By augmenting Alert Monitor, users gain better visibility to new and existing alerts and the ability to easily filter them based on severity, location, tag, etc. When installed with DeltaV 10.3, AMS Device Manager enables users to easily access predictive diagnostics from FOUNDATION^TM fieldbus, HART, and WirelessHART devices, bringing real-time information to plant staff for fast decision-making.

Robust diagnostic deployment and display for instruments and valves. AMS Device Manager 10.0 also delivers advanced diagnostics for instruments and valves with enhanced SNAP-ON application functionality. AMS ValveLink® 10.0 displays robust valve diagnostics delivered by Fisher® FIELDVUE® digital valve controllers, allowing users to quickly identify and troubleshoot any issues. The addition of a Scheduler to the Meter Verification SNAP-ON application allows users to schedule multiple verification tests for Micro Motion® Coriolis flow and density meters.