The Bridge Between Systems
Continuing our tradition of introducing innovative new solutions while maintaining compatibility with existing systems, Bristol again provides a migration path for existing customers by bridging the new ControlWave system with Network 3000 systems already in place. The network bridge is enabled by employing the open architecture technologies afforded by TCP/IP and OPC in both networks. TCP/IP allows seamless Ethernet connectivity to both networks as well as the corporate Intranet so both ControlWave and Network 3000 controllers can reside and communicate on the same LAN. Bristol’s OpenBSI OPC Server facilitates the merging of the two networks for technical, engineering and operator data access. The data source, configuration and path are completely transparent to the OPC client. Real-time data can also be passed between the two communication networks making this a total Plant Automation Management Solution.