Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces the release of the latest version of OpreX™ collaborative information server (CI server), a product in the OpreX Control and Safety System family, with enhancements that streamline application assembly and improve external connectivity.
OpreX collaborative information server brings together large volumes of data from various plant equipment and systems to enable the optimized management of production activities across an entire enterprise, and provide the environment needed to remotely monitor and manage operations from any location and make swift decisions.
Main features
- Addition of CI gateway component
In this release, a new component, CI gateway, has been added. Compared to the previous version, this allows for simpler and more flexible implementation, making it easier to deploy the OpreX collaborative information server as a dedicated gateway.
- Support of RESTful API
The RESTful API is a standard web application interface that is widely used in IT applications. With this release, it is now possible to access OpreX collaborative information server data via the RESTful API. This facilitates access to operational technology (OT) data and leads to closer convergence between IT and OT systems, thereby realizing seamless integration and the efficient use of data. For example, it is now possible to construct a general-purpose web browser-based KPI dashboard that aggregates and displays data from various systems.
- Enhanced IEC 61850 communication driver
The enhanced support for this standard enables users to select safer interactive operations in place of certain operations that previously were executed automatically. For greater flexibility in operations, it is also now possible to utilize device report data as OpreX collaborative information server data.
Major target markets
Oil and gas, petrochemicals, chemicals, renewable energy, power, pulp and paper, pharmaceuticals, food, mining, iron and steel, water distribution, and wastewater treatment.
Applications
Plant monitoring and control; data collection, provision, and storage; etc.