Software design and development tools to help users create automation architectures introduced by Emerson

Summary points:

• Emerson introduces Movicon.NExT 4.4 with enhanced HMI and SCADA tools for interoperable automation in discrete and process manufacturing.
• New features include Python runtime scripting, TimescaleDB historian support, advanced communications drivers, and improved UI/UX.
• Security and compliance upgrades add .NET 8 migration, encrypted password management, and enhanced CFR21 logging.

AUSTIN, Texas – Emerson Automation Solutions in Austin, Texas, is introducing Movicon.NExT release 4.4 software design and development tools to enable users to create interoperable automation architectures for discrete and process manufacturing applications.

The Movicon.NExT release 4.4 human-machine interface and supervisory control and data-acquisition (SCADA) system update delivers enhancements that boost functionality, performance, and flexibility, with an emphasis on user improvements.

Updated industrial communications protocol drivers provide support for multi-station advanced arrays in automation architectures, and a DNP3 driver enables Movicon.NExT to integrate with power industry and electrical utility networks.

Native support within Movicon.NExT for Python runtime scripting enables custom cross-system logic, with updated user interfaces, new graphical properties for controls, and streamlined license management.

Tell me more about supervisory control and data-acquisition (SCADA) ...

• Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) monitors and controls large-scale processes and infrastructure by combining hardware and software to gather real-time data, process it, and enable centralized decision-making. Key functions are data acquisition; supervisory control; data communications; data processing and visualization; and archiving and analysis. Applications include energy and utilities; oil and gas; manufacturing; transportation; and critical infrastructure.

Support for TimescaleDB in the historian offers improved storage efficiency and higher performance, especially with large data volumes. Other enhancements increase data precision and SQL database compatibility, while recipe and alarm management are through a centralized connection. Movicon.NExT is built to meet the increasing demand for data to support visualization and analytics.

A migration to .NET 8 for core Movicon.NExT applications, and unified and encrypted password management are examples of built-in security and regulatory compliance. CFR21 compliance is enhanced with user group information logged alongside usernames.

For more information contact Emerson Automation Solutions online at www.emerson.com/en-gb/automation/control-and-safety-systems/movicon/movicon-next.