Freelance distributed control systemVersion 2015 Coming Soon

Process Automation

Compact, scalable and reliable

Freelance is ABBs user-friendly, cost-effective and robust solution ideal for all process industries, with the following benefits: Easy to use: It is easy to install, learn, engineer, commission,

back-up, maintain and expand. Scalable: Projects can start as small as 25 I/Os and grow

to as large as 25,000 I/Os Reliable: It is a proven, award-winning and patented tech-

nology providing high reliability and availability. Value for your Money: Investment goes a long way with

its small footprint and ability to run on any PC that result in savings in training, installation, engineering and commis-sioning costs.

ABB has just celebrated the 20th anniversary of Freelance and introduced the award-winning AC 900F controller, which truly extends the hardware portfolio of the Freelance DCS. This year, new innovations will be launched to even better fulfil your requirements.

Whats new?Two CPU variants are now available for AC 900FThe new lite version of the CPU for the AC 900F controller allows for enhanced scalability by providing a controller with optimized performance and memory for smaller applications.

This year, ABB will launch Freelance Version 2015 providing even better redundancy features and enhanced scalability with lite version of the award-winning AC 900F con-troller and Freelance Operations, and new products such as the innovative S950e I/O system.

It includes three Ethernet interfaces instead of four interfaces for the standard CPU, but it still supports redundancy for high availability. Overview of AC 900F Interfaces Four (4) built-in Ethernet ports supporting ControlNet

redundancy, Modbus TCP/IP or 60870-5-104 telecontrol protocol for PM 902F (standard CPU)

Three (3) built-in Ethernet ports supporting ControlNet redundancy, Modbus TCP/IP or 60870-5-104 telecontrol protocol for PM 901F (lite CPU)

Two (2) serial ports supporting Modbus RTU/ASCII or IEC 60870-5-101 telecontrol protocol

Pluggable Profibus master modules (up to two) providing integrated line redundancy

Direct connection of S700 I/O modules (up to 10). S700 I/O provides also very flexible, configurable modules that support a mix of inputs and outputs and even analog and digital I/Os in one module to save footprint.

Increased security with controller lockThe new AC 900F controller comes with a feature of lock-ing the controller via the display. When locked, dedicated engineering changes, downloads or firmware updates are disabled, while read/write access from Freelance operator stations or OPC gateway is still possible for safe operation.

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New S950e I/O systemThe new S950e I/O system is able to cover almost any de-mand in process industry applications. It will help to save money due to reduced cabinet space and keep your produc-tion up and running thanks to redundancy options.

Summary of benefits: High availability through redundancy Small footprint a perfect supplement to the smallest

DCS on the planet: 600 I/Os per cabinet are possible Reliable through hot-swap: modules can be replaced

without powering down the station. All-purpose I/O system for process applications. Optimized for cabinet mounting. Cost-efficient due to affordable price and small footprint.

For more details, please refer to the S950e I/O brochure (3BDD017333),

Benefits of the new version at a glance Brand-new I/O system S950e fit for purpose: made for

applications in process industries, optimized for cabinet mounting, high-density, high availability through redun-dancy

Enhanced scalability through lite offering of controller hardware and operations software

Improved availability through enhanced redundancy op-tions with new Profibus master, Ethernet line redundancy and S950e I/O

Modbus TCP and telecontrol protocol now available for ABBs AC 700F, AC 800F, and AC 900F controllers.

Freelance process automation made easy

New Profibus Master ModulesTo even better support redundancy, a new version of the CI 930F for AC 900F is available. This new module now provides built-in line redundancy for Profibus with two Sub-D plugs. The new CI 773F for AC 900F and AC 700F is the successor of CM 772F. It offers additional features and is more powerful by providing enough memory (I/O bytes) for maximum number of Profibus Slaves. It this is based on same technology as CI 930F, with just one single Profibus connector. Compared to CM 772F, the new CI 773F provides adding slaves without restarting the master.

Freelance Operations LiteThe new lite version of Freelance Operations, formerly known as DigiVis, also provides for enhanced scalability of the system. Compared to the standard version of Freelance Operations, the lite version is very attractively priced. It offers unlimited number of standard displays and only limits the number of graphic displays to five. It is mainly suitable for smaller plants or the usage of Panel PCs in cabinet doors. Whats more, Freelance Operations is now optimized for wide screen displays. Improved availability through Ethernet line redundancyFrom the very beginning, Freelance was designed to support redundancy. Also former versions already provided controller and line redundancy. But now an even higher degree of avail-ability can be achieved by the new feature of the Ethernet sys-tem bus redundancy. This feature is fully integrated into Free-lance Engineering and Operations. Although it is designed for AC 900F, it also supports mixed architectures with AC 700F, AC 800F and even Freelance rack controllers. As a matter of course, Freelance Version 2015 supports Free-lance hardware dating back to as long as 20 years ago.

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