AUTOMATION group, Rockwell Automation, has introduced FactoryTalk AssetCentre, a new ‘change management’ software package, which enables users to securely and centrally manage ever-changing process automation production environments.
The software has been designed to streamline asset management, improve plant-floor security and protect intellectual property by securing access to control systems, tracking user actions, managing asset configuration files, configuring process instruments and providing backup and recovery of operating assets.
Featuring a centralised Microsoft SQL server database, the software package is equipped with common base functions, as well as ‘add-on’ options. Base functions include an ‘audit trail’ resource, ‘version control’, ‘scheduling’, ‘notification’ and ‘reporting’ capabilities.
Scalable by design, the program is adaptable to small line applications or site-wide installations. It also allows for easy expansion of asset counts or the addition of feature sets.