Honeywell Experion Local Control Network Benefits

Honeywell offers solutions to address each of these areas, encapsulated in TotalPlant Solution Modernization. The introduction of Experion LCN is a key product to facilitate that modernization.

How Experion LCN Works

Expanding on the Enhanced TPS Node capabilities, the Experion LCN (ELCN) further enables continuous innovation for Honeywell customers. Using our proven Experion Fault Tolerant Ethernet (FTE) infrastructure, a new ELCN bridge connects Experion to Classic Coax LCN. Once this connection is established, the LCN coax connection can be removed one LCN node at a time. Instead of a hardware connection for every Experion TPS node, only one redundant ELCN bridge pair is needed to enable virtualization.

Benefits to Industrial Sites

Industrial operations concerned with transforming their legacy control system can realize numerous operational and business benefits from TPS modernization. This transformation can improve business results, enable expansions, and improve sustainability, while protecting existing infrastructure, production and intellectual property in terms of both applications and graphics. Honeywell’s secure path to current technology offers seamless integration with architecture, with standards-based functionality, regulatory support capabilities, and integrated operation from the field, through the plant, to the business level. Honeywell’s TPS modernization solution minimizes operating disruptions and maintains overall consistency, as well as delivering optional lifecycle advantages with virtualization. Honeywell is committed to helping you sustain your automation platform, and at the same time, take advantage of the most up-to-date technologies.

After modernization, the control system can have a common Human Machine Interface (HMI) and unified physical control network, allowing control devices to integrate/expand easily with the latest generation of Experion PKS controllers and safety systems. The advanced control solutions and the new functions within Experion PKS controllers can additionally improve the effectiveness of plant operations. Modernization also opens the door to Honeywell’s IIoT, an approach that connects people to assets, automates predictive analytics, and enables increased collaboration.

Migration Planning

Success with modernization depends on developing a multi-year migration plan that can include support at every stage of the automation lifecycle. Service programs can include Assurance 360. Solution Enhancement Support Program (SESP), Kits & Enhancements, Hardware Refresh, and Lifecycle Management. For instance, Assurance 360 transforms how you manage and maintain systems. Honeywell the Experion PKS systems. Honeywell provides agreed service levels rather than prescribed quantities of materials and labor. Users prescribed quantities of materials and labor. Users take a strategic view to minimize the total cost of ownership, guarantees performance, and utilizes the automation system to improve business results. Honeywell offers flexible solutions you can live with and grow with when you develop a modernization plan tailored to your unique site requirements. Without the need to “rip and replace” existing control systems, Honeywell modernization protects your intellectual property, retains physical assets, and leverages the value of your technology investments. The ELCN bridge and appliance nodes use the universal embedded appliance with these specifications: