Integrated Production Control System

CENTUM VP

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 The CENTUM VP Distributed Control System (DCS) is Yokogawa's most advanced,
integrated process control system, providing enhanced productivity and
optimization across a wide range of industries. For over forty years, the CENTUM
Through "Process Co-Innovation,"
DCS family has evolved to meet and exceed the needs of businesses and will
Yokogawa creates new value with our clients continue to do so as they reinvent themselves through digital transformations
for a brighter future. and incorporate new technologies such as IoT far into the future.

CENTUM VP
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 Customer Centric Values
CENTUM History Over 40 years and still counting
CENTUM VP is a reliable built for safe performance control system that
is scalable, flexible, powerful and easy to use.

Efficient Engineering Environment 2005 2008 2011

Automation Design Suite enables users eliminate redundant work, increase engineering CENTUM CENTUM 2014
Vnet/IP
efficiency using flexibility of Standardized Modular engineering, maintain data integrity and Vnet/IP (1 Gbps) VP VP R5 CENTUM VP R6
enable change management through smart engineering. The reduced workflow translates to
sustainable, efficient project execution to realize business value.
ProSafe-RS

Intuitive Unified Plant Operations 1993 1998 2001

CENTUM CENTUM CENTUM
Operator centric interface for control, safety, asset intelligence integrated with embedded V net (10 Mbps) CS CS 3000 CS 3000 R3
Consolidated Alarm Management System prevents information overload for operators
allowing deliver safe, high performance, efficient plant operations for customer satisfaction.

Pragmatic Lifecycle Management Programmes

1983 1988
Yokogawa provide online upgrades, patches, migration, security solutions as lifecycle services. HF-BUS (1 Mbps) CENTUM V CENTUM-XL
These services involve comprehensive customer collaboration ensuring sustainable return on
investment for control system assets. These services are applicable across plant lifecycle.

Improved Project Execution and Reduced Cost

1975 Yokogawa has maintained exclusive ownership of CENTUM
N-IO (Network I/O), the next-generation software configurable smart I/O reduces footprint, CENTUM development throughout the history of this product series.
F-BUS (250 Kbps)
lowers marshalling costs and allows flexible I/O binding. The upgrade path for each legacy system is always taken
into consideration before a new version is released.
N-IO matched with the FieldMate Validator commissioning tool allow significantly faster
project completion to reduce costs without quality compromise.

Yokogawa’s Commitment
Yokogawa's system platforms strengthened with decades of market proven execution experience
provide the highest quality solutions for secure and optimized process automation management.
Yokogawa's global customer centric focus with strong local support reduces users' business
risks. Yokogawa provides the lowest total cost of ownership. With a long history of progressive
compatibility, Yokogawa is your dependable automation partner.

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 Operation
True Integration of Production Excellence, Safety Excellence and Asset Excellence

CENTUM VP offers in Operations, Safety and Asset Management Solutions through optimized data
management presented using cognitive visual integration for operators. For example, CENTUM VP
Human Interface Station (HIS) offers integrated alarm visualization from DCS, Safety Instrumented Dedicated Operation Keyboard
System (ProSafe-RS) and Yokogawa Plant Resource Manager (PRM) Asset Management System that
Optimally allocated function keys, buttons enable operators to
facilitates seamless operations across multiple control systems. call up or switch graphics and control loops by pressing a single
key. Two types, a single-loop and an eight loop simultaneous
operation keyboards are provided giving users ability to react
quickly to process conditions.
CENTUM VP HMI for Simplified Operations Through Visual Cognition

Yokogawa's rich experience in process industry with CENTUM is applied to develop an intuitive, human centric
designed HMI environment for plant operations. Flexible windows with multi monitor approach offer an
adaptable visual platform for diverse plant operator requirements. GUI designed using on human ergonomics
makes CENTUM VP HMI environment easy for users. High visibilit y for data displays, use of colours Virtualization
considering ambient lighting, optimized contrast for visibility. Display configuration combine knowledge from
operator experience deliver optimized data on HMI screens. Powerful HMI environment empower operators Virtualization separates system software operations from physical hardware dependencies, allows software
take timely correct for operation efficiency. reusability to optimally commission system hardware.
This translates to customer's business centric benefits like smooth migration to new physical hardware
with reduced downtime, shorter migration process and system tests time. From maintenance perspective,
System Message Banner segregation of hardware and software maintainability are other significant advantages.
L ates t alar m mes s age display for
operators up to date information on
process conditions.

Browser Bar
Cont ains nav igat ion tools for t he
operator's convenience, frequently
used icons can be grouped in a My Software Suites
Favourites folder.

CENTUM VP software improve productivity and optimize plant operations.

Window History
Lists previous operational displays for ■■ Solution Alarm Management
operators to call up previously used Consolidated Alarm Management Function helps customers avoid alarm flooding, maintain safety
graphics windows. and environmental targets through proactive incidents detection. This improve operational
efficiency under normal conditions, allowing operators avoid micro-management of tedious
repetitive tasks to focus on genuine process challenges.
Alarm Management System supports Six Sigma DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve, Control)
AOG Solution for alarm management based on the latest EEMUA #191 alarm management guideline. It provides
(Advanced Operating Graphics)
additional useful tools like graphical historical data analysis, automatic alarm reduction, sequence
AOG is a consulting service to help design
of event management for better alarm management.
PCS (Process Control System) graphics based
on human f ac tor s and k now ledge engine er ing.
AOG provides intuitive situation awareness through
■■ Plant Asset Management
ergonomic design, looking at factors such as colour
PRM (Plant Resource Manager) combines with intelligent field devices to autonomously monitor
selec tion, layout , and v isual f unc tion. Cer tif ied plant asset conditions remotely. In built diagnostic functions detect early signs of performance
consultants conduct a task analysis of plant operations deterioration such as valve sticking and impulse line blocking to optimize preventive maintenance
and the result is reflected in the graphics design. The plans using accurate instrument failure prediction, thus allowing proactive maintenance.
GUIs can enhance safety and productivity by early
A wider variety of software suites for automation solutions is available.
detection of abnormal situations, quicker decision
making, reduction of errors, less-stressed operators,
and translating operator skills into explicit knowledge.

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 Control
Ensuring the Highest Availability and Reliability

Yokogawa's CENTUM series achieves continuous availability with reliability through a dual-
redundant design, online maintenance capability features. FCS processor module, power supply, I/O Online Maintenance
modules, and I/O networks are all dual redundant. Active and stand-by processor modules work
Online maintenance function allows FCS applications to be modified without FCS shutdown. User can change logics and
in synchronization: even if a failure occurs, control switches over seamlessly to stand-by module parameters without interrupting the process control. This is useful for expansion or modification of the plant online
facilitates uninterrupted FCS availability. Failed modules can be replaced online, ensuring that even without affecting plant operations.

a hardware failure will not interrupt plant operation.

Wide Variety of Function Blocks

CENTUM VP provides functional blocks for monitoring, control, manipulations, calculations, logic functions, and sequences.
Encompassing continuous control, advanced control, complex sequence control and batch control that can be executed in
Designed for Stable Control a redundant, secure, and reliable control environment. Process control systems can be flexibly designed, while remaining
scalable and modularized, through combination of these control blocks.
The CENTUM series employs a pair & spare architecture
that improves process control stability. Each processor
module has redundant Main Processing Units (MPU) that
simultaneously execute same computations. Their outputs
Processor
module
Vnet/IP
I/F
Vnet/IP
I/F
Processor
module
Process Input / Output Module
are constantly compared and a bump-less switchover to

Comparator

Comparator
MPU1 MPU1
Main memory Main memory
stand-by processor module is initiated if any anomalies with ECC with ECC

■■N-IO (Network I/O) ■■N-IO Field Enclosure

MPU2 MPU2
c aused by elec tronic noise or other phenomena are Duplexed
CPU Bus
detected. This minimizes any adverse impact on process
I/O network I/O network Net work I /O (N -IO) enables a
control due to hardware fault. I/F I/F
single I/O module to handle AI,
ESB Bus AO, DI, and DO signals. For each
I/O point sigal type is software
configurable through appropriate
adapter, this prevents delay in
the plant installation caused by
the change. Adapters ser ve as
The State-of-the-art Field Control Station (FCS) signal converters support a wide
variety of signal types, offering
choice to customer depending on
Yokogawa's performance driven legacy is built imbibing years of quality
the application. N-IO eliminates
excellence, customer focus to deliver reliability through quality control
need of conventional marshalling saves installation space,
s y s te m . T he CEN T UM V P cont rolle r feat ure s p owe r f ul pro ce s sin g reduces project costs. N-IO module can also be used as a N - IO f ie l d e n c l o sure i s a s t a n da r d re m ote c a b in e t
capabilities with large application storage capacity, is optimized to full remote I/O module by installing it as a remote junction box delivered with optimally designed auxiliary equipment
advantage of advanced field digital technology for plants to operate with in the field. including power supply.
better efficiency safety and stability.

■■FIO (Field Network I/O) ■■RIO System Upgrade I/O

Secured Control Network

Yokogawa's Vnet/IP provides a highly reliable yet open real-time broadband

Vnet/IP
communication network. The open communication does not affect process
control data communications or the performance and security aspect of the
control communications. Yokogawa system guarantees data updates every
second in HIS, regardless of project size or complexity. Both star and ring
topologies are supported. A variety of Field Network I/O (FIO) modules are available O t he r availab le I /O mo dule s inclu de a Re mote I /O
for each process signal type. The FIO modules can be (RIO) module for I/O signals and an I/O module for RIO
connected to field devices via a pressure clamp terminal system upgrade to upgrade the system in a short time by
block, dedicated terminal board, or a MIL cable. FIO is the maximizing existing assets.
appropriate I/O choice for creating a configuration using
a terminal block.

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 Engineering
Yokogawa accelerates plant start-up, ensures sustainable performance

Yokogawa paves way for a new engineering paradigm for the next-generation plant personnel to
Automation Design Suite - Improve Quality, Reduce Complexity, Enhance Productivity
accelerate plant start up and ensure sustainable performance. Project execution often experience
backslide that may involve significant rework, having adverse impact on TCO (Total Cost of Yokogawa's state of the art engineering environment Automation Design Suite, retains plant engineering
histor y throughout the lifecycle from design – commissioning-operation; ensuring up-to-date plant
Ownership). Yokogawa's engineering prevents these inefficiencies and ensures customers reap all
knowledge with every expansion, hardware and software change and peace of mind to plant managers.
these benefits throughout the project lifecycle.

Module Based Engineering

Conventional Design Configuration
Application Ship & Field
SAT
Engineering & HW FAT Install Wiring
Yokogawa Automation Design Suite adopts a modular approach
to automation design and execution, where process loops, alarm
Automation Design design philosophy, graphics and more are deployed as design
N-IO Effects FieldMate Validator Effects
Suite Effects patterns: downloaded, shared and re-used as standards across
the enterprise, saving time and resources.

Manufacturing Ship & Loop Yokogawa leverages its long history and vast expertise in process
& HW FAT Wiring Validation automation, with standardized, industry proven engineering
Early Start-up modules available that span a broad range of processes and
Yokogawa’s Application
Engineering Design Configuration SAT functions for production, safety and asset excellence.
FAT

Improving Quality, Reducing Complexity Reducing Risks Management of Change and Resources
and Enhancing Productivity to Scheduled Project Delivery
The Automation Design Suite is more than the 'As built' specification of process plant… It provides dynamic management
Yokogawa provides smart engineering thanks to three innovative products.
of design, investment and project effectiveness by audit, version based engineering changes.
● Automation Design Suite, Yokogawa's engineering environment
● N-IO (The Network I/O), Yokogawa's software configurable smart I/O This facilitates effective engineering through ModPacks (Modification Packages) to maintain project schedules by
● FieldMate Validator, Yokogawa's commissioning tool for N-IO reducing the delays and the engineering impact of late design changes or scope changes. Automation Design Suite also
auto-documents and checks inconsistencies in project activity and software resources, removing the pain from project
management, and significantly reducing project risk.

Flexible I/O Binding – Ensuring Project Execution Excellence

After the DCS is delivered to a site, design changes often occur due to physical restrictions of implementation Database
or unavoidable miscalculations. These changes significantly affect the project schedule. Reduction of project
Modification Package Modification Package
execution time is a pressing challenge. Flexible I/O binding, Yokogawa's improved late I/O binding solution
Control Control
Documents Documents
helps overcome these customer challenges.
Alarm Design Alarm Design
HW/SW Config HW/SW Config

Reducing the Risks to Scheduled Project Delivery Check-in Check-out

The flexible I/O binding facilitates simple and convenient I/O binding. This is made possible by software
marshalling and the N-IO's universal channels. The type of I/O and the interconnection between the I/O module
and the controller can be modified from remote locations which significantly reduces impact of last-minute I/O
changes. Moreover, flexible I/O binding achieves early delivery of I/O cabinets to the site, and problems can be Approve Validate
found and fixed on-site at a very early stage.

Change

Early Start-up
Authorization Dependency Analyze Recording Changes Throughout the Plant Lifecycle
Flexible I/O binding reduces project duration. After I/O design is fixed, application and hardware engineering can
progress concurrently using System Independent Loop Commissioning using Yokogawa's FieldMate Validator, an
innovative tool for field testing and validation of N-IO without requiring a deployed system.

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 Sustainable Plant
Provide Long-term Functional Maintenance of the Control System

Sustainable Plant is Yokogawa's concept toward long-term stable operation of the control system.  Security
Since its first release, CENTUM has been developed with consideration of compatibility and
We are in a new age of controlling security risks. The spread of malware and a rise in increasingly sophisticated
inheritance, and Yokogawa is making various efforts to achieve long-term stable operation of the cyber attacks are causing even more serious damage. The threat of cyber-security risks extends beyond information
entire plant, or a “Sustainable Plant.” technology systems and into control systems. The use of information technology systems has advanced control systems
and helped reduce costs and provide more functions. However, we now need to tackle the associated security risks.
 Toward Long-term Stable Operation of the Control System
Yokogawa provides long-term support and sustainability services to ensure the control systems maintain their high level  Robust Cyber Security
of functionality over the lifecycle of the system and the facility. Yokogawa's lifecycle plans for its control systems provide CENTUM VP field control unit has obtained the ISASecure® Embedded Device Security Assurance (EDSA) certification
the lowest cost of ownership for its customers. from the ISA Security Compliance Institute (ISCI). The certification was obtained through a process of examination by
the CSSC (Control System Security Centre) Certification Laboratory. It certifies that CENTUM VP software is equipped
 Solutions to Achieve a Sustainable Plant with the relevant cyber security features to be used in the industries such as oil, petrochemical, power and many others.
CENTUM VP provides secure configuration for Windows PC/Server. CENTUM VP systems uses Vnet/IP network equipped
Yokogawa continuously provides control systems and helps customers maintain and improve the performance of their
with built-in features to deal with various security threats such as spoofing, falsification and DoS attacks.
plants, with the aim to achieve long-term stable operation of the control systems in the plants of customers, as well as
meet customers’ needs and ensure adaptation to the surrounding environment.

We provide products that enable long-term functional maintenance by developing products,  Endpoint Security Service
Product both hardware and software, that ensure functional compatibility and sustainability. Yokogawa provides an effective security service in response to the
customer's requests and operational conditions. USB Por t Lock
Service We provide high quality solutions in annual maintenance agreement. Service, Security Information Service, etc. are available. The Anti-virus
software and the white listing software for CENTUM VP are provided
by Yokogawa.
Yokogawa verifies the combined operation of the Yokogawa products,
Lifecycle Performance Care Services
antivirus software, and the Microsoft Security Updates.
Plan & Execute Maintain Protect Analyze Modernize
Lifecycle
Planning
Basic
Maintenance
Safety &
Security
Asset Health
Monitoring
Technology
Refresh
 Obtaining Security Certification
CENTUM VP pioneered to obtain the ISA Secure Embedded Device
An optimal Lifecycle Plan Providing prompt Delivering solutions to Prevent unexpected High-quality, seamless
Securit y A ssurance (EDS A) cer tif ication that assures securit y
for the customer’s control solutions and reliable ensure plant safety and failures by monitoring the upgrading service
systems service such as Engineer security, and enhance condition of the plant robustness in Japan in 2014.
Dispatch/Bench operational resilience
Repair/etc.

Service Foundation

Secured Remote Solutions Global Service Network  Migration

Not satisfied with another vendor's control systems? Consider migrating it to CENTUM VP. We have successfully migrated
Secure and controlled access to critical, Comprehensive Global Service Network supports you
actionable data at any time and from anywhere with 24/7 operations over 350 non-Yokogawa systems so far and the number is steadily growing. To name a few: Bailey INFI90, Foxboro I/A,
Emerson RS3/PROVOX/DeltaV, Eurotherm, Hartman & Brown ContronicP, Hitachi, Honeywell TDC2000/TDC3000/PKS,

 Long-term Functional Maintenance Image Siemens SIMATIC, Taylor MODCELL, Toshiba, Allen-Bradley PLC.

By updating obsolete components to maintain system functionality, transition can be achieved seamlessly.
Maintenance activities can be applied at the same time of shutdown.

 Upgrading
HIS HIS
Upgrade procedure is simple and quick: FCS upgrade is just a mouse click away. All Yokogawa's legacy CENTUM systems
FCS FCS
PKG PKG can be controlled and monitored from a newer CENTUM system. Via a control network, CENTUM VP can control and
Peripheral Peripheral monitor operation at a plant relying on CENTUM V, CENTUM-XL, CENTUM CS, or CENTUM CS 3000 system. CENTUM VP
can also communicate with both N-IO and traditional FIO. Yokogawa will continue to sell and provide long-term support
for both types of I/O. This allows Yokogawa customers to utilize their existing assets wherever possible, thus, Yokogawa
Upgrade to HIS with Replacement of peripheral devices Upgrade to FCS with Upgrade to solution packages
improved operability for which support period expired improved processing speed with new functions offers a cost-effective way to upgrade End User production control systems.

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 System Architecture
Human Interface Station (HIS)
Scalable and Interoperable Architecture
Windows based operating system, commercial-off-the-shelf
PC hardware, and optional specialized operator keyboard for a
large variety of operator consoles.

Engineering Station (ENG)

With the same PC features mentioned above, this includes a
comprehensive engineering package for all the CENTUM VP
components and applications.

CENTUM VP V net Router

Field Control Station (FCS)
100% Yokogawa manufactured. This is the core of CENTUM VP’s
high availability/reliability, continuing the CENTUM heritage.
Plant Resource
Manager
Plant Information
Management
UGS/GSGW
ENG Production Unified Gateway Station (UGS) serves as a gateway to interface
Management CENTUM VP with STARDOM or the third-party subsystems.
Generic Subsystem Gateway (GSGW) is a controller for operating
HIS and monitoring subsystems connected to CENTUM VP.

HIS
Firewall
Bus Converter (BCV)
UGS Production
Interface hardware that connects multiple control network
Management
Wireless domains. It also connects previous CENTUM series systems to
Operation Domain CENTUM VP.
Controller
SCS

Optical Control Network (Vnet/IP)

Firewall FAST/TOOLS Fiber WSUS
（SCADA） Server *2 Vnet/IP, an IEEE802.3 Ethernet compliant redundant network
FCS Anti-virus operating at 1 Gbps, incorporates Yokogawa’s technology,
SCS Server
achieving deterministic, reliable, and secure communications.
Field Wireless
FCS Access Point
Remote I/O FCS N-IO Digital Fieldnetworks
Field Wireless CENTUM VP supports FOUNDATIONTM fieldbus, HART, PROFINET,
Management Station PROFIBUS-DP, DeviceNet, Modbus, Modbus/TCP, and EtherNet/IP.
N-IO
RIO System
STARDOM Upgrade I/O Safety Control Station (SCS) - ProSafe-RS
FCS Wireless
Flowmeters Transmitter T h i s i s Yo ko g a w a ’ s T Ü V S I L 3 c e r t i f i e d p r e m i e r s a f e t y
instrumented system. It incorporates Yokogawa’s own Pair
PLC*1 MCC
& Spare and Vnet/IP technologies and offers unprecedented
synergy with CENTUM VP.
MCC
3rd Party DCS
MCC Network-based Control System - STARDOM
Pressure Gauges Device Management Yokogawa’s intelligent-hybrid remote telecommunication
Thermometers
HART Devices controllers are ideal for the oil and gas upstream market. They
PLC*1 can be seamlessly integrated, via the UGS, to CENTUM VP.

Operational Excellence Software Suite

A software suite for the Windows platform that supports plant
*1: Programmable Logic Controller operations and maintenance improvement, such as plant
*2: Windows Server Update Services
safety, plant asset management, production management, and
optimization.

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 Synaptic Business Automation creates sustainable value by connecting everything in our
customers’ organization. To realize this, Yokogawa integrates its business and domain
knowledge with digital automation technologies, and co-innovates with customers to drive
their business process transformation.

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