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CanadianInstrumentation LocalTechnical User Forum(LTUF)
October 3rd & 4th 2007Liam WebsterDennis Cooley
October 13, 2009 – 2 –
Agenda
Review LTUF purpose
Review previous LTUF resultsCalgary, March 2007Sherwood Park, May 2007
Review other LTUFsHouston, August 2007
October 13, 2009 – 3 –
Mission Statement
The Canadian I&E LTUF is established forthe purpose of:
Ranking SmartPlant Instrumentation, andEERWAY change requests that will
improve the operation and function offuture versions.
Facilitating information exchange andsharing between local users.
October 13, 2009 – 4 –
Canadian LTUF Representatives 2004 - 2007
Agrium
Bantrel
CNRL
Colt
CoSyn
ENGlobal
Emerson
Fluor
Intergraph
Jacobs
Nova
Shell AlbianSands
Spartan
Suncor
Dow
Synenco
Suncor
Syncrude
Cosyn
IMV
Calgary Meetings Sherwood Park
October 13, 2009 – 5 –
LTUF - Calgary, March 2007
—Intergraph provided overview of some key newfeatures of SPI 2007– Allowing users to prepare for such things as:– Rule Manager– SmartLoop is no longer available– Infomaker 10 is to be used with SPI 2007
—Ranked change requests (CRs) from 1-10 (10being highest)– Examples:– (LTUF 2007)(10) Can't convert a Fieldbus or HART tag to aconventional tag after original creation– (LTUF 2004)(7) INtools to provide a batch PDF export utility
– Data Sheet PDF printing since v6.0
October 13, 2009 – 8 –
Follow-Up with Intergraph
—Are Canadian LTUF CRs being reviewed byIntergraph?– Dennis Cooley, Fred Pollard (Cosyn), Bill Bierman, John Dressel(Houston LTUF), and Liam Webster met with Alex Koifman(responsible for SPI product development)– Answer: YES! The application is influenced in 3 ways:1.LTUF Rankings2.CRs (ranked based on quantity of requests), Beta testing3.Business opportunity, Competitive analysis, Tools & technology
—Example of LTUF CR (from 2004) not beingimplemented:– (9) Can you add P&ID numbers to all Instrument Process DataSheets?– Answer: Many, many Process Module CRs and Intergraph islooking at larger Process Module revamp
October 13, 2009 – 9 –
LTUF - Sherwood Park, May 2007(Dennis Cooley)
—Focused on Owner / Operators - Sharing theirexperiences
– What is the SPI impact on your business?
– Owner Operator Setup e.g. structure, lifecycle considerations, concurrent
projects, merging & claiming
– Project Deliverable Expectations
– Project Deliverable Completion/Handover
– How SPI should be used to improve deliverables
– Next Owner/Operator focused LTUF meeting will be inFt McMurray, October 17, 2007. All are welcome.
October 13, 2009 – 10 –
LTUF – Houston, August 2007(Dennis Cooley)
—Overview of SmartPlant Instrumentation– Status of SmartPlant Instrumentation 2007 releases &service patches– SmartPlant Instrumentation Roadmap– SmartPlant Instrumentation Priority CR requests
—SPI Implementation and Legacy Data Migration at DowChemical
—Main Automation Contractor roles in SPI– Main Automation Contractor utilization of SmartPlant Instrumentation
– Open forum on MAC and EPC Work Sharing
October 13, 2009 – 11 –
LTUF – Houston, August 2007(Dennis Cooley)
—Using SmartPlant Instrumentation to Document SafetyInstrumented Systems
—Forum Topics– Using SmartPlant Instrumentation over Terminal Server
– Citrix vs. MSTS
– Remote Admin and Import Module
– Remote Printing and Drive Mapping issues
– SPI Licensing for Remote Users
– SmartPlant Instrumentation Workarounds
– EPC use of Owner Operator Domain Setup
October 13, 2009 – 12 –
Summary
LTUF purposeWe are fulfilling our mission statement
Previous LTUF resultsCR’s are being heard by IntergraphAlways want more from Intergraph
Owner/Operator meetings being initiated in otherlocations
Other LTUFsHouston LTUF focused on sharing information