For years now, edge computing technologies have been gaining in popularity as a means of onsite equipment数据聚合和分析—a key component of industrial digitalization. More recently, edge computing has also been gaining wider use for虚拟化and providing secure远程访问到设备。
Siemens and Stratus Technologies have announced two new edge computing offerings that extend the use of edge computing beyond the specific applications mentioned above.
西门子宣布发布其工业优势V1.0平台,包括边缘管理系统,边缘应用和边缘设备。该公司将此平台描述为“用于管理连接边缘设备和应用程序”的可扩展基础架构,该平台可用于“远程监视每个连接设备的状态,并远程安装分布式边缘设备上的远程安装边缘应用程序和软件功能。”
基本上,西门子工业边缘平台使其或厂房人员能够管理分布式边缘设备,并集中监控其运行状态。该公司表示,这种能力是在所有连接的边缘设备上安全地推出新的软件应用程序的关键。它还最小化了分布式软件的维护和更新。
Stratus Technologies’ announced its “Solution in a Box” process control architecture running Rockwell Automation’s PlantPAx 5.0 (distributed control system) software on the Stratus ztC Edge device. PlantPAx uses a common automation platform to integrate process and discrete control with plant-wide information.
“框中的解决方案”架构包括:Rockwell自动化的过程自动化系统服务器,具有FactoryTalk视图(HMI软件),FactoryTalk.Assetcentre(集中资产管理),FactoryTalk历史学家,FactoryTalk VantagePoint(企业制造智能);Rockwell自动化应用程序服务器 - OWS,用于远程,手机和平板电脑访问的ThinManager远程桌面服务器;和stratus ztc边缘110i。
Stratus says the“框中的解决方案”支持高达2,000个I / O点,五个冗余Logix控制器,10个客户端, 和5,000名历史学家标签。
“随着ZTC Edge的工业级设计,团队现在可以在与Plantpax DCS控制器在同一柜子上安装冗余的虚拟化计算,即使在恶劣的环境中,弗兰克希尔说:”罗克韦尔伙伴关系主任at Stratus. “In addition, ztC Edge’s built-in virtualization allows users to integrate multiple solutions—PlantPAx applications and Rockwell’s ThinManager that previously required multiple computers—into a single platform which delivers enormous savings for engineering, operations, and maintenance.”