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Stations
Stations
This section describes how to determine your Station requirements. (Station is Experion's user
interface.)
Issue
User types
Read-only
access by casual
users
Flex Stations
Console Stations
Mobile Stations
Simultaneous
view of several
displays
Specialized
hardware
Security
requirements
Display update
rates
Displays
Identifying user types and assessing their needs
Before you can determine your Station requirements, you must first identify each user type,
and then assess their respective needs.
Typical user types include: operators, maintenance engineers, managers and production
controllers.
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Identify the user types and assess their respective needs.
Determine whether an eServer, which provides read-only access to displays
and reports, would satisfy the needs of users such as managers and production
controllers.
Flex Station is the standard type of Station. It typically runs on a standard
computer, and is suitable for most users and most tasks.
If you have Process Controllers and don't want to suffer loss of view if the
server fails, you need Console Stations.
If users want access to data as they move around the plant, then you should
consider Mobile Station.
Determine whether users (especially operators) need to simultaneously see
several displays.
Determine whether any users (especially operators) need specialized
hardware, such as multi-monitor consoles, and membrane keyboards.
Based on user types, work practices and site layout, determine the most
appropriate security setups for Stations and Windows.
See the Network and Security Planning Guide.
Determine the rate at which you want displays to be updated.
Determine your display requirements.
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