Freelance distributed control systemVersion 2013 – What’s new

Process Automation

More power, speed and functionality

Freelance is ABB’s user-friendly, cost-effective and robust solution ideal for all process industries, with the following benefits: – Easy to use: It is easy to install, learn, engineer, commission,

back-up, maintain and expand. – Scalable: Projects can start as small as 25 I/Os and grow

to as large as 25,000 I/Os – Reliable: It is a proven technology with high reliability and

availability. – Value for your Money: Investment goes a long way with

its small footprint and ability to run on any PC that result in savings in installation, engineering and commissioning costs.

After 18,000 installations spanning more than 100 countries, ABB continues to introduce innovations in its Freelance distributed control system (DCS). This year, ABB launches Freelance Version 2013 — this time with more power, speed and functionality than ever before.

What’s new?AC 900F: At the core of the Freelance Version 2013Following years of experience in automation and control products, ABB is proud to introduce its latest Freelance controller – the AC 900F. This controller truly extends the hardware portfolio of Freelance distributed control system.

Apart from its highly sophisticated automation functions, the AC 900F modular controller offers expanded flexibility via a pluggable SD card, more Ethernet ports, redundancy options for high availability and power for around 1,500 I/Os.

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Industrial ethernet (optionally redundant)

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Engineering made easierABB introduces new technologies in the Freelance engineering tool to optimize workflow. Freelance leverages the familiar Microsoft® environment to allow easy navigation. For instance, different function block diagrams can be displayed and cop-ied, and tag or variable list can be sorted and filtered similar to Excel spredasheets. Both lists can be easily exported to or imported from a Microsoft® Excel® spreadsheet.

What’s more, Freelance Version 2013 supports Freelance hardware dating back to as long as 20 years ago.

Benefits at a glance – More power, by as much as 100% – Compatible with previous versions of Freelance

components – Integrated Profibus line redundancy – Enhanced engineering tool – Modbus TCP and remote telecontrol protocol for ABB’s

AC 700F, AC 800F, and AC 900F controllers.

AC 900F Interfaces – Four (4) built-in Ethernet ports supporting Modbus TCP/IP

or 60870-5-104 transmission protocol – Two (2) serial ports supporting Modbus RTU/ASCII or

IEC 60870-5-101 – Pluggable Profibus master modules (up to two) providing

integrated line redundancy – Direct connection of I/O modules (up to 10), including

modules with inputs and outputs to reduce footprint and costs.

A key feature of Freelance 2013 is the support of SD cards for AC 700F and AC 900F. Especially the new optional display for AC 900F allows to load applications or firmware into the con-troller without the need of a terminal program on a computer.

Freelance System Architecture

Function Block Diagram Editor with library in the left window New engineering tool layout: project tree always visible

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