Consolidated Alarm Management Software

CAMS for HIS

CENTUM CS 3000 R3 with a New Alarm Concept

Consolidated Alarm Management Software (CAMS)

for Human Interface Station (HIS) CAMS for HIS

 




yokogawa.com/dcs

The World's First Real-time Alarm Management Software

Designed to be Embedded in a DCS - CAMS for HIS

What is CAMS for HIS?

CAMS for HIS is an alarm management software
designed based on a totally new alarm concept.
That new concept is to acquire real-time alarms and
events from various systems - not only from CENTUM
but also Plant Resource Manager (PRM), Safety
Instrumented System ProSafe-RS and Network-based
Control System STARDOM; then to sort and deliver
only the necessary alarms to the right person at the
right time. Important information such as the root
cause of alarm occurrence or role-based guidance
can also be added to the displayed message.
The number and variety of alarms and events
handled in the plant are increasing substantially as
plant operations become more complex.
This
software takes two engineering approaches to help
rationalize alarms with the aim of preventing alarm
flooding.

CENTUM VP

* Have you ever missed a critical alarm or made an erroneous judgment because of alarm flooding?
* How do you rationalize and implement your alarms?
* Do you want to enhance the alarm monitoring functions of your DCS?

One is a practical approach that sorts out alarms

and displays only those alarms that require operator
actions. The other is a fundamental approach that
allows defining only the necessary alarms in
accordance with EEMUA Publication No. 191 which
is regarded as the de facto industry guideline for
alarm management.
CAMS for HIS helps customers thwart the problem of
alarm flooding, a potential cause of troubles in the
plan, with the aim of ensuring safe operation. It also
provides operators with an environment that frees
them of tedious repetitive alarm tasks and allows
them to focus on true process concerns.

Shelves Pane
Alarm & Event
Browser Pane

Alarm & Event

Messages Pane

EEMUA Publication 191

A guideline for design, management and procurement of optimum alarm
systems published in 1999, which has been prepared by EEMUA
(Engineering Equipment and Materials Users Association) SubCommittee formed by representatives of EEMUA member companies
and the HSE (Health and Safety Executive).

PRM

Filters Pane
Details Pane

ProSafe-RS
Pr
oSafe-RS

STARDOM
ST
ARDOM

To deliver the necessary alarms

to the right person at the right time

Sorting out Alarms and

Adding Value-added Information

Alarm Flooding Can be Reduced Just by Installing the Software

CAMS for HIS provides many functions that are ready to use immediately after installation.
Alarm flooding will significantly be reduced immediately on the spot with built-in capabilities.

Various identifiers for sorting alarms can be defined. In addition, various types of
value-added information can be defined for alarms to help users take role-based
action for alarms quickly and accurately.
Examples of identifiers for providing only necessary alarms
Purpose of monitoring (e.g. safety, environment, economic efficiency), operation mode to be monitored

(e.g. at plant startup, during steady-state operation)

Examples of identifiers for providing an alarm only to the person who needs it (e.g. user name)
Examples of identifiers for providing an alarm at the right time
Maximum allowable time to respond, estimated amount of loss, alarm priority
Examples of value-added information
Root cause of alarm occurrence, role-based action to be taken, previous action procedures

Eclipsing
Alarm messages that are activated repeatedly by the same tag can be integrated and displayed on a single line.
Reducing the number of alarm messages displayed on the window will allow operators to reach the critical alarms more

quickly and easily.

Shelving
Unnecessary or nuisance alarms can be moved to a temporary area called a shelf in order to hide alarms due to special

circumstances. Individual unnecessary alarms can be manually moved to the shelf.

Chattering alarms or alarms that match user-defined conditions can be automatically moved to the shelf.
This enhances operations by allowing an operator to eliminate the distraction from alarms that are of no current operational relevance.

Alarm Definitions Following Industry Guidelines

CAMS for HIS provides an operational environment that allows users to define only
necessary alarms in accordance with established industry standards like EEMUA
Publication No. 191.
Prioritizing Alarms
A function to help set alarm priority and to allow only necessary alarms in accordance with the criteria

recommended by EEMUA Publication No. 191. When you input the purpose of monitoring and consequence,

CAMS for HIS determines the alarm priority quantitatively in accordance with user-defined rules.

Sorting/Filtering
Alarm messages can be filtered and sorted using identifiers included in the alarm messages as the keys.
Basic filters such as a process alarm filter or a plant-hierarchy filter can be used without configuration.
Filters unique to individual users can be defined, and temporary filters can also be created flexibly.

Alarm Suppression
Alarms coming from an out of service units can be suppressed based on predefined alarm groups.

Load Shedding
If many alarms are displayed by an unexpected event in a short period of time, predefined filters can be automatically activated

to reduce the monitoring load.

Seamless Operation with DCS

Screen linkage, beep sounds, LEDs, alarm verification actions, and the like are completely integrated into the CENTUM VP and
CENTUM CS 3000
to ensure the seamless operation.

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