Rockwell Automation AADvance Controller Solutions Handbook - Manual (Page 13)

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An AADvance system consists of an AADvance controller, an external operator's
workstation, field connections, power sources and external network connections. The
flexibility of the design allows a system to be built to suit your own requirements from
a standard range of modules and assemblies.
This chapter describes the main components that can be used to build an AADvance
controller.
In This Chapter
The AADvance Controller ............................................................................... 1-1
Main Components ............................................................................................ 1-13
Controller Functionality .................................................................................. 1-16
Technical Features ............................................................................................ 1-28
Physical Features ............................................................................................... 1-32
The AADvance Controller
The AADvance controller is specifically designed for functional safety and critical
control applications; it provides a flexible solution for your smaller scale requirements.
The system can be used for safety implement functions as well as applications that are
non-safety but still critical to a business process. This controller offers you the ability
to create a cost-effective system to suit any of the following applications:
 Critical process control
 Fire and gas protection systems
 Rotating machinery control systems
 Burner management
 Boiler and furnace control
 Distributed process monitoring and control
The AADvance controller is a logic solver and I/O processing device that consists of
processor modules, I/O modules and field termination assemblies that can easily be
assembled and configured. A system is built up from one or more controllers, a
combination of I/O modules, power sources, communications networks and user
workstations. How you configure the system determines the type of application it can
be used for.
An AADvance controller is particularly well suited to emergency shut down and fire
and gas detection protection applications by providing a system solution with
integrated and distributed fault tolerance. It is designed and validated to international
standards and is certified by TÜV for functional safety control installations.
A Frequency Input Module (not yet released) will provide the functionality to meet the
requirements of turbomachinary governor control and overspeed protection.
Chapter 1
The AADvance System