Foxboro Announces Migration Solution for Honeywell TDC 2000 DCS

Honeywell TDC 2000 system users can now upgrade to advanced Invensys automation technology - including full HART support - without touching their existing field wiring

The Foxboro unit of Invensys Process Systems has extended its family of "plug in" DCS migration modules with a new generation of Honeywell migration products. These new modules enable Honeywell users to upgrade their aging TDC 2000 systems to the latest I/A Series automation technology and modern HART field communications without having to replace existing field wiring, termination assemblies, system enclosures, or power supplies.

The I/A Series migration modules are an exact physical replacement for the existing TDC 2000 input/output (I/O) modules and plug right into the existing system enclosures with no I/O mapping issues. This migration approach is more cost-effective than a complete system replacement and - with careful upfront planning - reduces associated process downtime from weeks or even months, to a day or less. This can dramatically minimize lost production.

Invensys says it has already helped more than 500 customers around the world upgrade their legacy Honeywell TDC2000 and TDC3000, Bailey NET 90 and INFI 90, Fisher PROVOX S10 and S20, Westinghouse WDPF, Siemens Moore APACS, and Foxboro SPECTRUM and SPEC 200 systems to advanced Foxboro I/A Series technology.