FDT Mobility Secures Open Automation for I4.0 webinar discusses how FDT 3.0 capabilities enable secure mobile access to industrial assets. FDT 3.0 supports responsive web interfaces for any device, OPC UA integration, and app development leveraging FDT components. Case studies demonstrate remote monitoring apps, asset health monitoring using OPC pub/sub, and assistance apps. FDT 3.0 empowers an ecosystem of IIoT solutions and the industrial workforce through open, standardized and mobile-enabled access to automation systems.

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FDT Mobility Secures Open Automation for I4.0
Webinar | 11 May 2021
SPEAKERS
Glenn Schulz - FDT Group
Smitha Rao - Utthunga

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Utthunga Overview
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500+
Professionals
Germany
USA
Japan
HQ & Development Centre
Bangalore India
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SERVICES
Embedded
Software &
Hardware
Product
Engineering
Digital
Services
Application
Software
Engineering
Quality
Engineering
FOCUS
Process &
Factory
Power &
Utilities
SOLUTIONS
IIoT, Cloud & Big
Data
Analytics
Solutions
Data
Connectivity
& Integration
Solutions
Custom
Solutions

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Industry Associations
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 FDT Test & Certification Center
 Part of various Special Interest Groups (Technical
Specifications, Architecture, Test & Certification and
Marketing)
 Involved in reference Application Architecture, Design and
Development
 Technology Outsourcing Partner
 PROFIBUS and PROFINET Competency Center
 Part of Global Expert/Certified Community
https://opcfoundation.org/about/opc-foundation/experts/
https://www.profibus.com/pi-organization/certified-people/

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Today’s Speakers
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Glenn Schulz
Smitha Rao

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Agenda
• State of the Industry
• Open & Secure Automation with FDT
• New FDT 3.0 Mobility Capabilities
• Mobilizing the Industrial Workforce
• Developing FDT 3.0 Mobile Solutions
• Questions & Answers
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STATE OF THE INDUSTRY
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Designed for Diverse and Modern Industrial Markets
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Process
Automation
Factory
Automation
Hybrid
Automation
• Open Integration
– Standardized
– Data centric
– Mobile
– Remote access
• Flexible Architecture
– Scalable
– Agile
– Secure and robust
– Compatible

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• Secure
• Standardized
• Platform-independent
• Interoperable
• Web and OPC UA client-based
• Information-driven
• Service-oriented
Meets Market Demands
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FDT 3.0 IIoT Architecture (FITS)
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• FDT IIoT Platform
– Single Server environment
– Skid to cloud-based solutions
– Built-in security
– Platform-independence
– Native OPC UA Server
– Embedded Web Server
– Universal device integration
– Common components

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OPEN AND SECURE AUTOMATION WITH FDT
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The Open Integration Advantage
• FDT IIoT Ecosystem
– FDT Server for distributive architectures for single and multiple
facilities
– FDT Desktop for single user architectures
– FDT DTM for any device
• Flexible Deployment Architecture
– Skid-to-cloud scalability
– Cloud, on-premise, edge
– Cross platform functionality
• Sensor-to-Cloud Integration
– Direct maintenance and optimization data path
– Support for all IT networks and OT protocols
• Backwards Compatibility
– FDT Desktop environment
– FDI DP integration
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Key Features of the FDT Server™
• Integrated Web Server
– Leverages a browser-based environment
– Modernizes field device management
– Transforms OT access for remote asset management
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• Embedded OPC UA Server
– Leverages a standard OPC client-based environment
– Enables IT/OT integration of real-time data
– Supports ERP/MES for enterprise connectivity
– Supports OPC UA Pub-Sub
• End-to-End Security
– TLS encrypted communications with 509v3
Certificates for authentication
– Role-based access control
– On-the-wire security for enabled protocols

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Aligned with NUMAR NE 175 Open Architecture
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• FDT 3.0 Enhances Visualization
– Provides 2nd Channel to the
Automation Pyramid
– Open and Secure
– Monitoring and Optimization
• Device health
• Maintenance activities
• Asset management
– Eliminates dependencies on
the PLC, DCS or Asset
Management System

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NEW FDT 3.0 MOBILITY CAPABILITIES
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Transforming Processes and Productivity
Experience has shown that mobility is an
enabling technology that enhances the ability to:
 Improve service efficiency
 Reduce maintenance costs
 Increase equipment uptime
 Extend asset life
 Enhance the bottom line
 Increase employee satisfaction
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Expanding Today’s Capabilities
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Today Tomorrow
Device = Object Device = App

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FDT 3.0 Device DTM – Key Driver for Mobility
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• Business Logic
– Defines online and offline parameter profiles
– Device model & bus mapping
– NUMAR NE-107
• Web User Interface (required style guide)
– Responsive by design (HTML5 and
JavaScript)
– Browser-based and mobile-friendly
– Cross-platform functionality
• OPC UA Ready
– No coding required
– Real-time OT/IT access
• Secure
– Requires certification
– Digitally signed tamper-proof and non-
repudiation

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FDT Open & Secure Interface Mobilizes Visualization
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FDT 3.0 DTMs – Distributed & Portable WebUI
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New FDT 3.0 Style Guide User Interface (Responsive)
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Style Guide Supports All Mobile Devices
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Touch-screen and soft-keyboard functionality

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FDT 3.0 DTM Responsive By Design
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Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
• FDT Server provides data resources to authenticated and authorized clients
and users
– FDT clients
– OPC UA clients
– Mobile devices (smartphones, tablets, laptops)
• Flexible Communication Options
– Client/Server – Request-Response Communication
• One-to-one configurations
– PubSub – Subscribing to Data and Event Notification
• One-to-many configurations
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Monitoring and Optimization Apps
Customized Apps Leveraging the FDT 3.0 Ecosystem
– Help the IT/OT workforce function more effectively
• Customized view of production data
• Modern asset management practices
• Monitoring of device specific, real-time data
• Enhanced predictive maintenance
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MOBILIZING THE INDUSTRIAL WORKFORCE
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FDT 3.0 Server – OPC UA Server vs Web Server
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FDT 3.0 Server – OPC UA Server vs Web Server
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FDT 3.0 OPC UA Server
• FDT OPC UA Information Model exposes below
information over OPC UA interface
 Device Identification
 Device Health Status
 Offline/Online Configuration
 Process Values
 Documentation
 Static Function
• Non-UI Methods are supported
• Network Topology supported
• Secure OPC UA is the communication between FDT
OPC UA Server and OPC UA Client application
• Supported FDT 2.0 onwards
• Based on FDT OPC UA companion specification
• Requires OPC UA supported FDT host system
• No additional coding required by DTM suppliers
• Can be extended to support OPC pub/sub mechanism
• FDT 3.0 Web Server exposes complete FDT DTM
functionality over web interfaces
 Device Identification
 Device Health Status
 Offline/Online Configuration
 Process Values
 Documentation
 Diagnosis
 Compare (Offline/Online)
 Static functions
 Non-Standard functions
 DTM GUI etc.
• All FDT DTM Methods are supported
Web User Interface - FDT style guide supported
Cross platform functionality
• JSON is used between DTM UI and BL for data
exchange
• Supported FDT 3.0 specification onwards
FDT 3.0 Web Server

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FDT 3.0-enabled Ecosystem
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FDT Host/System
Suppliers
DTM
Suppliers
FDT 3.0-enabled
App Suppliers

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FDT 3.0-enabled Use Cases
 Remote Monitoring and Diagnostic tool (mobile, tablet, desktop)
 Asset Health Monitoring using OPC Pub/Sub
 Asset Health Checkup Assistance App
 Device Connection Assistance App
 Production Performance App
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#1: Remote Monitoring and Diagnostic Tool
Flowserve FDT 3.0 Case Study
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#1: Remote Monitoring and Diagnostic Tool
Flowserve FDT 3.0 Case Study
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#2: Asset Health Monitoring Using OPC Pub/Sub
Utthunga FDT 3.0 OPC Case Study
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Image Source: Utthunga Technologies

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#3: Asset Health Assistance App
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FDT 3.0 Asset Health
Assistance App
Sequence of Events
• FDT 3.0 Mobile app finds the nearby devices info (RFID,
Manual tag, Geo Location)
• FDT3.0 Mobile App connects to FDT 3.0 web server/OPC UA
server
• FDT 3.0 requests for Device Health Info from the FDT 3.0
server for the nearby devices
• FDT3.0 Server sends the information back to FDT 3.0 mobile
app
• FDT 3.0 Mobile app displays the information
List all the devices near me
which needs maintenance

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#4: Device Connection Assistance App
QRSCAN
SCANNING
Where are the terminals ?
How to connect to this device ?
Let me check user manual…..

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#5: Production Performance App
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Chemical Fertilizer Plant

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DEVELOPING FDT 3.0 MOBILE SOLUTIONS
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Empower Innovative Business Models
• FDT Common Components
– Create an Ecosystem of IIoT Ready Solutions
– Platform Independent Tool Sets
– Out-of-Box Ready
• FDT Server - Common Components
• FDT Desktop - Common Components
• FDT DTM - Common Components
– OPC UA Integration Auto-enabled
• No coding required
– Modern Development Environment
for Customization
• WebUI (HTML5, Java Script)
• Value-add for competitive differentiation
• App support
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FDT 3.0 DTM Development
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FDT 3.0 Certification
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FDT 3.0 Mobility - Business Benefits
• Provides an open and standardized WebUI interface
• Supports mobile devices, platforms, and browsers
• Enables secure remote access to all the assets
• Authorizes mobile devices and users
• Supports customized app development for operations
(OT) and management (IT)
• Empowers the industrial workforce
• Allows a Service-oriented Architecture
• Enables cloud-based asset management
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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
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HANDOUTS
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• FDT 3.0 Architecture Brochure
• FDT 3.0 Developing Innovative Business Models White Paper
• FDT 3.0 Mobility White Paper
• Utthunga FDT/DTM Offerings

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