Integrated Production Control System
CENTUM VP
Bulletin 33J01A10-01EN
Through "Process Co-Innovation,"
Yokogawa creates new value with our clients
The CENTUM VP Distributed Control System (DCS) is Yokogawa's most advanced,
integrated process control system, providing enhanced productivity and
optimization across a wide range of industries. For over forty years, the CENTUM
DCS family has evolved to meet and exceed the needs of businesses and will
continue to do so as they reinvent themselves through digital transformations
for a brighter future.
and incorporate new technologies such as IoT far into the future.
CENTUM VP
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Customer Centric Values
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1988
CENTUM VP is a reliable built for safe performance control system that
is scalable, flexible, powerful and easy to use.
Efficient Engineering Environment
Automation Design Suite enables users eliminate redundant work, increase engineering
efficiency using flexibility of Standardized Modular engineering, maintain data integrity and
enable change management through smart engineering. The reduced workflow translates to
sustainable, efficient project execution to realize business value.
Intuitive Unified Plant Operations
Operator centric interface for control, safety, asset intelligence integrated with embedded
Consolidated Alarm Management System prevents information overload for operators
allowing deliver safe, high performance, efficient plant operations for customer satisfaction.
Pragmatic Lifecycle Management Programmes
CENTUM History
Vnet/IP (1 Gbps)
V net (10 Mbps)
Vnet/IP
CENTUM
CENTUM
CS
Over 40 years and still counting
CENTUM
VP
ProSafe-RS
VP R5
CENTUM
CS 3000
CENTUM VP R6
CENTUM
CS 3000 R3
2015
Yokogawa provide online upgrades, patches, migration, security solutions as lifecycle services.
These services involve comprehensive customer collaboration ensuring sustainable return on
investment for control system assets. These services are applicable across plant lifecycle.
Improved Project Execution and Reduced Cost
N-IO (Network I/O), the next-generation software configurable smart I/O reduces footprint,
lowers marshalling costs and allows flexible I/O binding.
N-IO matched with the FieldMate Validator commissioning tool allow significantly faster
project completion to reduce costs without quality compromise.
HF-BUS (1 Mbps)
F-BUS (250 Kbps)
CENTUM V
CENTUM
CENTUM-XL
Yokogawa has maintained exclusive ownership of CENTUM
development throughout the history of this product series.
The upgrade path for each legacy system is always taken
into consideration before a new version is released.
Yokogawa’s Commitment
Yokogawa's system platforms strengthened with decades of market proven execution experience
provide the highest quality solutions for secure and optimized process automation management.
Yokogawa's global customer centric focus with strong local support reduces users' business
risks. Yokogawa provides the lowest total cost of ownership. With a long history of progressive
compatibility, Yokogawa is your dependable automation partner.
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Operation
True Integration of Production Excellence, Safety Excellence and Asset Excellence
CENTUM VP offers in Operations, Safety and Asset Management Solutions through optimized data
management presented using cognitive visual integration for operators. For example, CENTUM VP
Human Interface Station (HIS) offers integrated alarm visualization from DCS, Safety Instrumented
System (ProSafe-RS) and Yokogawa Plant Resource Manager (PRM) Asset Management System that
facilitates seamless operations across multiple control systems.
CENTUM VP HMI for Simplified Operations Through Visual Cognition
Yokogawa's rich experience in process industry with CENTUM is applied to develop an intuitive, human centric
designed HMI environment for plant operations. Flexible windows with multi monitor approach offer an
adaptable visual platform for diverse plant operator requirements. GUI designed using on human ergonomics
makes CENTUM VP HMI environment easy for users. High visibility for data displays, use of colours
considering ambient lighting, optimized contrast for visibility. Display configuration combine knowledge from
operator experience deliver optimized data on HMI screens. Powerful HMI environment empower operators
take timely correct for operation efficiency.
System Message Banner
Latest alarm message display for
operators up to date information on
process conditions.
Dedicated Operation Keyboard
Optimally allocated function keys, buttons enable operators to
call up or switch graphics and control loops by pressing a single
key. Two types, a single-loop and an eight loop simultaneous
operation keyboards are provided giving users ability to react
quickly to process conditions.
Virtualization
Virtualization separates system software operations from physical hardware dependencies, allows software
reusability to optimally commission system hardware.
This translates to customer's business centric benefits like smooth migration to new physical hardware
with reduced downtime, shorter migration process and system tests time. From maintenance perspective,
segregation of hardware and software maintainability are other significant advantages.
Browser Bar
Contains navigation tools for the
operator's convenience, frequently
used icons can be grouped in a My
Favourites folder.
Window History
Lists previous operational displays for
operators to call up previously used
graphics windows.
AOG Solution
(Advanced Operating Graphics)
AOG is a consulting service to help design
PCS (Process Control System) graphics based
on human factors and knowledge engineering.
AOG provides intuitive situation awareness through
ergonomic design, looking at factors such as colour
selection, layout, and visual function. Certified
consultants conduct a task analysis of plant operations
and the result is reflected in the graphics design. The
GUIs can enhance safety and productivity by early
detection of abnormal situations, quicker decision
making, reduction of errors, less-stressed operators,
and translating operator skills into explicit knowledge.
Software Suites
Yokogawa software improve productivity and optimize plant operations.
Alarm system
■
Alarm System helps customers avoid alarm flooding, maintain safety and environmental targets
through proactive incidents detection. This improve operational efficiency under normal conditions,
allowing operators to minimize tedious repetitive tasks and instead focus on genuine process
challenges.
Alarm management software suites offer graphical historical data analysis, automatic alarm
reduction, and sequence of event management. They support Six Sigma DMAIC (Define, Measure,
Analyze, Improve, Control) for optimized plant operation based on the latest ISA 18.2 and EEMUA
#191 alarm management guidelines.
Plant Asset Management
■
PRM (Plant Resource Manager) combines with intelligent field devices to autonomously monitor
plant asset conditions remotely. In built diagnostic functions detect early signs of performance
deterioration such as valve sticking and impulse line blocking to optimize preventive maintenance
plans using accurate instrument failure prediction, thus allowing proactive maintenance.
A wider variety of software suites for automation solutions is available.
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Control
Ensuring the Highest Availability and Reliability
Yokogawa's CENTUM series achieves continuous availability with reliability through a dual-
redundant design, online maintenance capability features. FCS processor module, power supply, I/O
modules, and I/O networks are all dual redundant. Active and stand-by processor modules work
in synchronization: even if a failure occurs, control switches over seamlessly to stand-by module
facilitates uninterrupted FCS availability. Failed modules can be replaced online, ensuring that even
a hardware failure will not interrupt plant operation.
Designed for Stable Control
The CENTUM series employs a pair & spare architecture
that improves process control stability. Each processor
module has redundant Main Processing Units (MPU) that
simultaneously execute same computations. Their outputs
are constantly compared and a bump-less switchover to
stand-by processor module is initiated if any anomalies
caused by electronic noise or other phenomena are
detected. This minimizes any adverse impact on process
control due to hardware fault.
The State-of-the-art Field Control Station (FCS)
Yokogawa's performance driven legacy is built imbibing years of quality
excellence, customer focus to deliver reliability through quality control
system. The CENTUM VP controller features powerful processing
capabilities with large application storage capacity, is optimized to full
advantage of advanced field digital technology for plants to operate with
better efficiency safety and stability.
Processor
module
Main memory
with ECC
Comparator
I/O network
Vnet/IP
I/F
MPU1
MPU2
I/F
Vnet/IP
Duplexed
CPU Bus
I/O network
I/F
MPU1
MPU2
I/F
Processor
module
Comparator
Main memory
with ECC
ESB Bus
Online Maintenance
Online maintenance function allows FCS applications to be modified without FCS shutdown. User can change logics and
parameters without interrupting the process control. This is useful for expansion or modification of the plant online
without affecting plant operations.
Wide Variety of Function Blocks
CENTUM VP provides functional blocks for monitoring, control, manipulations, calculations, logic functions, and sequences.
Encompassing continuous control, advanced control, complex sequence control and batch control that can be executed in
a redundant, secure, and reliable control environment. Process control systems can be flexibly designed, while remaining
scalable and modularized, through combination of these control blocks.
Process Input / Output Module
N-IO (Network I/O)
■
Network I/O (N-IO) enables a
single I/O module to handle AI,
AO, DI, and DO signals. For each
I/O point sigal type is software
configurable through appropriate
adapter, this prevents delay in
the plant installation caused by
the change. Adapters serve as
signal converters support a wide
variety of signal types, offering
choice to customer depending on
the application. N-IO eliminates
need of conventional marshalling saves installation space,
reduces project costs. N-IO module can also be used as a
remote I/O module by installing it as a remote junction box
in the field.
N-IO Field Enclosure
■
N-IO field enclosure is a standard remote cabinet
delivered with optimally designed auxiliary equipment
including power supply.
FIO (Field Network I/O)
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RIO System Upgrade I/O
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Secured Control Network
Yokogawa's Vnet/IP provides a highly reliable yet open real-time broadband
communication network. The open communication does not affect process
control data communications or the performance and security aspect of the
control communications. Yokogawa system guarantees data updates ever y
second in HIS, regardless of project size or complexity. Both star and ring
topologies are supported.
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Vnet/IP
A variety of Field Network I/O (FIO) modules are available
for each process signal type. The FIO modules can be
connected to field devices via a pressure clamp terminal
block, dedicated terminal board, or a MIL cable. FIO is the
appropriate I/O choice for creating a configuration using
a terminal block.
Other available I/O modules include a Remote I/O
(RIO) module for I/O signals and an I /O module for RIO
system upgrade to upgrade the system in a short time by
maximizing existing assets.
Recording Changes Throughout the Plant Lifecycle
Modification Package
Database
Conventional
Execution
Engineering
Yokogawa accelerates plant start-up, ensures sustainable performance
Yokogawa paves way for a new engineering paradigm for the next-generation plant personnel to
reduce the risks to scheduled project deliver and ensure sustainable performance. Project execution
often experience backslide that may involve significant rework, having adverse impact on TCO (Total
Cost of Ownership). Yokogawa's engineering prevents these inefficiencies and ensures customers
reap all these benefits throughout the project lifecycle.
Design
Agile
Project
EXecution
Configuration
Design
Application
& HFAT
Increasing quality and Reduce wasteFlexible Start
N-IO Solution effectsThe class module effect
Ship &
Install
Manufacturing
& HFAT
Configuration
Field
wiring
Ship &
Wire
Application
AFAT
Site Activity
(incl. Loop check)
Loop
Validation
Site
Activity
FieldMate Validator effects
Flexible I/O Binding – Ensuring Project Execution Excellence
Automation Design Suite - Improve Quality, Reduce Complexity, Enhance Productivity
Yokogawa's state of the art engineering environment Automation Design Suite, retains plant engineering
history throughout the lifecycle from design – commissioning-operation; ensuring up-to-date plant
knowledge with every expansion, hardware and software change and peace of mind to plant managers.
Module Based Engineering
Yokogawa Automation Design Suite adopts a modular approach
to automation design and execution, where process loops, alarm
design philosophy, graphics and more are deployed as design
patterns: downloaded, shared and re-used as standards across
the enterprise, saving time and resources.
Yokogawa leverages its long history and vast expertise in process
automation, with standardized, industry proven engineering
modules available that span a broad range of processes and
functions for production, safety and asset excellence.
Management of Change and Resources
The Automation Design Suite is more than the 'As built' specification of process plant… It provides dynamic management
of design, investment and project effectiveness by audit, version based engineering changes.
This facilitates effective engineering through ModPacks (Modification Packages) to maintain project schedules by
reducing the delays and the engineering impact of late design changes or scope changes. Automation Design Suite also
auto-documents and checks inconsistencies in project ac tivity and soft ware resources, removing the pain from project
management, and significantly reducing project risk.
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After the DCS is delivered to a site, design changes often occur due to physical restrictions of implementation
or unavoidable miscalculations. These changes significantly affect the project schedule. Reduction of project
execution time is a pressing challenge. Flexible I/O binding, Yokogawa's improved late I/O binding solution
helps overcome these customer challenges.
Reducing the Risks to Scheduled Project Delivery
The flexible I/O binding facilitates simple and convenient I/O binding. This is made possible by software
marshalling and the N-IO's universal channels. The type of I/O and the interconnection between the I/O module
and the controller can be modified from remote locations which significantly reduces impact of last-minute I/O
changes. Moreover, flexible I/O binding achieves early delivery of I/O cabinets to the site, and problems can be
found and fixed on-site at a very early stage.
Early Start-up
Flexible I/O binding reduces project duration. After I/O design is fixed, application and hardware engineering can
progress concurrently using System Independent Loop Commissioning using Yokogawa's FieldMate Validator, an
innovative tool for field testing and validation of N-IO without requiring a deployed system.
Modification Package
Control
Documents
Alarm Design
HW/SW Config
Control
Documents
HW/SW Config
Check-in Check-out
Approve Validate
Change
Authorization Dependency Analyze
Alarm Design
Sustainable Plant
HIS
FCS
PKG
Peripheral
HIS
FCS
PKG
Peripheral
HIS
FCS
PKG
Peripheral
HIS
FCS
PKG
Peripheral
Provide Long-term Functional Maintenance of the Control System
Sustainable Plant is Yokogawa's concept toward long-term stable operation of the control system.
Since its first release, CENTUM has been developed with consideration of compatibility and
inheritance, and Yokogawa is making various efforts to achieve long-term stable operation of the
entire plant, or a “Sustainable Plant.”
Toward Long-term Stable Operation of the Control System
Yokogawa provides long-term support and sustainability services to ensure the control systems maintain their high level
of functionality over the lifecycle of the system and the facility. Yokogawa's lifecycle plans for its control systems provide
the lowest cost of ownership for its customers.
Solutions to Achieve a Sustainable Plant
Yokogawa continuously provides control systems and helps customers maintain and improve the performance of their
plants, with the aim to achieve long-term stable operation of the control systems in the plants of customers, as well as
meet customers’ needs and ensure adaptation to the surrounding environment.
Product
Service
We provide products that enable long-term functional maintenance by developing products,
both hardware and software, that ensure functional compatibility and sustainability.
We provide high quality solutions in annual maintenance agreement.
Lifecycle Performance Care Services
Plan & Execute Maintain Protect Analyze Modernize
Lifecycle
Planning
An optimal Lifecycle Plan
for the customer’s control
systems
Basic
Maintenance
Providing prompt
solutions and reliable
service such as Engineer
Dispatch/Bench
Repair/etc.
Safety &
Security
Delivering solutions to
ensure plant safety and
security, and enhance
operational resilience
Service Foundation
Asset Health
Monitoring
Prevent unexpected
failures by monitoring the
condition of the plant
Technology
Refresh
High-quality, seamless
upgrading service
Security
We are in a new age of controlling security risks. The spread of malware and a rise in increasingly sophisticated
cyber attacks are causing even more serious damage. The threat of cyber-security risks extends beyond information
technology systems and into control systems. The use of information technology systems has advanced control systems
and helped reduce costs and provide more functions. However, we now need to tackle the associated security risks.
Robust Cyber Security
CENTUM VP field control unit has obtained the ISASecure® Embedded Device Security Assurance (EDSA) certification
from the ISA Security Compliance Institute (ISCI). The certification was obtained through a process of examination by
the CSSC (Control System Security Centre) Certification Laboratory. It certifies that CENTUM VP software is equipped
with the relevant cyber security features to be used in the industries such as oil, petrochemical, power and many others.
CENTUM VP provides secure configuration for Windows PC/Server. CENTUM VP systems uses Vnet/IP network equipped
with built-in features to deal with various security threats such as spoofing, falsification and DoS attacks.
Endpoint Security Service
Yokogawa provides an effective security service in response to the
customer's requests and operational conditions. USB Port Lock
Service, Security Information Service, etc. are available. The Anti-virus
software and the white listing software for CENTUM VP are provided
by Yokogawa.
Yokogawa verifies the combined operation of the Yokogawa products,
antivirus software, and the Microsoft Security Updates.
Obtaining Security Certification
CENTUM VP pioneered to obtain the ISA Secure Embedded Device
Security Assurance (EDSA) certification that assures security
robustness in Japan in 2014.
Migration
Secured Remote Solutions Global Service Network
Secure and controlled access to critical,
actionable data at any time and from anywhere
Long-term Functional Maintenance Image
By updating obsolete components to maintain system functionality, transition can be achieved seamlessly.
Maintenance activities can be applied at the same time of shutdown.
Upgrade to HIS with
improved operability
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Replacement of peripheral devices
for which support period expired
Comprehensive Global Service Network supports you
with 24/7 operations
Upgrade to FCS with
improved processing speed
Upgrade to solution packages
with new functions
Not satisfied with another vendor's control systems? Consider migrating it to CENTUM VP. We have successfully migrated
over 350 non-Yokogawa systems so far and the number is steadily growing. To name a few: Bailey INFI90, Foxboro I/A,
Emerson RS3/PROVOX/DeltaV, Eurotherm, Hartman & Brown ContronicP, Hitachi, Honeywell TDC2000/TDC3000/PKS,
Siemens SIMATIC, Taylor MODCELL, Toshiba, Allen-Bradley PLC.
Upgrading
Upgrade procedure is simple and quick: FCS upgrade is just a mouse click away. All Yokogawa's legacy CENTUM systems
can be controlled and monitored from a newer CENTUM system. Via a control network, CENTUM VP can control and
monitor operation at a plant relying on CENTUM V, CENTUM-XL, CENTUM CS, or CENTUM CS 3000 system. CENTUM VP
can also communicate with both N-IO and traditional FIO. Yokogawa will continue to sell and provide long-term support
for both types of I/O. This allows Yokogawa customers to utilize their existing assets wherever possible, thus, Yokogawa
offers a cost-effective way to upgrade End User production control systems.
System Architecture
Scalable and Interoperable Architecture
CENTUM VP
UGS
Wireless
Operation
Firewall
FAST/ TOOLS
（SCADA）
Remote I/O
SCS
FCS
Optical
FCS
Fiber
N-IO
SCS
ENG
V net Router
FCS
HIS
HIS
UACS LAN
UACS
Domain
Controller
Plant Resource
Firewall
WSUS
*2
Server
Field Wireless
Access Point
Manager
Plant Information
Production
Management
Management
Production
Management
Anti-virus
Server
Human Interface Station (HIS)
Windows based operating system, commercial-off-the-shelf
PC hardware, and optional specialized operator keyboard for a
large variety of operator consoles.
Engineering Station (ENG)
With the same PC features mentioned above, this includes a
comprehensive engineering package for all the CENTUM VP
components and applications.
Field Control Station (FCS)
100% Yokogawa manufactured. This is the core of CENTUM VP’s
high availability/reliability, continuing the CENTUM heritage.
UGS/GSGW
Unified Gateway Station (UGS) serves as a gateway to interface
CENTUM VP with STARDOM or the third-party subsystems.
Generic Subsystem Gateway (GSGW) is a controller for operating
and monitoring subsystems connected to CENTUM VP.
Bus Converter (BCV)
Interface hardware that connects multiple control network
domains. It also connects previous CENTUM series systems to
CENTUM VP.
Control Network (Vnet/IP)
Vnet/IP, an IEEE802.3 Ethernet compliant redundant network
operating at 1 Gbps, incorporates Yokogawa’s technology,
achieving deterministic, reliable, and secure communications.
Digital Fieldnetworks
CENTUM VP supports F
OUNDATION
PROFIBUS-DP, DeviceNet, Modbus, Modbus/TCP, and EtherNet/IP.
TM
fieldbus, HART, PROFINET,
STARDOM
PLC
*1
N-IO
3rd Party DCS
RIO System
Upgrade I/O
PLC
Field Wireless
Management Station
Flowmeters
MCC
MCC
MCC
*1
FCS
Thermometers
Pressure Gauges
Device Management
HART Devices
Wireless
Transmitter
Safety Control Station (SCS) - ProSafe-RS
This is Yokogawa’s TÜV SIL3 certified premier safety
instrumented system. It incorporates Yokogawa’s own Pair
& Spare and Vnet/IP technologies and offers unprecedented
synergy with CENTUM VP.
Network-based Control System - STARDOM
Yokogawa’s intelligent-hybrid remote telecommunication
controllers are ideal for the oil and gas upstream market. They
can be seamlessly integrated, via the UGS, to CENTUM VP.
Operational Excellence Software Suite
A software suite for the Windows platform that supports plant
operations and maintenance improvement, such as plant
safety, plant asset management, production management, and
optimization.
*1: Programmable Logic Controlle r
*2: Windows Server Update Ser vices
UACS (unified alarms and conditions server)
Alarm management that drives compliance with IEC 62682 (Ed1,
2014)/ISA18.2-2016 standards.
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CENTUM VP
Integrated Production Control System
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