🚀 New Generation Synchronization Tool from Emerson for Control Systems and Digital Twins!

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Emerson has announced the Ovation Curation Tool, a revolutionary synchronization software for power and water control systems! This tool aims to seamlessly manage version control and change history across multiple Ovation systems and simulators.

✨ Seamless Integration with Digital Twins​

The Ovation Curation Tool is specifically designed for control systems and digital twins. It automates change management between power plant production systems and their digital twins, thereby increasing testing and training accuracy, saving engineering time, and accelerating troubleshooting.

🔍 Automated Change Tracking and Rapid Deployment​

According to Emerson, the software automatically tracks changes in the control system over time and enables these changes to be rapidly deployed to other control systems and simulations via an intuitive dashboard.

💡 Why It Matters?​

Rick Kephart, vice president of technology for Emerson’s power and water business, states, "Keeping the digital twin continuously synchronized with live systems has always been a challenge, and that challenge continues to grow as workforce shortages make it difficult to find and retain expert personnel." Kephart notes that the Ovation Curation Tool ensures simulations remain current, providing continuous benefits through training, testing, engineering, and forecasting.

📊 Detailed Change History and Audit​

The software can be set to run as frequently as an organization desires, automatically identifying and tracking all changes made to the control system. Users can access change history and audit trails through the intuitive dashboard, seeing what changed, who changed it, and when it occurred.

🔄 Automated Synchronization and Impact Analysis​

Once changes are validated, users can initiate automatic synchronization between the production system and the digital twin, or between the digital twin and other Ovation control systems. According to the company, before deployment, the simulation snapshot impact analysis tool details any disruptions the changes would cause in the target system and offers solutions.

🤝 Collaboration and Data Management​

The Curation Tool maintains data synchronization while transferring data between the production system and the simulator using a repository system. Emerson states that multiple users can edit the same assets and merge their changes.