Installation guide

Installation Guide AMS Suite: Intelligent Device Manager

NOVEMBER 2013

— To receive FOUNDATION fieldbus device alerts in AMS Device Manager, the

Ovation OPC Alarm and Event Server package must be installed on your

co-deployed Ovation/AMS Device Manager station. The AMS Device

Manager Ovation System Interface must also be installed on this station.

• For WirelessHART devices:

— If you want to access information for WirelessHART devices on an Ovation

system, configure an Ovation System Interface in AMS Device Manager

with WirelessHART support enabled and a connection to a Smart Wireless

Gateway configured.

• For PROFIBUS DP devices:

— If you want to access information for PROFIBUS DP devices on an Ovation

3.3.1 or later system, configure an Ovation System Interface in AMS

Device Manager with PROFIBUS DP support enabled.

— PROFIBUS DP devices will only be supported on Ovation 3.3.1 or later

networks. A PROFIBUS DP module can contain up to 2 ports. Each port

can be connected to up to 124 PROFIBUS DP devices. For Ovation 3.3.1, a

patch (OVA331027) is required.

• For SIS devices:

— If you want to access SIS HART device information on your Ovation system

through AMS Device Manager, AMS Device Manager can be configured on

an Ovation Station or on a non-Ovation Station. Use the AMS Device

Manager Network Configuration utility to set up an Ovation System

Interface.

Note

Some FOUNDATION fieldbus devices have a feature known as “reannunciation” (or

“multibit”). This feature must be disabled for devices on an Ovation 3.5 system so that AMS

Device Manager can receive alerts from these devices. This feature is typically enabled/

disabled in the AMS Device Manager device Configure/Setup properties screens (the exact

location varies by device).

Note

If you install AMS Device Manager and configure an Ovation System Interface on a PC that

is not an Ovation Station and try to access HART devices, performance will be significantly

impacted if the hosts file on the AMS Device Manager station is missing specific entries. To

improve performance, add the IP address and hostname for each configured Ovation

Safety Data Server to the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\HOSTS file on the AMS

Device Manager Station.