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ELECTRONICS UPDATE Network 90, Integrated Marine Management System For Reduced Costs And Maximized Profits John Glowe Senior Market Manager, Marine/Offshore Bailey Controls Company ified marine system eliminates the need for vessel and platform person- nel to see their environment as a series of unrelated processes. Not only can Network 90 itself provide all the monitoring and con- trol functions required, but it can also tie together formerly dissimilar systems into a single vessel commu- nication network. This is possible because of Network 90's unique sys- tem design which does not rely on a central processor or data traffic manager. The System. A typical marine system configuration consists of re- motely located "process control units" and "interface units" con- nected by a vessel "data highway." The "process control units" provide the direct connection to the various field devices for either monitoring or control. Within each unit resides the required modules to perform the control, alarming and reporting pro- cedures. Each of these units has redundant internal and external (continued) No one questions the fact that the survival of the maritime industry is linked to lower operating costs and improved performance. However, we cannot incorporate fully auto- mated controls to effect "reduced manning" for its own sake without considering how this proposed sys- tem effectively addresses backed-up control, serviceability, operator in- teraction with his environment and interface capability to other control systems. During the past century, ship con- trols evolved from manual to semi- automated pneumatic and discrete electronic systems and now they stand at the edge of the "micropro- cessor" age and total vessel automa- tion. Bailey Controls, in late 1984, in- troduced Network 90 to the mari- time industry. Already a proven sys- tem in over 3,000 stationary applica- tions, Network 90 brings the power of microprocessor-based distributed digital control to shipboard and off- shore environments. This fully qual- Network 90 brings the power of microprocessor-based distributed digital control to ship-board and offshore environments. • ; THE SYNCROLIFT: One Idea fThat Will Carry a Lot Of Weight December, 1985 55 TODD L.A.'s Syncrolift: The World's Largest Shiplift and Land Level Ship Transfer Facility, Ready to Provide the U.S. Navy with Fast, Cost-Effective New Construction, Repair and Overhaul of Todd Shipyards Corporation One State Street Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10004 Tel: (212) 668-4700 Cable: "Robin" New York LOS ANGELES/SAN FRANCtSCO/SEATTLE NEW ORLEANS/GALVESTON flifflttT in' '-1 ' . 81
