'A' Series Vessel Control (AVC) System

As part of its core solutions for the Marine industry, Converteam offers its enhanced 'A' Series Vessel Control (AVC) System for full remote supervisory control and monitoring of all ship systems.

The AVC system combines shipwide supervisory control and monitoring together into a single system, enabling operators to have a complete overview of all ship systems. Distributed field stations provide local plant interface, with multi-function operator workstations providing the Human Machine Interface (HMI.) System components are integrated using a high speed, redundant Ethernet network.

The AVC system covers a wide range of applications throughout the naval and merchant marine industries. Installations have included auxiliary ships, landing platforms, destroyers, fixed platforms, supply vessels, cruise liners, FPSOs, tankers, drill ships and cable layers.

The AVC system consists of a number of software modules, which may form stand-alone applications or which can be run together as a single entity.

Benefits

• distributed architected saves cabling
• 'I/O anywhere' philosophy
• integration of hardware saves space and cost
• network allows for easy future expansion
• high level of system redundancy
• hazardous area compatible
• commonality of hardware throughout
• reduced spares holding
• common look and feel across systems
• high level diagnostic features
• OPC interconnectivity.