System 800xA is ABB’s main control systems offering in which 800xA High Integrity constitutes the Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) portion. The Fire & Gas (F&G) protection system can be fully integrated with the System 800xA Basic Process Control System (BPCS), thereby providing a common operational, engineering and information environment for BPCS and SIS.

System 800xA includes a comprehensive library of standard reusable components that include extended automation entities such as faceplates, graphic elements, trends, document links, and alarms and events. In addition, ABB provides a broad family of industry-specific libraries, including the safety-certified Fire & Gas library, that contain Control Modules, Function Blocks, Data Types and graphic elements including special features for F&G applications.

The pre-tested and safety-certified 800xA High Integrity libraries significantly reduce the time required to engineer, test and maintain control while minimizing project risks. Alarm and Event handling, Force Control, Override Control, Access Management, and on-line diagnostics provide the operator with vital information and reduces time to action in the event of an unwanted event or actual demand.

Fire & Gas Libraries

ABB offers a wide range of control modules for monitoring and controlling safety systems. A complete range of high-level Control modules, Faceplates, Graphic Elements, Alarm management and operational templates and strategies are included.

The SIL2-certified Fire & Gas Library and the SIL3-certified Supervision Basic Library include a range of function blocks typically used in F&G applications. Easily identifiable safety-certified function blocks provide engineers and operators with a clear-cut visual separation between safety critical and process control application code.