Citect SCADA 2018 V8.1 and Bailey Infi 90 DCS compatibility with Ethernet CIU's ?

I have Citect SCADA 2018 V8.1 with a Bailey Infi 90 DCS system installed for 25 years now and looking to upgrade from our original INICT01 (CIU 01) which are serial port comms to Citect Server using the bailey serial port Driver without issue.

the new CIU's i am investigating are Ethernet comms, are there any other Citect uses out there that have done this upgrade and are willing to share their experience pro's and cons and any issues i need to be aware of ?

interested in the following,

- what driver to use for Ethernet comms

- compatibility issues ?

- known bugs ?

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Alan over 3 years ago in reply to Willem +1

Update Thanks again for the info you provided Willem, we are proceeding with the Rovisys Option over the ABB Offering.

Willem over 3 years ago

Not certain whether it will assist with this ethernet-connected CIU module you're talking about, but I've recently used the Rovisys OPC 90 OPC server to connect to INFI 90, which did an excellent job. Maybe check whether that's appropriate?
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Alan over 3 years ago

Thanks Willem, i will ask this question to my DCS Service provider. i am not familiar with the Rovisys opc 90 at all, are you using this for connection to Citect SCADA specifically ?
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Willem over 3 years ago

If your DCS service provider is ABB, then they'll pitch their own equivalent as a competing offer, but approach Rovisys directly for a comparison and to establish whether they can work with the models you're talking about.
I was using System Platform, but it's kind of irrelevant. Citect has OPC drivers as well, so you can just use those rather than the device-specific ones.
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Art over 3 years ago

I have used Rovisys for many years for Citect to communicate to all versions of the system. This has included all levels of CIUs including first serial to the ABB IET800 and then most recently the ABB IET800 via Ethernet as ABB has locked out the serial communication. Never any problems and it is a very powerful tool and designed by ex Bailey people.. ABB does offer their own OPC server but it is very expensive and does not have the reliability and performance of Rovisys.
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Willem over 3 years ago

Awesome, thanks for your confirmation Art.
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Alan over 3 years ago

Hello Art,

Many thanks for taking the time to reply, this is what i was hoping to hear from an end user or SI perspective. this is a large investment for this company as its 3 CIU's ( 2 being early INICT01) and 2 Citect Servers. System has been stable for 25 + years, i do not want to introduce issues, your last statement about "Rovisys" being more reliable than the "ABB" offering is exactly what i wanted to hear.
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Willem over 3 years ago

Just FYI as well, Rovisys is low engineering effort and easy to get it up and running. They'll do a demo license for free, so you can prove to yourself very easily whether it's right for you.
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Alan over 3 years ago

Thanks Willem, much appreciated.
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Alan over 3 years ago in reply to Willem

Update

Thanks again for the info you provided Willem, we are proceeding with the Rovisys Option over the ABB Offering.
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Alan over 3 years ago in reply to Art

Update

Thanks again for the info you provided Art, we are proceeding with the Rovisys Option over the ABB Offering.
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