CENTUM VP

Integrated Production Control System

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 The CENTUM VP Distributed Control System (DCS) is Yokogawa's most advanced,
integrated process control system, providing enhanced productivity and
optimization across a wide range of industries. For over forty years, the CENTUM
Through "Process Co-Innovation,"
DCS family has evolved to meet and exceed the needs of businesses and will
Yokogawa creates new value with our clients continue to do so as they reinvent themselves through digital transformations
for a brighter future. and incorporate new technologies such as IoT far into the future.

CENTUM VP
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 Customer Centric Values
CENTUM History Over 45 years and still counting
CENTUM VP is a reliable built for safe performance control system that
is scalable, flexible, powerful and easy to use.

Efficient Engineering Environment 2005 2008 2011

Automation Design Suite enables users eliminate redundant work, increase engineering CENTUM CENTUM 2015
Vnet/IP
efficiency using flexibility of Standardized Modular engineering, maintain data integrity and Vnet/IP (1 Gbps) VP VP R5 CENTUM VP R6
enable change management through smart engineering. The reduced workflow translates to
sustainable, efficient project execution to realize business value.
ProSafe-RS

Intuitive Unified Plant Operations 1993 1998 2001

CENTUM CENTUM CENTUM
Operator centric interface for control, safety, asset intelligence integrated with embedded V net (10 Mbps) CS CS 3000 CS 3000 R3
Consolidated Alarm Management System prevents information overload for operators
allowing deliver safe, high performance, efficient plant operations for customer satisfaction.

Pragmatic Lifecycle Management Programs

1983 1988
Yokogawa provide online upgrades, patches, migration, security solutions as lifecycle services. HF-BUS (1 Mbps) CENTUM V CENTUM-XL
These services involve comprehensive customer collaboration ensuring sustainable return on
investment for control system assets. These services are applicable across plant lifecycle.

Improved Project Execution and Reduced Cost

1975 Yokogawa has maintained exclusive ownership of CENTUM
N-IO (Network I/O), the next-generation software configurable smart I/O reduces footprint, CENTUM development throughout the history of this product series.
F-BUS (250 Kbps)
lowers marshalling costs and allows flexible I/O binding. The upgrade path for each legacy system is always taken
into consideration before a new version is released.
N-IO matched with the Field Commissioning Support Package allow significantly faster project
completion to reduce costs without quality compromise.

Yokogawa’s Commitment
Yokogawa's system platforms strengthened with decades of market proven execution experience
provide the highest quality solutions for secure and optimized process automation management.
Yokogawa's global customer centric focus with strong local support reduces users' business
risks. Yokogawa provides the lowest total cost of ownership. With a long history of progressive
compatibility, Yokogawa is your dependable automation partner.

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 Operation
True Integration of Production Excellence, Safety Excellence and Asset Excellence

CENTUM VP offers in Operations, Safety and Asset Management Solutions through optimized data
management presented using cognitive visual integration for operators. For example, CENTUM VP
Human Interface Station (HIS) offers integrated alarm visualization from DCS, Safety Instrumented Dedicated Operation Keyboard
System (ProSafe-RS) and Yokogawa Plant Resource Manager (PRM) Asset Management System that
Optimally allocated function keys, buttons enable operators to
facilitates seamless operations across multiple control systems. call up or switch graphics and control loops by pressing a single
key. Two types, a single-loop and an eight loop simultaneous
operation keyboards are provided giving users ability to react
quickly to process conditions.
CENTUM VP HMI for Simplified Operations Through Visual Cognition

Yokogawa's rich experience in process industry with CENTUM is applied to develop an intuitive, human centric
designed HMI environment for plant operations. Flexible windows with multi monitor approach offer an
adaptable visual platform for diverse plant operator requirements. GUI designed using on human ergonomics
makes CENTUM VP HMI environment easy for users. High visibility for data displays, use of colors considering Virtualization
ambient lighting, optimized contrast for visibility. Display configuration combine knowledge from operator
experience deliver optimized data on HMI screens. Powerful HMI environment empower operators take Virtualization separates system software operations from physical hardware dependencies, allows software
timely correct for operation efficiency. reusability to optimally commission system hardware.
This translates to customer's business centric benefits like smooth migration to new physical hardware
with reduced downtime, shorter migration process and system tests time. From maintenance perspective,
System Message Banner segregation of hardware and software maintainability are other significant advantages.
L ates t alar m mes s age display for
operators up to date information on
process conditions.

Browser Bar
Cont ains nav igat ion tools for t he
operator's convenience, frequently
used icons can be grouped in a My
Favorites folder.
Software Suites
Window History
Yokogawa software improve productivity and optimize plant operations.
Lists previous operational displays for
operators to call up previously used
graphics windows. n Alarm system
Unified Alarms and Conditions Server (UACS) is Yokogawa‘s alarm management system that ensures
the safe and secure operation helping compliance with IEC 62682/ISA18.2. Based on standard rules,
the UACS organizes and consolidates alarms that are issued by plant devices, helping operators to
AOG Solution focus on those alarms that are judged to be crucially important. This lets operators to concentrate
(Advanced Operating Graphics) on monitoring processes and improving overall plant efficiency.
AOG is a consulting service to help design
PCS (Process Control System) graphics based
on human f ac tor s and k now le dge engine er ing. n Plant Asset Management
AOG provides intuitive situation awareness through PRM (Plant Resource Manager) combines with intelligent field devices to autonomously monitor
ergonomic design, looking at factors such as color
plant asset conditions remotely. In built diagnostic functions detect early signs of performance
selec tion, layout , and v isual f unc tion. Cer tif ied
consultants conduct a task analysis of plant operations deterioration such as valve sticking and impulse line blocking to optimize preventive maintenance
and the result is reflected in the graphics design. The plans using accurate instrument failure prediction, thus allowing proactive maintenance.
GUIs can enhance safety and productivity by early A wider variety of software suites for automation solutions is available.
detection of abnormal situations, quicker decision
making, reduction of errors, less-stressed operators,
and translating operator skills into explicit knowledge.

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 Control
Ensuring High Availability and Reliability

Yokogawa's CENTUM series achieves continuous availability with reliability through a dual-
redundant design, online maintenance capability features. FCS processor module, power supply, I/O Online Maintenance
modules, and I/O networks are all dual redundant. Active and stand-by processor modules work
Online maintenance function allows FCS applications to be modified without FCS shutdown. User can change logics and
in synchronization: even if a failure occurs, control switches over seamlessly to stand-by module parameters without interrupting the process control. This is useful for expansion or modification of the plant online
facilitates uninterrupted FCS availability. Failed modules can be replaced online, ensuring that even without affecting plant operations.

a hardware failure will not interrupt plant operation.

Wide Variety of Function Blocks

CENTUM VP provides functional blocks for monitoring, control, manipulations, calculations, logic functions, and sequences.
Encompassing continuous control, advanced control, complex sequence control and batch control that can be executed in
Designed for Stable Control a redundant, secure, and reliable control environment. Process control systems can be flexibly designed, while remaining
scalable and modularized, through combination of these control blocks.
The CENTUM series employs a pair & spare architecture
that improves process control stability. Each processor
module has redundant Main Processing Units (MPU) that
simultaneously execute same computations. Their outputs
Processor
module
Vnet/IP
I/F
Vnet/IP
I/F
Processor
module
Process Input / Output Module
are constantly compared and a bump-less switchover to

Comparator

Comparator
MPU1 MPU1
Main memory Main memory
stand-by processor module is initiated if any anomalies with ECC
MPU2 MPU2
with ECC

c aused by elec tronic noise or other phenomena are

detected. This minimizes any adverse impact on process
Duplexed
CPU Bus n N-IO (Network I/O) n N-IO Field Enclosure
I/O network I/O network Net work I /O (N -IO) enables a
control due to hardware fault. I/F I/F
single I/O module to handle AI,
ESB Bus AO, DI, and DO signals. For each
I/O point signal type is software
configurable through appropriate
adapter, this prevents delay in
the plant installation caused by
the change. Adapters ser ve as
The State-of-the-art Field Control Station (FCS) signal converters support a wide
variety of signal types, offering
choice to customer depending on
Yokogawa's performance driven legacy is built imbibing years of quality
the application. N-IO eliminates
excellence, customer focus to deliver reliability through quality control
need of conventional marshalling saves installation space,
s y s tem. T he CEN T UM V P cont roller fea t ure s p ower f ul pro ce s sing reduces project costs. N-IO module can also be used as a N - IO f ie l d e n c l o sure i s a s t an dar d re m o te c ab in e t
capabilities with large application storage capacity, is optimized to full remote I/O module by installing it as a remote junction box delivered with optimally designed auxiliary equipment
advantage of advanced field digital technology for plants to operate with in the field. including power supply.
better efficiency safety and stability.

n FIO (Field Network I/O) n RIO System Upgrade I/O

Secured Control Network

Vnet/IP is a redundant and secure control network for Yokogawa systems

Vnet/IP
products. Based on gigabit Ethernet technology, it provides real-time
communication with the high reliability that is indispensable for stable plant
operations. Yokogawa system guarantees data updates every second in
HIS, regardless of project size or complexity. Both star and ring topologies
are supported. A variety of Field Network I/O (FIO) modules are available O t her available I /O mo dule s include a Remote I /O
for each process signal type. The FIO modules can be (RIO) module for I/O signals and an I/O module for RIO
connected to field devices via a pressure clamp terminal system upgrade to upgrade the system in a short time by
block, dedicated terminal board, or a MIL cable. FIO is the maximizing existing assets.
appropriate I/O choice for creating a configuration using
a terminal block.

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 Engineering
Yokogawa accelerates plant start-up, ensures sustainable performance

Yokogawa paves way for a new engineering paradigm for the next-generation plant personnel to
Automation Design Suite - Improve Quality, Reduce Complexity, Enhance Productivity
reduce the risks to scheduled project deliver and ensure sustainable performance. Project execution
often experience backslide that may involve significant rework, having adverse impact on TCO (Total Yokogawa's state of the art engineering environment Automation Design Suite, retains plant engineering
histor y throughout the lifecycle from design – commissioning-operation; ensuring up-to-date plant
Cost of Ownership). Yokogawa's engineering prevents these inefficiencies and ensures customers
knowledge with every expansion, hardware and software change and peace of mind to plant managers.
reap all these benefits throughout the project lifecycle.

Module Based Engineering

Conventional Design Configuration
Application Ship & Field Site Activity
Execution & HFAT Install wiring (incl. Loop check)
Yokogawa Automation Design Suite adopts a modular approach
to automation design and execution, where process loops, alarm
design philosophy, graphics and more are deployed as design
patterns: downloaded, shared and re-used as standards across
Manufacturing Ship & Loop the enterprise, saving time and resources.
& HFAT Wire Validation
Yokogawa leverages its long history and vast expertise in process
Agile automation, with standardized, industry proven engineering
Project Design Configuration Application Site
AFAT Activity modules available that span a broad range of processes and
Execution
functions for production, safety and asset excellence.

Flexible Start Increasing quality and Reduce waste Management of Change and Resources
Field Commissioning The Automation Design Suite is more than the 'As built' specification of process plant… It provides dynamic management
The class module effect N-IO Solution effects Support Package effects of design, investment and project effectiveness by audit, version based engineering changes.

This facilitates effective engineering through ModPacks (Modification Packages) to maintain project schedules by
reducing the delays and the engineering impact of late design changes or scope changes. Automation Design Suite also
auto-documents and checks inconsistencies in project activity and software resources, removing the pain from project
Flexible I/O Binding – Ensuring Project Execution Excellence management, and significantly reducing project risk.

After the DCS is delivered to a site, design changes often occur due to physical restrictions of implementation
or unavoidable miscalculations. These changes significantly affect the project schedule. Reduction of project
Database
execution time is a pressing challenge. Flexible I/O binding, Yokogawa's improved late I/O binding solution
helps overcome these customer challenges. Modification Package Modification Package
Control Control
Documents Documents

Alarm Design Alarm Design

HW/SW Config HW/SW Config

Reducing the Risks to Scheduled Project Delivery

Check-in Check-out
The flexible I/O binding facilitates simple and convenient I/O binding. This is made possible by software
marshalling and the N-IO's universal channels. The type of I/O and the interconnection between the I/O module
and the controller can be modified from remote locations which significantly reduces impact of last-minute I/O
changes. Moreover, flexible I/O binding achieves early delivery of I/O cabinets to the site, and problems can be
found and fixed on-site at a very early stage.
Approve Validate

Change
Early Start-up

Flexible I/O binding reduces project duration. After I/O design is fixed, application and hardware engineering can
progress concurrently using System Independent Loop Commissioning using Yokogawa's Field Commissioning Authorization Dependency Analyze Recording Changes Throughout the Plant Lifecycle
Support Package, an innovative tool for field testing and validation of N-IO without requiring a deployed system.

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 Sustainable Plant
Provide Long-term Functional Maintenance of the Control System

Sustainable Plant is Yokogawa's concept toward long-term stable operation of the control system.  Security
Since its first release, CENTUM has been developed with consideration of compatibility and
We are in a new age of controlling security risks. The spread of malware and a rise in increasingly sophisticated
inheritance, and Yokogawa is making various efforts to achieve long-term stable operation of the cyber attacks are causing even more serious damage. The threat of cyber-security risks extends beyond information
entire plant, or a “Sustainable Plant.” technology systems and into control systems. With the development of highly secure and safe devices and systems,
and the provision of support for their operation, Yokogawa is able to offer a wide range of control system solutions. The
 Toward Long-term Stable Operation of the Control System certification and functional enhancement of these solutions will contribute to safe and robust plant operations in many
industries.
Yokogawa provides long-term support and sustainability services to ensure the control systems maintain their high level
of functionality over the lifecycle of the system and the facility. Yokogawa's lifecycle plans for its control systems provide
the lowest cost of ownership for its customers.
 Robust Cyber Security
The CENTUM VP field control unit has obtained ISASecure® Component Security Assurance (CSA) Level 1 certification

 Solutions to Achieve a Sustainable Plant from the ISA Security Compliance Institute (ISCI). Components that receive the certification conform to the IEC 62443-
4-1 and IEC 62443-4-2 international standards pertaining to security for industrial automation and control systems.
Yokogawa continuously provides control systems and helps customers maintain and improve the performance of their CENTUM VP provides secure configuration for Windows PC/Server. CENTUM VP systems uses Vnet/IP network equipped
plants, with the aim to achieve long-term stable operation of the control systems in the plants of customers, as well as with built-in features to deal with various security threats such as spoofing, falsification and DoS attacks.
meet customers’ needs and ensure adaptation to the surrounding environment.
The manufacturer
Certificate / Certificat
 Certification for Development Process
may use the marks:

We provide products that enable long-term functional maintenance by developing products,

Product both hardware and software, that ensure functional compatibility and sustainability.
Zertifikat /
Yokogawa’s control system development organization has obtained YEC 2107092 C003
exida hereby confirms that the

ISASecure Security Development Lifecycle Assurance (SDLA) certification CENTUM VP CP471

Yokogawa Electric Corporation
Service We provide high quality solutions in annual maintenance agreement. from the ISCI. This certification was granted based on an examination
Musashino, Tokyo
Japan
Has been assessed per the relevant requirements of:
Certification Report:

that ascertained the organization is in compliance with the IEC 62443-4-1 YEC 2107092 R002 V1R2

Application Restrictions:
ANSI/ISA-62443-4-1:2018, IEC 62443-4-1:2018 Secure product
development lifecycle requirements
The unit shall be operated in a network and

standard and certain other requirements.

operational environment meeting the
assumptions in the product certification
report. ANSI/ISA-62443-4-2:2018, IEC 62443-4-2:2019 Technical
security requirements for IACS components

Lifecycle Performance Care Services

Validity:
Product certificate remains valid under
conditions: ISASecure Component Security Assurance (CSA) 1.0.0
• The following SDLA certificate Capability Security Level 1 requirements for embedded
remains valid: ISASecure® SDLA
certificate number YEC 1907115 C001 devices, referencing errata CSA-102 v1.0

 Endpoint Security Service

issued to Yokogawa Electric
Corporation
• CENTUM VP CP471

Plan & Execute Maintain Protect Analyze Modernize

R 6.09 remains under security
management practices thereby The normative documents and issue dates that define this certification are listed
certified at www.isasecure.org
Revision 1.2 January 07, 2022

Yokogawa provides an ef fective securit y ser vice in response to the Assessment Subject under Date Current releases

Lifecycle Basic Safety & Asset Health Technology

Assessment at time of
assessment

Planning Maintenance Security Monitoring Refresh customer's requests and operational conditions. USB Port Lock Service, ISASecure® CSA
evaluation
CENTUM VP
CP471
January 07,
2022
R 6.09

#1004

Security Information Service, etc. are available. The Anti-virus software

ISASecure Chartered Laboratory:
exida
80 North Main St.
Sellersville, PA 18960
An optimal Lifecycle Plan Providing prompt Delivering solutions to Prevent unexpected High-quality, seamless
and the white listing software for CENTUM VP are provided by Yokogawa. Evaluating Assessor
License: ISCI-CL0001
Place embossed
ACLASS Cert No: AT-1531 seal here for
for the customer’s control solutions and reliable ensure plant safety and failures by monitoring the upgrading service originals, lining it
up at the bottom

systems service such as Engineer security, and enhance condition of the plant Yokogawa verifies the combined operation of the Yokogawa products, Certifying Assessor
Dispatch/Bench operational resilience
antivirus software, and the Microsoft Security Updates. T-171 V1R0

Repair/etc.

Service Foundation

Secured Remote Solutions Global Service Network

 Migration
Secure and controlled access to critical, Comprehensive Global Service Network supports you Not satisfied with another vendor's control systems? Consider migrating it to CENTUM VP. We have successfully migrated
actionable data at any time and from anywhere with 24/7 operations
over 600 non-Yokogawa systems so far and the number is steadily growing. To name a few: Bailey INFI90, Foxboro I/A,
Emerson RS3/PROVOX/DeltaV, Eurotherm, Hartman & Brown ContronicP, Hitachi, Honeywell TDC2000/TDC3000/PKS,
 Long-term Functional Maintenance Image Siemens SIMATIC, Taylor MODCELL, Toshiba, Allen-Bradley PLC.

By updating obsolete components to maintain system functionality, transition can be achieved seamlessly.
Maintenance activities can be applied at the same time of shutdown.

 Upgrading
HIS HIS
All Yokogawa's legacy CENTUM systems can be controlled and monitored from a newer CENTUM system. Via a control
FCS FCS
PKG PKG network, CENTUM VP can control and monitor operation at a plant relying on CENTUM V, CENTUM-XL, CENTUM CS, or
Peripheral Peripheral CENTUM CS 3000 system. CENTUM VP can also communicate with both N-IO and traditional FIO. Yokogawa will continue
to sell and provide long-term support for both types of I/O. This allows Yokogawa customers to utilize their existing assets
wherever possible, thus, Yokogawa offers a cost-effective way to upgrade End User production control systems.
Upgrade to HIS with Replacement of peripheral devices Upgrade to FCS with Upgrade to solution packages
improved operability for which support period expired improved processing speed with new functions

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 System Architecture
Human Interface Station (HIS)
Scalable and Interoperable Architecture Windows based operating system, commercial-off-the-shelf PC
hardware, and optional specialized operator keyboard for a large variety
of operator consoles.

Engineering Station (ENG)

With the same PC features mentioned above, this includes a
comprehensive engineering package for all the CENTUM VP components
and applications.

Field Control Station (FCS)

CENTUM VP
V net Router 100 % Yokogawa manufactured. This is the core of CENTUM VP’s high
availability/reliability, continuing the CENTUM heritage.

Unified Gateway Station (UGS)

PRM UGS serves as a gateway to interface CENTUM VP with STARDOM or the
third-party subsystems.

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Exaquantum

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ENG

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Unified Alarms and Conditions Server (UACS)

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Management

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Alarm management that drives compliance with IEC 62682/ISA18.2

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HIS standards.

HIS
Control Network (Vnet/IP)
UACS Vnet/IP is a gigabit Ethernet-based redundant control network for
process automation. It incorporates Yokogawa’s technology, achieving
UGS
deterministic, reliable, and secure communications.
Wireless CI Server
Operation V net Router
SCS Firewall
V net Router connects and transmits control communications between
the Vnet/IP domain and V net domain. It also connects previous
Optical Production CENTUM series systems to CENTUM VP.
Firewall Fiber Management
Domain
Controller Digital Fieldnetworks
FCS SCS WSUS CENTUM VP supports FOUNDATIONTM fieldbus, HART, PROFINET,
Server *2 Anti-virus PROFIBUS-DP, DeviceNet, Modbus, Modbus/TCP, EtherNet/IP, and
Server ISA100.11a field wireless devices.
Remote I/O FCS Field Wireless
FCS N-IO
Access Point Plant Resource Manager (PRM)
Field Wireless Software package for managing field devices and equipment online.
STARDOM N-IO Management Station It helps improve your equipment maintenance plans and optimize
RIO System
equipment maintenance costs.
Upgrade I/O
FCS Wireless Plant Information Management System (Exaquantum)
PLC*1 Transmitter Exaquantum can acquire data from all facets of a process. It turns data
MCC into actionable information, enabling the stability and optimization of
process operations.

MCC Flowmeters
3rd Party DCS
Collaborative Information Server (CI Server)
Integrated operation and monitoring system that can connect to any
equipment and systems in the plant and integrate them.
APL-Switch Pressure Gauges Device Management
Thermometers HART Devices Safety Control Station (SCS) - ProSafe-RS
PLC*1
This is Yokogawa’s TÜV SIL3 certified premier safety instrumented
system. It incorporates Yokogawa’s own Pair & Spare and Vnet/IP
technologies and offers unprecedented synergy with CENTUM VP.

Network-based Control System - STARDOM

*1: Programmable Logic Controller
Yokogawa’s intelligent-hybrid remote telecommunication controllers
*2: Windows Server Update Services
are ideal for the oil and gas upstream market. They can be seamlessly
integrated, via the UGS, to CENTUM VP.

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