A Best-in-Class Operations Experience, Out of the Box
DeltaV Live provides a world-class operations experience, designed for today’s high-performance operator requirements. The highly customizable Human Machine Interface (HMI) is the first DCS HMI to natively support HTML5 – laying the foundation for universal, cross-platform graphics that are easy to design and configure. The engineering environment in Graphics Studio simplifies configuration, increasing productivity and removing reliance on scripting for common tasks. Experience single-click access to graphics, built-in hierarchical navigation, layouts, directories, and other applications.
Built-for-Purpose
Built-in tools that incorporate industry standards and best practices to enhance situational awareness
Modern
HTML5 graphics set the foundation for platform independence for displays
Easy
Configuration is intuitive and built for the entire graphics lifecycle
Real Stories, Real Results
Hear how Covestro, Baytown, led the charge in transitioning their HMI from DeltaV Operate to DeltaV Live. Starting with a pilot unit, the team modernized graphics, improved operator experience with customizable themes, and built a scalable library of high-performance objects. This resulted in faster configuration, cleaner visuals, and growing adoption across 19 DeltaV systems.
The Most Advanced and Intuitive DCS HMI
ISA-101 recommends a display hierarchy that provides a structured view of responsibility scope with the ability to drill down.
DeltaV Live puts everything operators need at their fingertips with intuitive features such as customizable layouts, hierarchy navigation, alarm rollups, and high-performance GEMs to effectively run and monitor processes.
Research indicates that over 26% of industrial incidents are attributable to operator error.
DeltaV Live helps reduce these errors with an intuitive, operator-centric HMI that includes features like watch areas, integrated web displays for operating procedures, and SFC (Sequential Function Chart) visualization.
Advanced operator displays can improve the success rate in handling abnormal situations from 70% to 96%.
DeltaV Live allows operators to quickly visualize and respond to alarms with features like alarm lists, banners, and alarm help.
DeltaV Live enables users to quickly create and adapt displays in Graphics Studio and empowers operators to customize their environment with themes, multiple runtime languages, and web displays for integration with other software.
Displays can be published while the system is online, allowing faster distribution.
Heard at Emerson Exchange
With DeltaV Live, we achieved a more manageable design with less runtime code and improved usability. The project delivered a custom, standardized GEM library that we can use across other business units. Long-term, we now have a maintainable solution, a head start on migration, and improved operator efficiency through effective L2 displays.
Enhance Situational Awareness and Decision Making
A well-designed operator interface is essential for effective plant control, enhancing situational awareness and enabling faster, high-quality decision making. Leading indicators paired with high-performance objects capture operators’ attention and paints a picture of the situation well before reaching alarm setpoints. Task-oriented and overview displays provide the necessary context for operators to confidently manage normal operations, start-ups, shutdowns and unexpected events.
DeltaV Live was built with Human Centered Design principles from the beginning, incorporating Center for Operator Performance consortium best practices and industry standards, such as built-in display hierarchies and hierarchical navigation delivering visibility of alarm in context with the ability to quickly navigate and respond. Operators can augment their environment on the fly, reducing the dependency on pre-engineered solutions, allowing them to more easily and intuitively monitor and control their plants.
Philosophy Development
Align to standards and best practices enterprise-wide
Display Design Workshop
Design user-specific high-performance displays
Display Review
Rationalize gaps between current display and display philosophy
Culture Change Management
Garner operator buy-in
Installation and Training
Display upload and human-factor training
Frequently Asked Questions
DeltaV Live uses high-performance displays, contextual information, and real-time process data to help operators recognize abnormal conditions faster. By presenting critical information clearly, operators can focus on the most important process changes and respond more effectively.
Yes. DeltaV Live enables organizations to create customized displays for different users and job functions. Operators, engineers, and maintenance personnel can access the information most relevant to their responsibilities, improving productivity and decision-making.
DeltaV Live uses a modern, HTML5-based design environment that makes it easier to create, modify, and maintain operator graphics. This can reduce engineering effort while helping plants maintain a consistent operator experience across the system.
DeltaV Live gives operators the flexibility to personalize their operating environment through configurable themes, layouts, and display preferences. Operators can select themes that adjust the visual appearance of the interface, helping improve comfort, readability, and usability during daily operations. DeltaV Live also supports multiple runtime languages and customizable workspaces, allowing organizations to tailor the operator experience to their specific needs while maintaining a consistent and high-performance HMI.
For organizations implementing Human-Centered Design principles, themes can be used to create a control room environment that aligns with operator preferences and site standards without affecting control system functionality or performance. When displays are built using DeltaV Live color standards, theme changes can be applied consistently across the system.
DeltaV Live supports reusable graphic elements and standardized display development, making it easier for organizations to maintain a consistent HMI strategy across multiple units, sites, or global operations.
DeltaV Live combines process displays, trends, and alarm information into a unified operator experience. This allows personnel to quickly understand process conditions, investigate alarms in context, and respond to potential issues more efficiently.
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