
Discover the smart plant instrumentation (spi) software, a solution that lowers operating costs and increases process uptime by centralizing data, standardizing procedures, and automating future processes.
Discover the SPI software for instrument design, including system requirements and key features. Explore modules like instrument index, datasheet, process data, wiring, loop drawings, browser, engineering data editor, and calculations.
Start and navigate the smart plant instrumentation software (SPI): log in with credentials, select projects and areas, open domain and reference explorers, and access initial modules and setup options.
Create and attach device panels and cables in the instrument index module, including two-wire and three-wire transmitters, terminal strips, and single-pair cables.
Create loops and instrument tags in the instrument index module, organize them in loop and instrument folders, and assign loop numbers, process variables, and services for transmitters and device panels.
Master the instrument index module to duplicate loops and instruments, update line numbers and instrument types, and generate datasheets using instrument type profiles and form numbers.
Explore the instrument index module to create, browse, print, and extract tag and loop data, with export to Excel or CSV and browse manager workflows.
Navigate the specification module in SPI to generate, view, edit, and customize datasheets and specifications. Create specs from data templates, manage revisions, and print deliverables from the centralized SPI system.
Open, view, and edit specifications for a tag using module options, domain explorer, browser, or ID module; create templates, manage notes, and import data via a spec data dictionary.
Learn to create multi tag list datasheets in the specifications module, merging common data for pressure gauges with tag-specific details such as tag number, service, location, and calibration range.
Master revision of datasheets and specifications, mark changes across multiple tags, and generate reports and PDFs with global or individual revisions.
Learn to define and manage line and instrument process data in the SPI process data module, using manual entry, copy options, tag propagation, and process data reports.
Master the SPI calculation module to size flow meters and control valves, perform front and back calculations, and generate reports for vendor comparisons.
learn SPI wiring concepts from field instruments to the control room, including creating reference junction box and marshalling panels, wiring cables, and generating revisions and reports.
Learn the SPI wiring module basics with the reference explorer and domain explorer, creating and reusing reference panels and cables and assigning device panels and associated cables.
Create a junction box in the reference explorer using panel options for analog field instruments. Configure 16 instruments with 48 terminals and terminal strips, using plus, minus, and shield connections.
Create a marshalling rack by adding a reference junction box, configuring terminal strips for analog input and DCS ends, and managing naming conventions with admin permissions.
Create relay panels and cabinets like junction boxes, configure terminals and apparatus groups, and set up device panels with three-wire RTD terminal strips for DCS.
Create a dcs or plc panel and cables in reference explorer, configuring racks, slots, cards, channels, and terminal strips, with a maximum of five racks, then copy to domain explorer.
Copy items from reference to domain explorer in SPI, including junction boxes, marshalling cabinets, and cables, then rename and update terminal scripts for your project.
connect field instruments to junction boxes using device panels and secondary cables, then route 16-pair multi-pair cables from the junction boxes to the control room, ensuring correct terminals and shielding.
Learn to wire from the field to the Marsiling cabinet and DCS/PLC, assign IO, configure signal sequences, troubleshoot spares, and generate panel wiring reports with revisions for client deliverables.
Learn the loop drawing module in SPI, including generations, preferences, updating properties, generating drawings, loop browser modifications, and the importance of loop drawings for engineering deliverables.
Generate and refine loop drawings and reports for field instrument wiring using the enhanced smart loop in SPI. Configure preferences and revisions to ensure accurate, site-ready loop drawings and PDFs.
Learn to use the browser module in SPI tools to edit, view, and modify instrument data, create views, apply filters and sorting, and import or export data to Excel.
Explore the browser module of the complete smart plant instrumentation SPI course, creating instrument views and specifications, updating data, applying revisions, and exporting data to Excel or CSV.
Explore the engineering data editor (EDE) module in SPI, its Excel-like browser features, and how to copy, paste, and build EDE browsers for efficient data work.
Explore the engineering data editor in the ID module and explorer. Create and work with tabular views to update data and extract reports in Excel or PDF.
Explore engineering data editing in the control wall specification view, learn to filter, add or remove columns, define relations with instruments, and generate Excel or PDF reports from the data.
Learn how to create and manage document binders in SPI, including specification binder packages, form and general notes, and revision-friendly workflows for editing, printing, and organizing instrument documents.
Edit specifications, apply changes to the final binder package, and use revision options to create, name, and approve updates, with change reports and database updates.
Print and issue revised document binders by selecting the binder and formal issue, then print selected documents as PDFs. Create general or specification binders, include revisions, and track changes.
SmartPlant Instrumentation (SPI) is a software solution that enables plants and refineries to lower their operating costs while increasing process uptime. It centralizes instrumentation data to maintain records, standardize procedures and automate future processes. Earlier, the same software was well-known as the Intools.
The INtools instrumentation design and engineering software suite includes integrated modules for instrument indexes, specifications, process data, calculation, wiring, loop drawings, hook-ups, calibration and maintenance...
The INtools instrumentation design and engineering software suite includes integrated modules for instrument indexes, specifications, process data, calculation, wiring, loop drawings, hook-ups, calibration and maintenance.
Advantages of Smart Plant Instrumentation (SPI)
Plant engineers and operators use Smart Plant Instrumentation (SPI) for asset performance management which translates to a variety of functions like power management, process automation, maintenance systems, safety, and asset optimization. The Intools software makes the sensors, electronics, and process diagnostics data to be centralized and aligned with tasks. This result in huge saving in labor hours and cost with improved compliance and consistency in managing change.
The major benefits that Smart instrumentation software packages provide are:
Reduced Risk, downtime, and increased profit.
Fully automated generation of engineering deliverables like wiring diagrams, loop diagrams, and specifications from centralized data.
Improved performance of control system and associated documents.
Rapid execution with custom design rules
Improved work efficiency
Reduced cost due to data leveraging and consistent design.