The ABB Ability™ Remote Diagnostic System for Marine (RDS) is a diagnostic tool and data hub that providing troubleshooting and condition monitoring solutions for electrical and mechanical systems, enabling fast and accurate remote support. As a result, lower maintenance costs and higher operational availability are achieved, whilst simultaneously increasing vessel and crew safety and reducing the CO2 footprint.
The core of the system is a dedicated monitoring and diagnostics platform for collection, storage and analysis of data from individual components, sub-systems and complete integrated solutions. To address the individual needs of each vessel, the RDS system is completely modular, and additional services like Fleet Intelligence for insight in operational data of onboard equipment and a System Security Update Service can be added.