Distributed control systems (DCSs) are commonplace in continuous processing, particularly in the oil and gas and chemical industries where they’re used to control several machines or processes at the ...

Abstract: Through analyzing the system which build by CP 5611and S7–200 PLC and RS-485 protocol standards, distributed application system based on bus architecture is built by using PC and multiple ...

In a nutshell, a PLC or programmable logic controller is a ruggedized computer used for automating processes. A DCS or distributed control system is similar to a PLC in that it has rugged computer ...

1) The integration process needs to be reliable and shareable with all other plants to standardize the process for ease of maintenance; 2) the integration plan should be flexible for adaptability to ...

Further, with Honeywell providing both distributed control systems (DCS) and PLC, we simplify process operations by providing equipment with a common lifecycle and a highly reliable integration ...

PLC specialist Martÿn Hilbers talks about the differences between a PLC-SCADA control system and a DCS configuration. Currently there are two main stream types of control systems – PLC-SCADA and ...

4. Time-of-Day Control. Many MMRs provide a real-time clock (RTC) option for time stamping faults. This information can also be used for time-of-day and day-of-week control.

Keith Larson is group publisher responsible for Putman Media's manufacturing automation titles Control, Control Design and Industrial Networking. Corporately, he also as serves vice president of ...