What is a Soft-DCS? Why Virtual Intelligent Device Networks are the Future of Process Control - ISA TECH 1997

About

The concept of a virtual intelligent device network (VDN) is a new architecture for open control systems. To the control system user, the VDN appears to be a single network of configurable devices, all of which share common characteristics and a standard interface. The VDN is physically implemented as a network of open controllers (PC-based control), each of which is connected to I/O systems that may include device networks, field bus networks, or any local I/O bus. This design concept achieves both seamless and backward compatibility between different device networks, and between smart and dumb I/O devices. It also creates an opportunity for a control system to effectively perform real-time dynamic simulation and autonomous control.

- Downloadable files require Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Customers who bought this product also bought: Control of Boilers, 2nd Edition Experiences in Integrating Analog and Discrete Buses - ISA EXPO 2000 EtherNet/IP for Industrial Control Applications - ISA EXPO 2000 Bus Systems for Fail-Safe Networking Safety Versus Availability - ISA EXPO 2000 OLE for Fieldbus Configuration - ISA EXPO 1998