What is a Distibuted Control System?
These systems provide “real-time” monitoring and control of a given “process,” within a plant. these are also referred to as “in-plant” sytems. All major components of the system are usually confined to one or several close by facilities. The communications media consist of primarily coax or fiber cable. wireless medium may be used within a plant (at low bandwidth/speed) or between buildings through microwave point to point connections (at higher bandwidth/speed). Examples of places where a DCS would be used include a water/wastewater treatment or power plant, a refinery, a factory or a food processing plant to name a few..
