WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PLC AND DCS

Answer Posted / varathan

In DCS, field I/O points can be away from the control
processor,(where as program/logic resides)its a integarted
system includes other PLC's and Stand-alone controllers for
application specific mechine or process and having large
memory for trending & Historical alarms.PLC must be a fast
scan cycle application oriented, simple system without
human meachine interface(such as process mimics/graphics)

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