WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PLC AND DCS

Answer Posted / vipin

Plc is basically oriented for one job only,suppose if plc
fails then whole system will shut down,but in distributed
control system,you have a redundant plc for each plc so
that if primary system fails then its standby plc takes
over the charge.

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