Increasingly important is the ability to exchange data between control and monitoring devices for analysis purposes or for fully integrated plant control.
Intelligent transducers, discrete instruments, PLCs and SCADA can all be brought together via analogue and digital signals, serial and network comms, to provide the client with a clear overview of the plant at his SCADA or / and a comprehensive control strategy.
Older devices may need upgrading to provide the communications ability required, but the benefits can be great.
