GIVE BRIEF DESCRIPTION ABOUT "DCS"

Answer Posted / anwar mydeen

DCS is nothing but, Distributed control system. Nowadays most of the manufacturing or production plants are running with dcs.There is a central controller located in a system panel and the cotrol activities are distributed to each and every controller depend up on the process.
Due to the distribution of control, we can control the process efficiently.
Also we can connect third party interfaces like PLC and SCADA through serial communication links.
The DCS is introduced in mid 1970's by Honeywell and Yokagawa.

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