Control and Instrumentation articles from December 1996

Control and Instrumentation archives from December 1996

Getting SCADA by web browser? (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition)
December 1, 1996... Time was that PC-based SCADA meant plain Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition on PCs! Now, it's supposed to cover so much more - not least Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES). They're still poorly-defined, but the goal is gluing together...

Process analysers. (U.K. industry's use of process analyzers)
December 1, 1996... UK Investment in on-line analysis is often made on short-term payback, rather than long term benefits The United Kingdom has an enviable record of innovation in process analysis, both in products and applications. Indeed, many of the...

Wizards wheel over SCADA systems. (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition)
December 1, 1996... Microsoft's dominance and the sheer pace of PC and SCADA evolution will change monitoring and control systems for ever Power objects, power drag-ons, Visual Basic scripting, Wizards, OLE (Object Linking and Embedding), OPC (OLE for Process...

Open systems going very modular.
December 1, 1996... Embedded control applications are fast becoming extremely cost effective and easy - with new modular open systems Most controls use proprietary technologies. And, while they meet the majority of needs, they're not cheap. Proprietary equals low...

Fieldbus choices become clearer.
December 1, 1996... The FieldComms '96 Show helped sort out some of the fieldbus options facing users and integrators The FieldComms Show and conference, held in Hinckley in November, highlighted many of the main fieldbus options now available. There was...

Safety systems getting the balance right.
December 1, 1996... Reliability, availability, safety and redundancy are key issues when specifying safety systems System availability and reliability are very important when specifying equipment which has safety implications. Assessments must consider the...