DCS

Process Oriented
Factory Centered
Large manufacturing facilities
LAN, High speed
Costly due to redundant design
By creating drawing like charts called
as configuration diagram
Generally supplied by a single vendor
with a dedicated H/W and S/W
Large Analog I/Os using PIDs
Generally supplied by a single vendor
with a dedicated H/W and S/W
Suppliers:
Honeywell, Foxboro I/A Series

SCADA
Event and Data Acquisition Oriented
Geographical Dispersed
Small-scale industrial systems
Long distance, Slow speed
Competitive cost due to multi-vendor
products
PLC by relay ladder diagram or STL
and SCADA using built in graphics
editor and drivers
Normally supplied by
multiple/competing vendors
Small to Medium Analog I/Os
with/without PIDs
Normally supplied by
multiple/competing vendors
Suppliers:
PLC Siemens, Allen, Bradley, Omron
etc
SCADA Intellution, NI-Lookout,
Labview