Industrial control system

Communications: electrical – Continuously variable indicating – With meter reading

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371 8, H04Q 900, G08C 2500

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043521037

ABSTRACT:
A control system for controlling an industrial process includes a plurality of remotely located process control units (remotes) each coupled to an associated input/output device(s) and adapted to communicate with one another through a dual channel communications link. Each remote has a unique succession number within a predetermined succession order with supervisory communication-control of the communication link sequentially transferred to each remote according to its succession number to provide a revolving or master for the moment control of the system. Digital information in the form of data and control information blocks is transmitted between the remotes with the blocks transmitted twice on each channel of the communications link. The destination remote tests the block validity on one of the two dual channels and, if validated, responds with an acknowledgement signal (ACK) and, if invalid, tests the blocks on the other, alternate channel and then responds with an acknowledgement or non-acknowledgement signal (NAK) depending upon whether the data blocks tests on the alternate channel are found valid or invalid. A non-acknowledgement from the destination remote re-triggers the transmission of the blocks from the source remote. The system provides high overall operating efficiency since the remotes will maintain a system-like integrity on each side of a severed communication link and the redundant block transmission with alternate line checking provides very high information transfer reliability.

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