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B. SYSTEM OVERVIEW
various to deliver high-value business information to all decision-makers
throughout the organization.
♦ Fieldbus Devices
Field devices, which can communicate on the Fieldbus and are compliant
to Foundation Fieldbus (FF) protocol.
B.2.2 COMMUNICATION COMPONENTS
♦ Fieldbus
Fieldbus is a digital, two-way, multi-drop communication link among
intelligent fieldbus devices for measurement and control. It is one of field
local area networks dedicated for industrial automation.
♦ V-Net / VL-Net
V-net / VL-Net is a dual redundant real time control bus which connects all
the components on the network such as the Human Interface Station
(HIS), Engineering Station (ENG), Bus Convertor (BCV) and
Communication Gateway Unit).
♦ Ethernet
Ethernet is the standard local area network used to connect the Human
Interface Station (HIS), Engineering Station (ENG) and other Supervisory
Computers. The Ethernet is used for downloading the database from the
Engineering Station (ENG) to the Human Interface station (HIS) and
additionally communicates trend information between the Human Interface
stations (HIS).
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CS3KR3-ENG 1 ST Edition Jan 2002