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What is a Distributed Control System (DCS)?

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In the past, a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) couldn't manage the control of an entire plant. Plants were just too much ground to cover. That's where the Distributed Control System (DCS) came in. Unlike the PLC, the DCS doesn't regulate individual processes. Instead, it oversees and coordinates all the controllers spread throughout a plant. [...]

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