Process Control using o Fiber-Optic Unified Cabling System

IΝ AN IDEAL WORLD, communications cabling for process control would be simple—buy all the computer, instrumentation, and electrical equipment from a single vendor, and connect it all together using a single cabling standard. But real life is never that simple; rarely are the programmable logic controllers (PLC), distributed control systems (DCS), drives, motor controls, field instrumentation, and computers all purchased from the same vendor. Even when they are, the vendor will often have a number of different vintages or models of equipment that require different cabling systems. The result is that most factories are faced with installing and maintaining many different cable systems, often with very inefficient cable layouts.