Instrumentation and Control: Introduction to Control and Data Systems

List the information needs of typical plant functional elements. Explain how alarms work in modern plants. List the routes by which information gets into the system. Explain I/O bus local area network (LAN) wide area network (WAN) client-server and the role of network standards. Explain the function of an operating system. Describe the characteristics of common operating systems. Explain the role of operating system and network software. Explain virtual instrumentation. Explain programmable logic controller (PLC) program creation. Describe how to use graphical objects to create the system data structure and human-machine interface (HMI). Describe password hierarchy and the need for security. Describe the functions and architecture of a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system.