There are several methods of talking to instrumentation, but which one is best for my application? I hope this article makes this much clearer and gives you a good indication as to which way to proceed.

You may be one of the operators now responsible for keeping the process running as well as taking care of the instrumentation. The ability to manually tune a process loop is an art that is quickly becoming scarce.

Most digital recorders on the market today are not just digital versions of paper recorders, but are now more aptly considered networked recording stations. As this suggests, it allows information from monitored equipment in the field to be connected to a network where a plant manager has many options in managing his or her data. This technology had faced resistance initially but is being much more widely accepted. However, there are still many holdouts.