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Guys, Is a DCS alarm a Digital Input? For instance, if a PT reaches a High alarm level of 5 bar or say 18mA, is this set point then converted into a digital input to the system/graphics/HMIs where ever it is displayed or logged? Also... if the DCS is receiving multiple pump status signals from...

Hello friends, I am working on a project at the moment where I am calculating how many IO are required. I have been inputting all of the alarms in this schedule as if they are a actual input. But then it hit me, I am not sure whether these are just set points within the DCS and this is all done...

Hello all, This is my first post here, I am new to the field of design engineering and I wanted to ask what is expected on an instrument schedule I have been tasked with making a hard and soft schedule, the former being a general instrument index c/w manufacturer details and hook up drawings...