摘要 |
A configuration system for use in a process plant having a safety network, a process control network and a user workstation communicatively coupled to the safety network and to the process control network via a shared communication network, the configuration system comprising a computer readable memory 78, a configuration application stored on the computer readable memory and adapted to be executed on a processor 77 to, assign a safety module 50-56 to a safety element 24, 26 within the safety network to perform a safety function, assign a process control module to a process control element within the process control network to perform a process control function, and download the safety module 50-56 to the safety element and the process control module to the process control element via the shared communication network 22. |