Difference between revisions of "Master Terminal Unit"

From CIPedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(Created page with "SCADA Server or Master Terminal Unit (MTU). The SCADA Server is the device that acts as the master in a SCADA system. Remote terminal units and PLC devices (as described be...")
 
Line 1: Line 1:
SCADA Server or Master Terminal Unit (MTU).  
+
<big>SCADA Server or Master Terminal Unit (MTU).</big>
 
 
 
 
The SCADA Server is the device that acts as the
 
master in a SCADA system. Remote terminal units
 
and PLC devices (as described below) located at
 
remote field sites usually act as slaves.
 
  
 
==Definitions==
 
==Definitions==

Revision as of 15:31, 4 February 2015

SCADA Server or Master Terminal Unit (MTU).

Definitions

Other International Definitions

International Society of Automation (ISA)

In a control system, refers to control achieved by intelligence that is distributed about the process to be controlled, rather than by a centrally located single unit. [1].


Standard Definition

NIST

The SCADA Server is the device that acts as the master in a SCADA system. Remote terminal units and PLC devices (as described below) located at remote field sites usually act as slaves. [2].

See also

Notes