Field control system
The field control system includes: a field device; a field controller which is connected to a control network and which executes a computation processing for controlling the field device according to a given control cycle while executing a data communication between the field controller and the field device, the field controller including a communication unit configured to execute the data communication with the field device, and a control computation unit configured to execute the computation processing independently from the communication unit; and an operation monitor which is connected to the control network and which operates and monitors the field device, the operation monitor including a network clock which provides a common network time to the control network. The control computation unit and the communication unit execute the computation processing and the data communication in synchronism with each other in accordance with a timer clock based on the network time.
1. A field control system comprising:
a field device;
at least one field controller which is connected to a control network and which executes a computation processing for controlling the field device according to a given control cycle while executing a data communication between the field controller and the field device, the at least one field controller comprising:
a communication unit configured to execute the data communication with the field device; and
a control computation unit configured to execute the computation processing independently from the communication unit; and
an operation monitor which is connected to the control network and which operates and monitors the field device, the operation monitor comprising:
a network clock which provides a common network time to the control network,
wherein the control computation unit and the communication unit execute the computation processing and the data communication in synchronism with each other in accordance with a timer clock based on the network time.
2. The field control system according to claim 1 , wherein the field controller further comprises:
a count unit configured to count the timer clock, wherein a timing of the data communication depends on a counting condition of the count unit.
3. The field control system according to claim 2 , wherein the given control cycle corresponds to a plurality of cycles of the timer clock, and a count value of the count unit is reset every the given control cycle.
4. The field control system according to claim 1 , wherein the communication unit executes the data communication after a given time has elapsed from the timer clock.
5. The field control system according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one field controller comprises a plurality of field controllers, and the field controllers perform communication through the control network with each other in accordance with the timer clock.