IDA - AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY

The situation according to Mercer-Research:

FIRST GENERATION CENTRALIZED

Software easy to be structured

No communication (local shared memory)

Complicated and expensive wiring

Modular organization of plants is difficult

SECOND GENERATION DE-CENTRALIZED

Simple, inexpensive wiring

Breakdown of plants into modules is possible

Software: costly synchronisation and communication

Costly service, maintenance and commissioning

IDA - THIRD GENERATION DISTRIBUTED INTELLIGENCE

Simple and inexpensive wiring

Modular organization of plants is possible

Software: corresponds to centralized control

Combination of benefits from centralized and decentralized automation

The distributed intelligence is virtually structured like a centralized application
(Mr. Bent, Phoenix Contact)