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Point toBus: Remote I/OSystems
TheGateway
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traditional technologycannot onlybecombinedwithadvanced
technology, but can alsooffer plant operators awholehost of
advantages. Theadvantageof the clear assignment of a signal
toa terminal ismaintained,whileexistingnonsmart instruments
canbeeasily integratedusing theexistingwiring. Investment
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expansionof existingplants.At thesame time,wiring isconsider-
ably reduced, theneed for spacedecreases, andnewdiagnostics
information via theHART connectionmakes theprocessmore
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way tomodifyplants andmake themmore competitive.
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early stage. Our product family today includes sophisticated componentswith the
most compact housingdesign inprocess automation for Zone2– this is adecisive
factor for theuser, ashe can fully exploit the space that is available. The systems
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topologyof theLBand FBsystems thesameacross theprocesscontrol level simpli-
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