Emerson DeltaV SIS™ Safety Network Components Benefits

Benefits

Dedicated to safety. Some systems from other

vendors use the same networks for both control and

safety. The DeltaV SIS LSN and GSN are dedicated to safety,

carrying only safety-rated signals and isolated from the

control network. They are therefore immune to any failure

of the control network.

Fifty millisecond update time. All the data broadcast on the

LSN is available to every CSLS on the same LSN every

50 milliseconds. Combined with the speed of the CSLS,

the 50 millisecond update time guarantees input-to-output

time of less than 300 milliseconds anywhere on the LSN

when the CSLS is configured for 50-millisecond scan rate.

Plug-and-play components. As a dedicated safety network

with predictable communications traffic, Emerson has done all

of the system testing so you only have to plug the components

together to create the safety networks.

Standards compliance. Network components are compliant

with standards such as IEEE, CE, and CSA.

Scalable in small increments. You can expand the system

readily and economically by adding hardware incrementally

to your system. Just plug another CSLS into the LSN and it is

recognized by the system. Online addition of new CSLSs will

not interrupt your process.

Fully redundant communications. The safety networks are

fully redundant communication networks. The carriers for all

nodes have redundant safety network ports for communication

with primary and secondary network connections.

Port mirroring functionality. Port Mirroring can be

configured on the NextGen Safety Network Switches

either with an “administrator” role or a “engineer” role.

These switches have the capability to mirror the traffic of

several source ports, in a read only manner, to a destination port (probe port).