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S5-115U Manual
14.4
Summary
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In electronic control systems, failures of any kind can occur at any point in the system.
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Even when the greatest efforts are made to obtain maximum reliability, the probability of
such a failure occurring can never be zero.
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The following is decisive for the effects of such failures: depending on the job a control
system has to do, active or passive failures may be fatal or non-fatal.
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When safety requirements are very high, fatal failures must be recognized by taking
additional measures and prevented from affecting other parts of the system.
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In the case of single-channel systems, the means available to do this are relatively limited.
For this reason, safety-oriented functions should generally be implemented outside the
electronics by interposing conventional components.
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In order to satisfy safety functions, electronic control systems should be of the multi-channel
(redundant) type.
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These fundamental considerations are independent of
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the type of control systems (hard-wired or programmable)
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the vendor
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the country of origin (Europe, US, etc.).
EWA 4NEB 811 6130-02b
Reliability, Availability and Safety of Electronic Control Equipment
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