Yokogawa CENTUM CS & CENTUM VP

Yokogawa CENTUM CS and CENTUM VP are distributed control system families for continuous and batch process automation. Their architecture separates operator and engineering functions from field control stations, which connect to modular I/O and plant instrumentation through the applicable control and I/O networks. The combined range includes processors, power supplies, communication interfaces, analog and digital I/O, and termination hardware. Depending on the system generation and module, supported signals include current, voltage, thermocouple, resistance temperature detector, pulse, and contact inputs. Selected configurations provide redundant controllers, communication paths, and I/O to maintain control availability. Typical functions include PID regulation, sequence control, process calculations, alarm handling, and operator monitoring. CENTUM CS, CS 1000, CS 3000, and VP hardware must be matched to the specific system release, node architecture, and module suffix.