Abstract
SIMATIC S7-400F/FH is a fail-safe and fault-tolerant programmable logic controller which achieves safety integrity level 3 (SIL 3) with one standard SIMATIC CPU module and distributed failsafe input and output (I/O) modules. This paper shows the underlying safety principles.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
IEC 61508-Functional safety of electrical/ electronic/ programmable electronic safety-related systems, 1999
Forin, P.: Vital coded microprocessor principles and application for various transit systems; in Perrin, J.P.: Control, Computers, Communications in Transportation. Selected Papers from the IFAC/IFIP/IFORS Symposium, Pergamon, Oxford, UK, 1990, p.79–84.
Lovric, T.: Systematic and Design Diversity. Software Techniques for Hardware Fault Detection; First European Dependable Computing Conference, EDCC-1, Berlin, conf. proc., Springer, 1994, p. 309–326.
Lovric, T.: Fehlererkennung durch systematische Diversität in entwurfsdiversitären zeitredundanten Rechensystemen und ihre Bewertung mittels Fehlerinjektion, Berlin, Logos-Verl., 1997
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2000 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this paper
Cite this paper
Schenk, A. (2000). SIMATIC S7-400F/FH: Safety-Related Programmable Logic Controller. In: Koornneef, F., van der Meulen, M. (eds) Computer Safety, Reliability and Security. SAFECOMP 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1943. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-40891-6_25
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-40891-6_25
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-540-41186-4
Online ISBN: 978-3-540-40891-8
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive