A system for automation, monitoring and measurement acquisition for technical processes, having measurement and control units (2, 14, 15, 16) that are connected to sensors and actuators of the processes (1, 8, 9, 10) via measurement and control lines (3, 11, 12, 13), having a system distributed in a...http://www.google.com.au/patents/US7127303?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7127303 - System for automating, monitoring and controlling technical processes and acquiring measurements thereof