Editing Distributed control system (section)

===Modern systems (2010 onwards)===
The latest developments in DCS include the following new technologies:

# [[Wireless]] systems and protocols <ref>F. Foukalas and P. Pop, "[https://digital-library.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/iet-cps.2019.0034  Distributed control plane for safe cooperative vehicular cyber physical systems]." IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications, Oct. 2019 ).</ref>
# [[Remote data transmission|Remote transmission]], logging and data historian
#  Mobile interfaces and controls
# [[Embedded HTTP server|Embedded web-servers]]

Increasingly, and ironically, DCS are becoming centralised at plant level, with the ability to log into the remote equipment. This enables operator to control both at enterprise level ( macro ) and at the equipment level (micro), both within and outside the plant, because the importance of the physical location drops due to interconnectivity primarily thanks to wireless and remote access.

The more wireless protocols are developed and refined, the more they are included in DCS. DCS controllers are now often equipped with embedded servers and provide on-the-go web access. Whether DCS will lead Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) or borrow key elements from remains to be seen.

Many vendors provide the option of a mobile HMI, ready for both [[Android (operating system)|Android]] and [[iOS]]. With these interfaces, the threat of security breaches and possible damage to plant and process are now very real.