Here are three pages that depict the difference. www.controlviews.com/question12-12-03.html www.expertune.com/PIDspec.htm www.20sim.com/webhelp4/library/signal/Control/PID_Control/PIDControllerTypes.htm Quote from www.reference.com/browse/wiki/PID_controller follows: There are three different forms of the PID controller. They are the standard or "non-interacting" form, the series or "interacting" form and the parallel form. The standard form is the ideal form where the terms are noninteracting in the time domain. The series or "interacting" algorithm applies the gain term to both integral and derivative terms (think of a PD and PI controller in series); this is effectively how older pneumatic and some analog controllers worked. It is the most restricted form of the three. The parallel form is the most general, "mathematician's" form and is the most flexible of the three. However, it is also the form where the parameters have little physical interpretation. It is mostly used when tuning the PID algorithm mathematically. Jim Murphy Ashley Davey <Ashley.Davey@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 09/26/2005 03:24 AM Please respond to foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx cc Subject [foxboro] PIDA parameters Hi List I have several PIDA control block configured with the "MODOPT" parameter set to 6. In the FoxDoc (B0193AX - Rev N) I have found that this means that "non-interacting PID - sum of terms" has been selected. Can somebody please explain (very briefly if possible), the difference between "non-interacting PID" and "PID - product of factors"? Thank you. Ashley Davey Systems Engineer African Products (Pty) Ltd Gauteng Republic of South Africa -------------------- Tel : +27 11 458 5342 Fax : +27 11 458 5343 Mobile: +27 83 4535169 "All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: - Chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire." ~ Aristotle _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave