Control system for controlling safety-critical and non-safety-critical processes

A control system configured to control safety-critical and non-safety-critical processes and/or plant components comprising:

• a non-safety controller module, configured to control the non-safety-critical processes and/or the non-safety-critical plant components;
• at least one safety controller module, configured to control the safety-critical processes and/or the safety-critical plant components;
• at least one condition monitoring module, wherein the condition monitoring module comprises at least one input channel and wherein the condition monitoring module is configured to perform fail-safe condition monitoring and to collect monitoring data from the at least one input channel including safety-critical and non-safety-critical signals;
• wherein the non-safety controller module is configured to receive the collected monitoring data from the condition monitoring module and to pass the safety-critical signals of the collected monitoring data to the safety controller module;
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• wherein the safety-controller module is configured to evaluate the collected safety-critical signals of the monitoring data received from the non-safety controller module based on safety conditions, and to provide diagnostic measures to the at least one condition monitoring module, wherein providing diagnostic measures comprises receiving dynamic test signal patterns at the at least one input channel and monitoring and evaluating the dynamic test signal patterns at the at least one input channel.