Smart ShipBus is a dual-redundant serial ring bus. It connects all actuators in a point-to-point configuration. This technology vastly reduces the piping and wiring efforts of the shipyard. Moreover, standard power and data cables ensure worldwide availability. 

A high-performance LPU (Local Processing Unit) mounted on each actuator controls the device and manages the bus communication. All types of actuators are equipped with identical LPUs, whose functionalities are initialized by Smart ShipBus at start-up of the system. This vastly reduces the spare parts diversity and facilitates the maintenance.

The data is transferred to the PLC cyclically in both directions, ensuring continuous operability even after cable break or bus or LPU failure.

Four analog inputs at the armature allow connecting any kind of sensor with standard 4-20 mA output to the nearest LPU, without complex cabling to the control cabinet or extra junction boxes.