Participant will be able to:

1. Differentiate between analog and digital instruments
2. Understand how digital signal sampling works in digital instruments
3. Identify the strengths and weaknesses of digital instruments
4. Explain the basics of serial digital communications
5. Understand the effects of using digital instruments in closed loop control
6. Configure and calibrate smart/digital field devices
7. Configure intelligent control valves
8. Recognize the capabilities of HART™ communication
9. Understanding digital multivariable transmitter

Instrumentation and control engineers and technicians, Telecommunications engineers and technicians, Maintenance engineers and technicians, process control engineer, project engineers, Electrical engineers, consulting engineers, systems engineers, project managers, electricians.

This interactive Training will be highly interactive, with opportunities to advance your opinions and ideas and will include;

• Lectures
• Workshop & Work Presentation
• Case Studies and Practical Exercise
• Videos and General Discussions

INTRODUCTION TO FIBRE OPTICS SYSTEMS

• Introduction
• Workshop outline
• Historical background to fiber optics
• Comparison of fiber optics and copper systems
• Data communications
• Communications channel
• Transmission modes
• Electromagnetic spectrum
• Revisiting copper  

Other types of fibers

• Fundamentals principles of operations
• Light transmission nature of glass
• Numerical aperture
• Model propagation in fiber
• Multimode/ single mode/step index/ graded index
• Bandwidth of fibers
• Modal and chromatic dispersion
• Absorption/scatter/ bending/ radiation/mismatches
• Other types of fibers

Construction of Fiber optics cables

• Cable objective, Tensile ratings, structural elements & Strengthening members
• Housing- loose tube/ slotted core/ tight buffers
• Classes of cables- aerial/ underground/ subaqueous/ indoor

Connecting fiber
Optical connection issues  

Fiber end preparation  

Splicing fibers- fusion/mechanical  

Connectors & Optical couplers  

Optical drivers and detectors  

Light emitting diodes & Lasers  

Transmitter’s modulus  

Safety considerations  

PIN photodiodes & Receiver modules  

Optical amplifiers  

Installing fiber optics cables  

Preparation- site survey and design  

Installation rules and procedures  

Bending radius, cable tension/ cable reels  

Cable trays/ conduits/ lubricants  

Indoor cable installation  

Outdoor cable installation/ environmental conditions  

Splicing trays/ organizers/ termination  

Cabinets/ patch panels/ distribution panels/ breakout boxes  

Practical sessions  

Fiber optics system design 

Initial design considerations  

Future capacity/ reliability/ operating wavelength  

Repeaters and amplifiers  

Design loss calculations / link loss budgets  

Testing fiber optics systems  

Concepts of optical measurements  

Continuity testing  

Optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR)  

Bit Error Rate (BER) testing  

Practical Sessions (a complete day)

Technologies that use optical fibers 

PDH

SDH  

WDM  

• New trends in fiber optics systems and components  

BTS attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration.