This course is designed for personnel with a need to understand the techniques required to use and apply modern industrial communications and telecommunications technology as productively and economically as possible.  This includes electrical, control and instrumentation, SCADA and telemetry systems, process control engineers and supervisors, engineering managers, network administrators, field technical support staff and project management staff.

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

• Course Objectives 
• The Manual 
• What is Data Communications 
• Brief Overview of “Smart” Instrumentation
• Overview of Modern Instrumentation and Control Systems

Definitions , Basic Principles and Coding

• Background to Data Communications 
• Sources , Receivers and the Communications Interface 
• Transmission Modes – Simplex and Duplex 
• Bits , Bytes and Characters 
• Parallel and Serial Communications 
• Analog and Digital Signals 
• The Coding of Messages – The ASCII Code 
• Data Transmission Speeds 
• The Format of Messages 
• Introduction to Error Detection and Correction (EDAC) 
•  The Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART)
• The Importance of Standards

Data Communications Standards

• Null Modems 
• Modem Control & Handshaking 
• Trouble Shooting on RS-232 
• EIA-RS-423 Interface Standard 
• EIA-RS-422 Interface Standard 
• EIA-RS-485 Interface Standard 
• Comparison of EIA Interface Standards 
• Interface Converters
• Current Loop Interface 
• Introduction to Networks 
• Testing Equipment (Breakout Box , Line Analyser) 
• Protocol Analyser Practical

Selection and Installation of Copper Data Cables

• Cables with Copper Conductors 
• Interference and Noise (IEEE-518)
• Cable Selection and Installation Recommendations

Modems and Interface Converters

• Concept of a modem 
• Various Modulation Techniques 
• Smart Modems 
• Radio Modems
• Data Compression Techniques

OSI-Open Systems Interconnection

• Modern Factory Automation & Process Control Systems 
• OSI Reference Model and Standards 
• Individual Layers
• Illustrative Example of OSI

Local Area Networks

• LAN History 
• LAN Topologies 
• LAN Media Access Control techniques 
• LAN Standards 
• Protocols: TCP/IP 
• LAN Extension and Interconnection (Bridging, Switching, Routing)
• Physical Issues 
• CSMA/CD Bus (Ethernet Standard) 
•  Industrial Ethernet 
• Token Ring 
• Token Bus
• Wireless local Area networking: IEEE 802.11

Error Detection

• Feedback and Forward Error Control
• Cyclic Redundancy Checks

Proprietary Protocols

• The Concept of a Protocol 
• Protocol Design 
• Data Processing Protocols
• Allen Bradley Data Highway Plus Protocol

Proprietary Protocols (cont´d)

• Modbus history and evolution 
• Modbus concepts and message structure 
• Modbus Plus 
• Modubs TCP/IP 
• Modbus interfacing
• Practical Demonstration of Modbus

Selection of Standards and Protocols

Telecommunication Basics

• Concepts: Signaling, Circuits, Channels, Lines, Trunks, 
• Bandwidth, Channel Capacity. 
• Full vs. Half Duplex 
• Baseband, Broadband, Narrowband and Wideband 
• Analogue vs. Digital transmission 
• Dial-up vs. Leased Access 
• Multiplexing techniques: FDM, TDM, PCM, WDM, DWDM.
•  Connection Oriented vs. Connectionless Communication 
• Circuit Switching vs. Packet Switching 
• Switching vs. Routing 
• Local Area vs. Wide Area Networks 
• The "Communications Cloud"
• The PSTN vs. the Internet

Transmission Media

• Introduction 
• Fibre Optic 
• Power System Carrier 
• Microwave Radio 
• Satellite Systems 
• Infra-Red 
• Fibre Optic Communication Concepts 
• Optical Cable Selection
• Connectors

Smart Instrument Systems

• Digital vs. Analog Data Transmission 
• Cabling  
• Remote diagnostics and calibration
• HART

Fieldbus Protocols

• Actuator Sensor Interface (ASI) 
• CANBus
• DeviceNet
• InterBus

Fieldbus Protocols (cont’d)

• Profibus DP 
• Profibus PA
• Foundation Fieldbus

Public Network Transport Technologies

• Analogue Switched (dial-up):   
•  Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)
• Analogue Dedicated (leased) Alternatives 

Public Network Transport Technologies (cont’d)

• Digital Switched (dial-up) Alternatives; Switched 56, ISDN-BRI; Frame Relay (SVC); SMDS; ATM 
• Digital Dedicated (leased) Alternatives: DDS; T-1; T-3; E-1; ISDN-PRI; B-ISDN; X.25; Frame Relay (PVC); SDH/SONET 
• Signaling System #7
• Services

Wide Area Networking

• Introduction 
• Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) 
• Wide Area Networks (WANs)
• Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)

Converged Networks  (PSTN/PBX/Internet/Intranet)

• Definitions 
• Applications: VoIP, FoIP, etc
• Protocols: Packet Transport: IPv4, Ipv6, ICMP; Packet Routing: RIP, OSPF, BGP; End-to End Reliability: TCP, UDP; Additional Supporting VoIP: Multicast IP, RTP, RTCP, RSVP, RTSP.

IEC61850

• Introduction to IEC61850 
• Details of IEC61850 
• Communication concepts for IEC61850
• Advantages of IEC61850

Enterprise Level Process Data Communications

• The Levels: Planning, Execution, Operation
• Applications for protocols in industry, water plants, transportation and power systems

Conclusion

• Pulling all the Strands Together

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

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