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Course Description
The increasing trend towards digital data communications within the industrial plant environment has brought in its wake a myriad of problems concerned with interconnectivity and differing standards offered by a wide variety of competing vendors. For the user, it has become progressively more difficult to differentiate between the proffered options.
This course, Communication system for data, is designed to provide engineers and technicians with an overview of modern communication systems for data – starting at the basic RS232 standard right through to Ethernet communication and beyond
The Training Course Will Highlight ?
On successful completion of this course, delegates will be able to:
- Understand the basic principles of data communications
- Apply basic faultfinding techniques covering RS232 up to RS485
- Apply Modbus in a practical manner and make use of troubleshooting techniques
- Differentiate between the use of Modbus, Modbus Plus, ASI, DeviceNet, Profibus, and Foundation Fieldbus
- Understand the basics of Ethernet
- Understand TCP/IP and its associated protocols
- Apply some of the basic TCP/IP utilities
Training Objective
On successful completion of this course, delegates will be able to:
- Understand the basic principles of data communications
- Apply basic faultfinding techniques covering RS232 up to RS485
- Apply Modbus in a practical manner and make use of troubleshooting techniques
- Differentiate between the use of Modbus, Modbus Plus, ASI, DeviceNet, Profibus, and Foundation Fieldbus
- Understand the basics of Ethernet
- Understand TCP/IP and its associated protocols
- Apply some of the basic TCP/IP utilities
Target Audience
- Professionals involved in designing, selecting, sizing, specifying, installing, testing, operating and maintaining data communication systems.
- Any professional needing to get to grips with the ever expanding and complex field of data communications and Fieldbus systems:
- Automation Engineers
- Chemical Engineers
- Consulting Engineers
- Electrical Engineers
- Electricians
- Industrial IT specialists
- Installation and maintenance technicians
- Instrumentation and Control Engineers
- Maintenance Engineers
- Operations Engineers
- Process Engineers
- Process Operators
- Production Managers
- Project Managers
- System Integrators
- Other professionals who want a better understanding of the subject matter
Training Methods
The course maintains a balance between lecture and in-class exercises and between theory and application.
A variety of in-class exercise sessions are evenly dispersed throughout the course to emphasize the principles covered. Students are encouraged to put into practice the fault-finding techniques covered during the course.
Daily Agenda
Introduction to data communications
- Overview
- Modern Instrumentation and Control Systems
- “Smart” Instrumentation
Basic principles
- Overview
- Transmission Modes
- Digital systems
- Asynchronous frame
- ASCII Code
- Standards
Data communications standards
- RS-232 interface standard
- RS-423 interface standard
- RS-422 interface standard
- EIA-RS-485 interface standard
- Interface Converters
ISO OSI model
- Introduction
- Details of Individual layers
- Layer interfacing
- Simplified model
Local Area Networks
- LAN Standards
- Topologies
- Network elements
- Protocols
- CSMA / CD (Ethernet)
- Token Ring
- Token Bus
Communications media
- Cabling
- Definition of noise
- Electrical coupling
- Shielding
- Grounding
- Fibre optics
- Components
- Cable Parameters
- Connecting Fibres
- Splicing Trays/Organisers
- Troubleshooting and testing
Modems
- Overview
- Modulation techniques
- AM
- FM
- QAM
Error detection
- Feedback vs. forward error control
- Checksum
- Cyclic Redundancy
Modbus
- Fundamentals
- Frame format
- Function coding
- Exception reports
- Troubleshooting
HART
- Fundamentals
- FSK
- Cabling and configuration
- Commands
Actuator Sensor Interface (ASI)
- Overview
- Physical layer
- Modulation principles
- Components
- Configuration
CANBus /DeviceNet
- Overview
- Frame format
- Arbitration
- Fragmentation
- Error reporting
- DeviceNet media layer
- Network configuration
Profibus
- Overview
- DP physical layer
- PA physical layer
Foundation Fieldbus
- Physical layer
- Frame structure
- Function blocks
- Device descriptions
Accreditation
BTS attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration.
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