A one-day course designed as an add-on to the Certified PROFIBUS Installer Course covering the practical techniques of fault finding on “operational” PROFIBUS networks.
Why an additional day of training?
The one-day Certified PROFIBUS Installer Course gives an excellent introduction to PROFIBUS technology and how to properly layout and install networks. The verification and faultfinding methods taught are however generally limited to non-operational networks and static testing.
The 4/5-day Certified PROFIBUS Engineer Course covers the full in-depth theory and practice of PROFIBUS operation and faultfinding. Although it is desirable to have one or two fully qualified PROFIBUS Engineers, it is by no means essential that all maintenance personnel be so highly trained.
The PROFIBUS Commissioning and Maintenance Course provides an intermediate level of training covering faultfinding and maintenance techniques for application on operational PROFIBUS systems.
What does the course cover?
This is a practical course based around a working PROFIBUS network with operational devices. Each pair of students has a modern notebook computer with hardware and software for PROFIBUS device exercising and faultfinding.
Techniques taught on the course include the use of a modern PROFIBUS analyser and Class-II master (engineering tool) to diagnose network faults, device faults and I/O problems. Students also learn how to use a high-speed digital storage oscilloscope to diagnose and locate cable, connection and device faults.
Students learn how to quickly interpret standard and extended diagnostic messages that are part of the standard PROFIBUS protocol. These diagnostics can help to rapidly locate a wide range of operational faults on working systems.
Why must I do the Installer Course first?
The Maintenance Course teaches how to find and locate faults in working PROFIBUS systems, however you must have a good understanding of the types of faults that can occur and their causes. The Certified PROFIBUS Installer Course provides the basic grounding which is essential to understanding these more advanced techniques.
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