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March 4, 2025 - March 5, 2025
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Venue: Golden Pathways Retreat and B&B
Address:
3075 Wallace Point Rd, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, K9J 6Y3
Description:
Learn the skills to understand PROFIBUS DP and PA concepts, components, cabling, and be able to find, analyze and solve problems in PROFIBUS installations. Get hands-on experience with the latest PROFIBUS troubleshooting tools including, the all-in-one troubleshooting tool ProfiTrace 2 with Scopeware, and the permanent network monitor COMBRICKS.
This course meets all the requirements of the Certified PROFIBUS Installers course. The course ends with a written and practical test. Successful students will be certified by PI as a Certified PROFIBUS Installer.
Upon completion of this course, the student shall be able to:
- Have an understanding of PROFIBUS concepts, components, and cabling
- Find, analyze, and solve PROFIBUS installation problems
- Use troubleshooting and maintenance tools
Course outline:
- What is PROFIBUS DP
- The different physical layers (RS-485 and MBP)
- Cabling techniques
- Grounding and shielding
- DP/PA segment couplers, repeaters and OLMs
- Diagnostic message
- Fault finding strategies
- Measurement tools
Hands-on exercises:
- What a good network looks like
- Common errors on DP
- Common errors on PA
- Permanent monitoring
- Wiring
- Setting up a PROFIBUS master and slave
- Diagnostic message
- Common troubleshooting methods
