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November 11, 2025 - November 13, 2025
12:00 am - 11:55 pm
Venue: Instructor-led, Online
Description:
Our certification classes are in-depth courses which will show you where and how to find and use technology-related information. You will learn how the underlying technology works from the application to the frame level and pass both a practical and written exam to become certified. Upon successful completion, you will receive 16 PDHs (professional development hours) and a PROFINET Network Engineer Certificate from PROFIBUS & PROFINET International (PI).
Class Syllabus:
Ethernet Basics
- Introduction to Ethernet, TCP, UDP, IT protocols ***
Network Installation and Infrastructure
- IP Addressing *
- Cabling, connectors, topologies
- Switches and Routers
- Network load calculation and rules
- EMI and Netload simulation demo **
- Simple Network management Protocol (SNMP) **
- Commissioning checklist
PROFINET Device Integration
- Conformance Classes
- Implementation Methods
- PROFINET Device Certification
PROFINET GSD / GSDX *
- Device description files
- Vendor and Device ID
PROFINET Configuration and Application
- PROFINET Device names – rules and assignment *
- I/O Device update rates and data hold timer *
- PROFINET Controller configuration *
- PROFINET protocol – startup, cyclic & acyclic data exchange *
- Diagnostics *, troubleshooting, Records *, alarms *, error codes
Wireshark Capture and Analysis
- Ethernet capture guide (port mirror, TAPs, capture tools)
- PROFNET Startup Sequence *, Alarms *, Records *, troubleshooting *
Profinet Commander *
- IO Controller
- Name assignment
- Factory reset
- Identification and Maintenance
- Data record objects
Additional Topics
- Simple Device Replacement
- Fast Start Up, Shared Device, I-Device
- Time-critical applications (IRT/TSN)
- OPC UA **, IO-Link **
- Redundancy **
- Network Security
- Application profiles overview ***
- PROFIsafe, PROFIenergy, PROFIdrive
* denotes a section which also includes a hands-on lab
* denotes a section which is a demo or application note time-permitting
* denotes a prerequisite that can still be covered on the test
More Details:
This online course only provides a Network Engineer certification. For the full certification (Network Engineer, Installer, Process Automation), please attend a hands-on course in Johnson City, TN. Online training requires that you have at least 2 monitors setup so you can have both MS Teams and remote PC easily accessible. Prerequisite materials will be provided, which can be covered at your own pace prior to the class. Labs will be done via software and on a single PC only –there will be no real hardware used; the setup will be done via simulated device(s).