PROFIBUS Training – Certified PROFIBUS DP/PA Network Engineering and Installer course

This is an intense and detailed PROFIBUS training on how to design, install, commission, and troubleshoot both a PROFIBUS DP and a PROFIBUS PA network. Besides discussing installation issues, it also gets right down to the protocol/packet level and includes detail information on the bus parameters.

Upon completion of this PROFIBUS training, the student shall be able to:

• Know how to design a PROFIBUS network
• Know how to install and setup a PROFIBUS network
• How to decode a PROFIBUS packet and understand how the protocol works
• Understand the basic bus parameters
• Know how to troubleshoot common and un-common problems.

Course Outline:

Introduction to PROFIBUS

• Overview of PROFIBUS Components
• Basic definitions
• Different physical layers

PROFIBUS Design

• Basics of DP/PA design
• Lab: Design lab

PROFIBUS Advanced design

• What else to consider
• Proxy, gateways, and repeaters
• Lab: Design exercise

Installation best practice

• How to approach the installation
• Grounding and wiring
• Installation best practice
• Lab: Wiring

Setting up a PROFIBUS Master

• Setting up master
• Difference between masters
• Lab: setting up a master

Setting up a PA device

• Profile standard
• Overview of configuration software
• Lab: setting up an instrument

PROFIBUS Theory

• OSI 7-layer model
• Startup cycle
• Command structure
• Bus parameters

Applying the theory

• How to use the theory

PROFIBUS Device Diagnostics

• Diagnostics via cyclic/acyclic
• Recommended procedures
• Lab: Device diagnostics

Troubleshooting common problems

• Common problems
• Lab: Using a bus monitor
• Lab: Using permanent monitoring
• Lab: Troubleshooting

Class Day Information:

• Students will receive course notes and writing materials
• PROFIBUS Certification upon successful completion of the examination.
• Students will receive a digital copy of ‘Catching the process Fieldbus – An introduction to PROFIBUS and PROFINET‘ co-written by the instructor James Powell
• Class size is limited to a maximum of 8 students (2 students per training rack).

Course Duration

This course is five days long. Each day includes 7.5 hours of instruction which includes two 15-minute breaks and one 30-minute lunch break.

Class Dates:

• September 18-22, 2023. Location: Online (reserve a spot for September 18-22)
• On-site classes are available upon request

Course Cost:

• $4,042 per person, plus applicable taxes.

Need to book other dates, ask us. PROFIBUS Training available on demand online or in person. 

Require new skills? Reserve your spot at our PROFIBUS lunch and learn.

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