Length : 32 Modules
CEU Credits :
Course Hours :
Description: Starting from the basics, this course gives you the tools to design and maintain industrial communications systems on your plant floor. You’ll learn the underlying principles behind today’s industrial communications systems, including Modbus, Data Highway Plus, Ethernet, and TCP/IP. Real-life examples and case histories provide insight into the facts behind control networks and how to apply and maintain them effectively in your plant.
Make sure to use HOUS2020 for $200 discount!
Certificate Program (if available)
You will be able to:
- Apply traditional and current serial standards, such as EIA-232, 422, 423, and 485, in industrial plant floor settings
- Explain the inner working of proprietary PLC networks
- Identify Local Area Network (LAN) topologies and protocols
- Compare media access techniques such as CSMA/CD, token passing, and master/slave
- Describe design methods for Industrial LANs using Ethernet
- Define the different Ethernet varieties and which are best for industry
- List options for Ethernet hardware to avoid instant obsolescence and being locked in the past
- Select and apply fiber optic technology
- Differentiate between different wireless and Industrial Ethernet alternatives
You will cover:
| · What is Data Communications?: ISO/OSI Reference Model | Terminology Basics |
| · Serial Communications: Modem Principles | The EIA-232E Standard | Beyond 232: EIA-422/423/485/530 Standards |
| · The Analog TelCo system including circuit types and Modems |
| · The Digital TelCo system T1/T3 circuits, ISDN, xDSL, Frame Relay, X.25 networks, ATM and SONET |
| · Data Link Layer Basics: Data Encoding | Error Detection/Correction Schemes |
| · Industrial Protocols: Modbus and Modbus/IP, DNP3.0 and DF-1 |
| · LAN Technologies: Overview of Ethernet Technology | Ethernet Cabling and Configuration Rules | Repeaters, Bridges, Routers, and Gateways |
| · TCP/IP basics | Is Ethernet Ready for the Plant Floor? | Industrial Ethernet Design Techniques |
| · Fiber optics: standards, cables, applications, limitations |
| · Wireless Industrial Communications: SP100, Wireless HART, Wireless Fieldbus, Wireless Profibus |
| · Inside the Proprietary PLC Networks: MB+ and DH+ LAN design |
| · Data Exchange using OPC for inter-system data exchanges |
| · Troubleshooting Industrial Networks and Fieldbuses: Five Rules for Troubleshooting | Troubleshooting with Statistics | Troubleshooting Tools |
| · Module 1: Basic Electrical Communications: Data Communications Defined |
| · Module 2: Basic Electrical Communications: Data Communications History |
| · Module 3: Basic Electrical Communications: OSI Model |
| · Module 4: Basic Electrical Communications: Defining Industrial Communications |
| · Module 5: Basic Serial Data Signaling: Electrical Signaling |
| · Module 6: Basic Serial Data Signaling: EIA/TIA 232 |
| · Module 7: Basic Serial Data Signaling: Clocking Asynchronous Data |
| · Module 8: Contemporary Data Communication Methods: Digital Representations of Data |
| · Module 9: Contemporary Data Communication Methods: Error Detection and Correction |
| · Module 10: Contemporary Data Communication Methods: Beyond EIA 232 |
| · Module 11: Wireline and Fiber-Optic Communications: Wireline Communications |
| · Module 12: Wireline and Fiber-Optic Communications: Fiber-Optic Communication |
| · Module 13: Industrial Protocols: ModBus RT |
| · Module 14: Industrial Protocols: DeviceNET |
| · Module 15: Industrial Protocols: DNP 3.0 |
| · Module 16: Local Area Networks |
| · Module 17: Media Access Control |
| · Module 18: Ethernet |
| · Module 19: Ethernet Variations |
| · Module 20: Wireless Principles |
| · Module 21: 802.15 |
| · Module 22: Wireless WAN Technologies |
| · Module 23: WAN Technologies |
| · Module 24: Wide-Area Network Technologies |
| · Module 25: Network Connections |
| · Module 26: Ethernet LAN Components |
| · Module 27: TCP/IP |
| · Module 28: IPV6 |
| · Module 29: IPV6 Implementation |
| · Module 30: Application Layer Protocols |
| · Module 31: Industrial Network Considerations Part 1 |
| · Module 32: Network Considerations Part 2 |