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Course explains Profibus systems maintenance

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Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Sep 20, 2005

A new one-day course provides an intermediate level of training covering faultfinding and maintenance techniques for application on "operational" Profibus systems.

The Profibus Competence Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) has introduced a new one-day course that provides an intermediate level of training covering faultfinding and maintenance techniques for application on "operational" Profibus systems.

Designed as an addon to the Certified Profibus Installer Course (CPIC), the Profibus Maintenance Technician Course (PMTC) covers the practical techniques of faultfinding on "operational" Profibus networks.

Students on the course will learn how to interpret standard and extended diagnostic messages that are part of the standardised Profibus protocol.

These diagnostics can help to quickly find a wide range of operational faults on working systems.

Techniques taught 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 soft digital storage oscilloscope in conjunction with these tools to diagnose and accurately locate cable, connection and device faults.

Although the maintenance course teaches how to find and locate faults in working Profibus systems, the technician must already have a good understanding of the types of faults that can occur and their causes.

The one-day Certified Profibus Installer Course - also offered at MMU - provides the basic grounding which is essential to understanding these more advanced techniques.

Hence, the new course is offered either stand-alone at GBP 375 to students that have already passed the Certified Profibus Installer Course, or as the second day of a combined Certified Profibus Installer and Maintenance course costing GBP 695 for the two days.

Dates are for the two courses are 12th and 13th October 2005, 5th and 6th December 2005 and 13th and 14th March 2006.

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