International experts provide Profibus training

Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Jun 5, 2006

The 2006 Profibus International User Conference will include a hands-on training event run by an international team of experts from Profibus training centres worldwide.

The 2006 Profibus International User Conference, taking place at Coombe Abbey in Warwickshire on 27th and 28th June, will include a hands-on training event run by an international team of experts from Profibus training centres worldwide.

This is just one element of this year's Profibus User Conference, which covers all aspects of Profibus, from system design, implementation, experience and maintenance and also features user application presentations, plus an exhibition of supplier's equipment.

Delegates can choose to mix listening to the presentations with attendance on the training courses, which run in parallel.

On 27th June the training sessions are entitled "Profibus installation - the practice and pitfalls", presented by Andy Verwer, followed by "Profibus system testing and verification" by Dennis van Booma.

Andy Verwer is Principal Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University's Department of Engineering and Technology, Faculty of Science and Engineering.

He is also responsible for the Profibus Competence Centre at MMU, and has now delivered his Certified Profibus courses to over 400 engineers and technicians from all parts of the world, at MMU and on-site in locations as far afield as Southern Africa and Singapore.

Dennis van Booma is the general manager at the Profibus Centre Netherlands, and has been responsible for the development of their Profibus training courses.

Van Booma has been involved in many Profibus projects and is also responsible for leading the emergency trouble shooting team sent out when end users need immediate assistance with their Profibus applications.

Verwer and Van Booma are most experienced and capable speakers, and will present two sets of training sessions, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.

A similar pattern will follow on 28th June, with the emphasis on Profinet.

Presentations will be given by Manfred Popp from Siemens, the author of the 1996 book "The rapid way to Profibus DP", and by Michael Hales, from the Profi Interface Center in the USA.

Popp will present "From configuration to 'hello world' in 30 minutes", explaining how Profinet is set up and operates in practice, from his extensive experience as head of ComDeC since 1991.

The abbreviation stands for Communication Development and Certification, and ComDeC is a Profibus and Profinet Competence Centre as well as a test laboratory.

Hales will describe the Profinet Commander, a new tool for checking out a Profinet network.

Again, these presentations will be given twice, once in the morning and once in the afternoon, enabling delegates to create their own training programme by also attending some of the parallel "user" presentation lectures, or to have further discussions with the suppliers in the associated exhibition.

The Profibus International User Conference is on 27th and 28th June 2006 at Coombe Abbey in Warwickshire.

Registration forms, hotel information, full timetables for both presentation and training streams and further background information are all available on the Profibus UK website.