Fieldbus Foundation schedules training courses

The Fieldbus Foundation has announced that it will offer Foundation Fieldbus developer training during October 2009 at its headquarters in Austin, Texas.

The vendor-neutral 'Introduction to Foundation Fieldbus' and 'Advanced Principles of Foundation Fieldbus' courses will cover all key aspects of open, non-proprietary Foundation Fieldbus technology.

The one-day introductory course will be conducted on 20 October, while the three-day advanced principles course will be held on 21-23 October.

The introductory course is designed for developers, end users, marketing professionals, applications engineers, system integrators and others interested in obtaining a fundamental knowledge of Foundation technology.

Students become familiar with the basic concepts and new terminology related to the Foundation integrated architecture.

They gain an understanding of the strategies for the wiring and installation of a Fieldbus network.

Special emphasis is placed on design issues such as power requirements, device types and topologies.

This introductory course has been updated to include new information about grounding and shielding, as well as safety instrumented systems.

The advanced principles course is designed for manufacturers and developers of Fieldbus hardware and software.

It is suitable for development engineers, test engineers and all those who want to understand the detailed inner workings of a Foundation Fieldbus device.

The course covers major tools used by Foundation device developers.

Students gain an understanding of the basics of the bus monitor and apply this tool in interactive exercises demonstrating Fieldbus communications and the use of filters for network troubleshooting.

The curriculum also addresses H1 and high-speed Ethernet (HSE) communications between Fieldbus devices.

This advanced course includes updated information concerning alerting/alarming and the Electronic Device Description Language (EDDL), as well as new sections on developments in field diagnostics and capability files.

The technology implements role-based diagnostics, meaning that the right information is sent to the appropriate person - when they need it.

A system of push diagnostics, rather than pull diagnostics, allows the right user to receive alerts much quicker, instead of having to request information from the devices.

The device development section incorporates some previously included information but has been expanded to better describe the process.

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