This free training is fully concentrated on ProfiTrace 2. The main goal is to master the ProfiTrace platform to be able to quickly identify; what is a good and what is a bad network?
In a full day the participants will learn how to use ProfiTrace in order to analyse, localise and solve PROFIBUS faults. With a hands-on approach the participants will put theory into practice.
Theory subjects:
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Structure of the ProfiTrace software
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Structure of the ProfiCore Ultra and PA Probe hardware
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Contents of the Troubleshooting Toolkits
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Software installation procedure and upgrades
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License structure
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Connecting the ProfiCore to a DP and PA network
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Live List (colours, ident numbers, names)
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The definition of statistics (retries, syncs, lost, etc.
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Measurement principle of the Bar graph and the Topology scan
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DP and PA oscilloscope (termination problems, short circuits, noise, AC/DC)
Practical exercises:
Basics
- Installing the software
- Installing a license
- Installing GSD files
- Live List
- Statistics
Message recording
- Recording messages
- Triggering, capturing and filtering
- Saving and exchanging files
Signal analysis
- Oscilloscope and Bar graph
- Generating reports
Others
- Generating the network topology (passive- and running installation)
- I/O and device testing with ProfiCaptain (passive- and running installation)