Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Foundation Fieldbus Training Minimize
         

The IDX Academy offers Foundation Fieldbus Training at the IDX offices in Fourways, South Africa. This means that if you are in South Africa (or in a nearby country), that you will no longer have to travel overseas in order to get trained. 

The FOUNDATION Fieldbus Courses are described in more detail below:
 

   

 


FOUNDATION™ FIELDBUS Support Specialist (FF-SS) Minimize

This course is an online plus one-day on campus hybrid course and is targeted at professionals who are involved with sales, cost estimation, end user management, quality control, reliability analysis and also targets on-site personnel who wish to increase their knowledge about FOUNDATION Fieldbus. The outcome of the course will enable the delegates to communicate effectively when it comes to FOUNDATION Fieldbus topics without being required to understand the detailed inner workings of the technology. The course will cover the following topics:

  • What is FOUNDATION Fieldbus 
  • FOUNDATION Fieldbus versus traditional instrumentation systems 
  • Design of FOUNDATION Fieldbus systems 
  • Selection of proper devices and installation 
  • The FOUNDATION Fieldbus protocol 
  • FOUNDATION Fieldbus segments and networks 
  • Digital communications

Course Duration: online plus 1 day on campus
Course prerequisites: None


FOUNDATION™ FIELDBUS Technical Specialist (FF-TP) Minimize

This course is an online plus three-day on campus hybrid course designed for maintenance technicians, network technicians, maintenance and contract supervisors, vendor/contract service support specialists, control automation instructors and in-house trainers, this four-day course will enable delegates to install, maintain, repair and troubleshoot FOUNDATION Fieldbus networks and systems. The course will cover the following topics:

  • What is FOUNDATION Fieldbus
  • FOUNDATION Fieldbus versus traditional instrumentation systems
  • Selection of proper devices and installation
  • The FOUNDATION Fieldbus protocol
  • FOUNDATION Fieldbus components and proper wiring techniques
  • Fieldbus segments and networks
  • Digital communications
  • Maintenance, testing and troubleshooting
  • Hands-on Lab

Course Duration: online plus 3 days on campus
Course prerequisites: None


FOUNDATION™ FIELDBUS Practising Professional (FF-PP) Minimize

Learn the inner workings of FOUNDATION fieldbus though this in-depth online plus five-day on campus hybrid course. It is a hands-on course that will cover all areas of FOUNDATION Fieldbus instrumentation, design, installation, configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting. This course is targeted at technicians, operators, and others who wish to practise as FOUNDATION Fieldbus professionals. The course will cover the following topics:

  • Introduction to FOUNDATION Fieldbus
  • Device planning and naming (tagging)
  • Differentiation between fieldbus protocols
  • The ability to recognize fieldbus systems, and to discern the roadblocks to implementing them and the advantages of having them
  • Installation of FOUNDATION Fieldbus segments
  • Proper wiring and cabling techniques
  • Device and network configurations
  • Maintenance, testing and troubleshooting
  • Hands-on lab

Course Duration: online plus 4 days on campus
Course prerequisites: None


Course Information Minimize

Course times: 8:00am - 17:00am
Max number of attendees: 6
Min number of  attendees: 2
Course Location: IDX Offices in Fourways
Course Cost:
Contact IDX
Prequisites: Formally, none
   
Contact:

Michael Garnham

  + 27 11 548 9960
  academy@idx.co.za

 


Copyright 2012 by IDXOnline cc