• Have a deep understanding of leading fieldbus systems such as Modbus, PROFIBUS,
  PROFINET, Ethernet/IP, ControlNet and DeviceNet.
• Integrate PLCs and HMIs from different manufactures in a control system.
• Configure and write programs for communication between PLCs from the same
  manufacturer and different manufacturers.
• Configure OPC Clients and Servers to interface with PLCs.
  

INTRODUCTION TO FIELD BUS SYSTEMS

Modbus, Profibus, ControlNet, DeviceNet, Interbus etc.

MODBUS

• Introduction to MODBUS TCP and RTU.
• Physical Layer
• Register Structure
• Function Codes
• Master, Slave, Client and Server device Concepts
• Configuration of a MODBUS TCP and RTU device. (VFD, Soft starters, PLCs)
• Reading and Writing Data from a generic Modbus Device
• Controlling an AC Drive with MODBUS RTU/TCP, DeviceNET and ControlNET
• Connecting an HMI/SCADA system to a PLC with Modbus.
• Communication between PLCs using MODBUS TCP and RTU

SIEMENS FIELDBUS SYSTEMS: PROFINET and PROFIBUS

• Introduction to PROFINET and PROFIBUS DP
• Understanding the Master/Slave and Client/Server Concept
• Controlling AC Drives with PROFIBUS
  DP
• Communication between PLCs and
  remote IOs using PROFIBUS
• Communication between Siemens
  PLCs (S7 300 to S7 300,S7-300 to S7
  1200) using S7 Communication (PUT
  and GET,BSEND and BRECV) using
  PROFINET
• C0mmunication between Siemens
  PLCs using PROFIBUS DP.
• Communication Between Siemens PLCs using Open User Communication
  (TSEND,T_RECV,TCON,TDISCON)
• Communication between PLCS using PROFINET- IO Controller and IO-device for remote
  communication
• Configuration of S7 300 Communication Processor
• Communication between Siemens and Third Party PLCs (Allen Bradley and Schneider)
• Connecting Siemens PLCs to OPC Server Applications

ALLEN BRADLEY FIELDBUS SYSTEMS: ETHERNET/IP, CONTROLNET,DEVICENET and MODBUS

• Introduction to Common Industrial Protocol(CIP): DeviceNet, ControlNet, Ethernet/IP
• Understanding the Master/Slave and Client/Server Concept
• Controlling AC Drives with Modbus RTU
• Communication between Allen Bradley PLCs (CompactLogix to Control Logix) using
  Produced and Consumed Tags
• Communication Between CompactLogix and Control Logix PLCs using MSG instructions
• Communication between Micrologix ,CompactLogix and ControlLogix PLCs
• Communication between Allen Bradley and Third Party PLCs (Siemens and Schneider)
• Connecting Allen Bradley PLCs to smartphones, Tablets and other Web-enabled devices for
  remote monitoring.
• Connecting Allen Bradley PLCs to OPC Server Applications

SYSTEM INTEGRATION

• Communication between PLCs from different manufacturers
• Connecting HMIs to third party
  PLCs
• Introduction to OPC Servers
• OPC Server Configuration to
  connect PLCs from different
  manufacturers
• Connecting OPC Clients(SCADA) to
  an OPC Server
• Configuring an OPC UA Server
• Connecting OPC UA Server to an OPC UA Client

Requirements

Basic Knowledge of PLC programming and Configuration