Posted to News on 2nd Jun 2008, 23:07
First Profinet training course successfully completed
In May 2008, the first certified Profinet engineer training course in the UK took place in Manchester. This session was organised by The Profibus Group and PROCENTEC, the Profinet Competence Centre based in the Netherlands. It took place at the Profibus International Competence Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Nine participants passed the exam and obtained the Certified Engineer status.
In three days, the students were trained in the disciplines required for Profinet (engineering, component selection, Ethernet basics, installation, testing and troubleshooting). One of the most interesting practical assignments was to hook up all the available devices in the training centre to one large installation. The participants had to form a team and design/program the network. They required all the skills obtained during the training. A lot of common administrational issues came up, such as double IP addresses and device names. In the end, the participants successfully managed to create a large installation with two controllers and devices from different manufacturers. Also, some Profibus segments were appended through proxies.
Due to demand, another Profinet training course will be organised in the UK during the course of 2008. For more details, contact The Profibus Group via email [email protected] or call +44 (0)20 71938018.
