Introduction 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.
Become a master of the most popular PROFIBUS Tool.
Theory subjects
Structure of the ProfiTrace software
Structure of the ProfiCore Ultra and PA Probe hardware
Contents of the Troubleshooting Toolkits
Software installation procedure and upgrades
License structure
Connecting the ProfiCore to a DP and PA network
Live List (colours, ident numbers, names)
The definition of statistics (retries, syncs, lost, etc.)
Measurement principle of the Bar graph and the Topology scan
DP and PA oscilloscope (termination problems, short circuits, noise, AC/DC)
Network manager
Practical exercises
Basics
Installing the software
Instaling 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)
Target audience
This workshop is intended for everybody who is working with ProfiTrace or who has to make a decission for purchase. For example: