Configuring and Testing Smart Field Devices
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Configuring and Testing Smart Field Devices Course
Introduction:
This comprehensive 5-day course provides an extensive overview of smart field devices, encompassing transmitters and valve positioners. The course places emphasis on the advantages of these devices, including improved reliability in gathering information, reduced maintenance time, user-friendly interfaces, and multitasking capabilities.
Participants will explore the application of these devices in conventional systems, as well as the enhancements and improvements achieved when integrating them with digital control networks.
Course Objectives:
Participant will be able to:
- Differentiate between analog and digital instruments
- Understand how digital signal sampling works in digital instruments
- Identify the strengths and weaknesses of digital instruments
- Explain the basics of serial digital communications
- Understand the effects of using digital instruments in closed loop control
- Configure and calibrate smart/digital field devices
- Configure intelligent control valves
- Recognize the capabilities of HART™ communication
- Understanding digital multivariable transmitter
Who Should Attend?
This Intensive five-day instructional program covering the educational needs of Instrumentation and Control Engineers & Technicians, Communication Engineers, Operation Engineers, Process and Utility Supervisors, Technical Management, and Technical Supervisory personnel involved in Configuring and Testing Smart Field Devices. No specific prerequisite training or experience required for registration.
Course Outlines:
Analog vs. Digital Instruments:
- Analog Limitations,
- Calibration of Analog vs. Digital Instruments, and
- Flexibility of Digital Instruments
Digital Signal Sampling:
- Sampled Signal Characteristics,
- Output of A/D Converter
- Slow Sampling
Strength and Weaknesses of Digital Instruments:
- Effect on Performance,
- Multiple Measurement,
- Programming for Field Level Control,
- Future Development
Intelligent Control Valves:
- Digital Positioners,
- Diagnostic Tools,
- Adding PID Controllers to Control Valves
Serial Digital Communications:
- Parallel to Serial Converter,
- Modem
HART™ Communication:
- Features,
- Master/Slave Communications,
- Point-to-Point,
- Capabilities of HART™
Proprietary Bus Systems:
- Overview of Bus Systems,
- Need for Open Bus System
SP50 Fieldbus:
- What It Is,
- How Instruments Operate
Intelligent Multivariable Transmitters:
- How they work,
- How they can transmit multiple variables