Course Description

The paradigm shift of manufacturing into data-driven automation puts strong emphasis of data connectivity between systems and devices driving towards a whole new dimension of networked automation.

PROFINET as one of the leading Industrial Ethernet standard which are widely used in the industry and OPC-UA, the internationally established communication standard for Industry 4.0 enables data exchange across all automation levels.

This course provides a good overview with hands-on practical exercises on the state-of-the-art learning equipment Modular Production System.

Course Duration: 16 hours

Course Outcomes

Participants are able to:

• Understand the technology of PROFINET & OPC-UA for data communication in industrial automation
• Know the basics of industrial ethernet networking
• Use PROFINET protocol to control and monitor field devices
• Establish a machine-to-machine communication
• Carry out real time data access via OPC-UA

Course Contents

• The basics of industrial networking concept
• Overview and fundamentals of Industrial Network
• Fundamentals and components of a PROFINET network
• How to control field IO device via PROFINET
• Machine to Machine (M2M) Communication via PROFINET
• Fundamentals of OPC-UA
• Data access via OPC-UA