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George fosters a learning environment designed to prepare students for real-world challenges. Our classes blend traditional instruction with hands-on, practical experience to ensure skills are both understood and applied.

PROFIBUS Troubleshooting and Maintenance

| 2-Day Class

This class is designed to provide hands-on training for anyone who installs or maintains PROFIBUS networks. Through a balanced mix of theory and practical exercises, students will learn and apply the skills required for reliable PROFIBUS installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting.

Key Skills & Learning Outcomes

Understand PROFIBUS concepts, network components, cabling, grounding, and shielding.
Find and isolate problems fast.
Maintain systems, strategically isolate faults, analyze root causes, and solve complex problems.
Use the latest troubleshooting tools including ProfiTrace 2, ScopeWare, ProfiCaptain 2 and TopologyScan.

Theory Topics

PROFIBUS DP and PA
RS-485 and MBP-IS properties
Cabling techniques
Grounding and shielding
DP/PA segment couplers, repeaters and OLMs
Fault finding strategies
Measurement tools

Hands-on Exercises

Protocol analysis with the ProfiTrace 2 Analyzer
Signal analysis with ScopeWare (oscilloscope)
Live Demonstration of ComBricks Network Monitoring

All exercises are based on real-world PROFIBUS scenarios commonly encountered in industrial environments.

Additional Course Offerings

These supplemental courses provide targeted training for technicians and maintenance staff looking to expand their skills in PROFIBUS installation and AS-Interface networking.

PROFIBUS Installer Class

| 1-Day Class

Basic Principles
RS-485
Topology
Grounding and Shielding
Hands-on: Installing connectors, cable testing, and setting addresses

AS-Interface (AS-i) Including Safety at Work (SAW)

| Half Day Class

What is AS-Interface
Bit-Level Bus
Network Topologies
AS-Interface Basics
AS-Interface Network Power
AS-Interface - SAW

ON-SITE Callout Services

RIAS provides on-site troubleshooting and network analysis services for PROFIBUS DP/PA and AS-Interface (AS-i) networks. Using advanced diagnostic tools such as ProfiTrace and AS-i Expert, we identify communication issues, analyze network performance, and support rapid fault resolution. Network certifications and detailed diagnostic reports are available for both PROFIBUS and AS-Interface systems.

ProfiTrace Detailed Network Report (DP/PA)

Live device list showing master and slave devices in active data exchange
Address list identifying all master and slave devices on the network
Bar graph analysis of A-B differential voltage and signal stability
Oscilloscope captures showing last, minimum, and maximum signal values

AS-i Expert for AS-Interface Networks

Real-time overview of signal quality for master and slave devices
Real-time analysis of telegram and communication details
Statistics for all communication errors
Overall evaluation of network health and operating condition

On-site services are designed to reduce downtime, improve network reliability and give maintenance teams clear, actionable insights into system performance.

Need Help with Your Network? Get in touch to schedule on-site troubleshooting or request a detailed network assessment.