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Catching the process fieldbus : an introduction to PROFIBUS for process automation / James Powell, Henry Vandelinde.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Powell, James.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Profibus (Computer bus).
- Process control.
- Intelligent control systems.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (176 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, N.Y.] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Momentum Press, c2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Industrial communications are a multidimensional, occasionally confusing, mixture of fieldbuses, software packages, and media. The intent of this book is to make it all accessible.
- Contents:
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction: a BUS
- BUS route
- Introducing fieldbus
- Benefits of using a fieldbus, a PROFIBUS
- PROFIBUS: genesis
- PROFIBUS decentralized peripherals (DP)
- PROFIBUS process automation (PA)
- HART on PROFIBUS
- PROFIsafe
- PROFIdrive
- PROFINET
- Next BUS stops
- 2. How the BUS runs
- Simple concepts
- PROFIBUS bus scan (the bus route!)
- Diagnostics
- PROFIBUS profiles
- Next BUS stop: physical layers and network components
- 3. Physical layers and network components
- Physical layers
- Intrinsically safe/hazardous environments
- Choosing a physical layer
- Network components
- Redundancy
- Choosing network components
- Next BUS stop: intelligent design
- 4. Intelligent design: PROFIBUS DP/PA basics
- PROFIBUS DP basic design
- PROFIBUS PA basic design rules
- PROFIBUS PA design example
- Design tools
- Calculating data update rates
- PROFIBUS PA design suggestions
- Next BUS stop: installation
- 5. Installation
- Connection hardware
- Network layout drawings
- Cable separation
- Installation method
- Installation best practice
- Next BUS stop: commissioning
- 6. Commissioning
- Network configuration
- Field device configuration/parameterization
- Setting up a field device
- Using configuration software - best practice
- Upload and download speed
- Verify the field devices and network are working correctly
- Next BUS stop: using the network
- 7. Plant asset management, maintenance, and operations
- Plant asset management
- Human assets
- Virtual assets
- Physical assets
- New field instrument diagnostics
- Impact and benefits to the end user
- Impact on commissioning
- Impact on maintenance
- Impact on operations
- Next BUS stop: troubleshooting
- 8. Network health verification and troubleshooting
- Network problems
- Tools
- Troubleshooting procedure
- Destination BUS stop
- Appendix A. Acronyms
- Appendix B. Definitions
- Appendix C. Additional resources
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on September 25, 2012).
- ISBN:
- 1-283-89605-2
- 1-60650-398-7
- OCLC:
- 818814827
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