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  News archive of the year 2005  

 Training at KCI KONECRANES in Finland

profibus trainingA service team of KCI KONECRANES was trained on-site by PROCENTEC in the disciplines of fault finding for the bus systems in their harbour cranes.

The control of the cranes has been completely automated with PROFIBUS DP and is based on electrical drive technology. In 3 days they had a very practical instruction how to use the analyzer and oscilloscope to detect and eliminate disturbances. The training was closed with a field trip to try out their skills on a real installation.
 First Certified PA Engineers

PA moduleThese 3 gentlemen are the first Certified PA Engineers in the Netherlands.

They successfully passed the exam of the module which is fully concentrated on PROFIBUS PA and is only accessible for people who have passed the regular Certified Engineer class.
 Electronics & Automation

On 9 to 11 March 2005, PROCENTEC participated on the exhibition 'Electronics & Automation' in Utrecht (NL) to promote the PROFIBUS technology and the ProfiTrace Analyzer.

There was a demonstrator on the booth in which DP and PA equipment was working together. The ProfiTrace Analyzer supervised the complete installation and logged the retries, fall-outs and diagnostic messages. A lot of visitors had questions about PROFIBUS product development. The main issue was; where to begin and what ASICs are available? These people are advised to subscribe to the PROFIBUS Product Development training course.
 ProfiCaptain - DP master platform

proficaptainAfter the great success of our PROFIBUS Analyzer, we are proud to release 'ProfiCaptain', the PC based DP master and controller platform for PROFIBUS networks.

ProfiCaptain has been specially designed for applications like: I/O tests, installation commissioning, parameterization, education and demonstrations. It fills the gaps that other products leave open and makes working with PROFIBUS a lot easier, faster and more fun.
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 Training for car manufacturer

nedcarWe have conducted a couple of training sessions for NedCar (Born, Netherlands) to upgrade the skills of 20+ technicians in PROFIBUS validation.

NedCar purchases production machines that have been engineered by other companies. The maintenance of these machines is completely in the hands of NedCar. To avoid the 'black box' effect, training was required immediately. The knowledge of the technicians increased so much that they could give feedback to their own machine builders.
 More qualified PROFIBUS technicians

certifiedEvery student passed the International Certified PROFIBUS Engineer session which was organized in the Netherlands on 22 to 25 February 2005.

People from Japan, Denmark, Finland, Portugal and the Netherlands participated. Mr. Motoyoshi from Japan managed to get a 100 % score on the theory exam. Congratulations!
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 List with Certified Engineers

certified listPeople from all nations who have passed the exam of the ‘Certified PROFIBUS Engineer’ and 'Certified PROFIBUS Installer’ course at PROCENTEC are now listed on this website.

This list is an excellent way for end-users to verify if their contractors have the availability of qualified PROFIBUS personnel.
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 Water Day

water dagOn the 2nd of June 2005 the 'Water Day' was organized by the Regional PROFIBUS Association of the Netherlands. This event was based on PROFIBUS applications in the Water handling industry.

Dennis van Booma gave several presentations about installation design, engineering and commissioning. At the end he demonstrated the steps to commission an installation with the available tools.
 UK Conference

uk conferenceAt the UK conference on 21 June 2005, Dennis van Booma of PROCENTEC presented the topic fault finding in PROFIBUS installations.

During his presentation he gave an overview about the available tools and what the fault finding strategy is. He concluded his presentation with a demonstration of ProfiTrace on a running network. The listeners could experience how easy it is to find faults if you have the proper tools at hand.

 National PROFIBUS Day

On 10 November 2005, PROCENTEC participated at the National PROFIBUS Day.

Dennis van Booma gave a presentation about engineering + design rules and did a hands-on session about diagnostic information. On our little booth there was a constant interest in the popular ProfiTrace Analyzer for troubleshooting & maintenance activities.

 Certified Engineers in Singapore

YOKOGAWA ASIA TrainingEngineers from Yokogawa Engineering Asia were trained by PROCENTEC and passed the Certified PROFIBUS Engineer exam with the PA extension.

In one week they were trained in the DP and PA disciplines, like: engineering, troubleshooting and validation. The engineers will be responsible for the PROFIBUS projects in their area. Yokogawa is one of the leading suppliers of process automation solutions and field instruments for the world market.
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 ProfiScript works on ProfiCore hardware

profiscriptThe certification tool ProfiScript now works on the ProfiCore hardware (USB to PROFIBUS interface)! With this new hardware a very low cost test and verification environment has been created to support your PROFIBUS product development.

profiscriptProfiScipt is a professional tool that automatically tests and verifies the complete protocol functionality of PROFIBUS DP, DP-V1 and PA devices. It has enormous flexibility and is very easy to use. This tool will save you time and money during your development and certification phase! The results you get will certainly reflect in the testlabs. A FREE trial version of ProfiScript is available with limited capability.
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 Free Commissioning Checklist

checklistWe have a FREE commissioning checklist available for validating the protocol quality of PROFIBUS DP installations with the ProfiTrace Analyzer.

This checklist is of vital importance, because it guarantees the same working steps for people who are responsible for commissioning and/or troubleshooting. It can also be used as a fill-in report which can be signed by the responsible person.
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 PROFIsafe network validation

profisafeDuring the PROFIsafe workshop, which was organized by the Germany PROFIBUS Organization on 24 February 2005 in Karlsruhe, Dennis van Booma gave a presentation about network validation for safety installations.

By means of a hands-on demonstration on a running PROFIsafe installation, he pointed out what tools are necessary for PROFIBUS network validation and what steps to take. The ProfiTrace Analyzer was used to determine the protocol quality and an oscilloscope to determine the signal quality. A commissioning checklist was handed out to support the demonstration steps.
 Certified Installer courses for Philips

Certified PROFIBUS InstallerPROCENTEC has been contracted by Philips DAP to conduct a series of on-site Certified Installer courses to train a relatively large group of technicians (48 persons).

Philips DAP produces domestic equipment like; shavers and all their assembling machines are based on PROFIBUS DP. The technicians are responsible for keeping these machines up and running and to upgrade or change them. Knowledge and experience in PROFIBUS cabling, testing and validation where the main keywords for selecting the proper training.
 Tap connector

tap connectorWe have a special cable available to connect ProfiTrace to a DP network.

The cable has all the necessary leads available and has been designed not to cause network disturbances due to stub lines. A perfect vertical position for ProfiTrace is obtained that does not overpressure the connector on the devices. The cable is of the flexible type so you can move it to all directions.
 ProfiTrace News

profitraceThe Endress+Hauser group has selected the ProfiTrace Analyzer as the standard tool for PROFIBUS commissioning, validation and troubleshooting activities. All service technicians worldwide have the possibility to be equipped with this powerful tool.

The primary reason for this decision is the availability of reliable network statistics, the easy user interface and the physical connection to DP as well as PA. The tool will also be used during PROFIBUS training at the Endress+Hauser PROFIBUS Competence Center.
 Installation audit at Edison Italy

power plantWe have audited a power plant in Italy for the energy company Edison. In a couple of days 8 PROFIBUS networks had to be inspected by means of measurements and visual check.

The networks consists out of fibre optic, repeaters, DP/PA links and of course drives, remote I/O and instrumentation. An interesting solution was the redundant cable infrastructure. The ProfiTrace Analyser and the PA Probe were used for the field measurements.
 Certified Engineers in Norway

Certified Engineer Training in NorwayThe first Norwegian Certified PROFIBUS Engineer training session ended successfully.

All Norwegian participants passed the exam and are now ready to operate in the Scandinavian region. For 3 snowy days the participants were trained by the experts of PROCENTEC in all aspects of PROFIBUS technology and the available troubleshooting + engineering tools. All certified engineers are now listed on our website.
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