NEWBURYPORT, MA - Softing North America has announced its partnership with Automation Training, a provider of customized training courses for PLC, HMI, Networking, Drive and Motion control, to enhance existing PROFIBUS classes with content around advanced network diagnostics and troubleshooting.
PROFIBUS is the world's leading fieldbus with cost-saving solutions in factory automation and process automation plus safety, drives, and motion control coverage. Openness and standardization guarantee the supply of PROFIBUS products from many different vendors as well as the availability of know-how and support from many different experts close to you. With more than 13,000,000 nodes installed there are significantly more PROFIBUS nodes installed than of any other fieldbus. [Source: PTO]
As more and more businesses rely on PROFIBUS it is essential to have trained staff to minimize downtime. Automation Training provides a comprehensive course covering the basics of the PROFIBUS protocol, hardware, cabling, setup, programming (for either Siemens or Allen Bradley) and troubleshooting. For advanced diagnostics and troubleshooting, the course uses the PB-T3 PROFIBUS Cable Tester and the BC-400-PB Protocol Analyzer from Softing.
Softing has been in the fieldbus business for more than 25 years. During this time, we actively shaped open technology standards and established ourselves as the world leader for fieldbus diagnostic tools, said Wolfgang Langer, Softing North Americas Director of Marketing. We are proud of the fact that Automation Training relies on our expertise to define a PROFIBUS troubleshooting class and is using our comprehensive set of advanced diagnostic tools to provide a successful hands-on experience for their students.
About Automation Training
Automation Training is an independent company that provides customized training courses for a variety of automation product brands like Allen-Bradley, Siemens, and Omron to name a few, and technologies including PLCs, HMIs, Drives, Motion Control, Industrial Networks and OPC. Their instructors have an average of 20-years experience in teaching automation products and they have extensive real-world experience in the design and service of automation systems. For more information, visit www.automationtraining.us.
About Softing
In industrial automation, Softing is a specialist for fieldbus technology and has established itself as a world-leading partner for networking automation systems and co ntrol solutions. Softing provides customers the key technology to connect devices, controls and systems with the leading communication technologies. In fieldbus technology, Softing is a world-class expert for FOUNDATION fieldbus, PROFIBUS, and CAN/CANopen/DeviceNet. The companys wide range of expertise includes solutions for OPC, FDT, and Real-Time-Ethernet protocols such as, PROFINET IO, EtherNet/IP, or Modbus/TCP. Many of the products and services developed by Softing since the company was founded in 1979 have become reference standards throughout the world. In addition, Softing has established itself as a provider of sophisticated diagnostic tools for fieldbus systems.
For more information: www.softing.us or Tel: (978) 499-9650, Fax: (978) 499-9654, Email: ken.hoover@softing.com.
