Industrial Network Basics: Practical Guides for the Industrial Technician!;

Industrial Network BasicsThis practical guide focuses on many of the types of network technology and protocols commonly used in modern automation, CNC machinery and process control systems.If you work as a technician, €œIndustrial Network Basics€ is valuable resource for understanding the industrial networks seen in today€s manufacturing and industrial settings.Special emphasis is given to unique characteristics of popular fieldbus protocols and the integration of complementary high speed applications such as FF-HSE, EtherNet/IP and PROFINET. The foremost industrial Ethernet and fieldbus applications are covered, along with details on €œsmart€ I/O blocks, programmable automation controllers, SCADA systems and a wide array of other €œintelligent€ field devices used in modern DCS environments.Included in the many topics covered:€Physical wiring media such as UTP, STP, Coax and Fiber-optic cable/ connectors€Typical network topologies€Understanding Bandwidth, Broadband & Baseband€Decimal, Binary and Hexadecimal conversion€Understanding the OSI layers€TCP/IP and other protocols used in both traditional networks and €œindustrial networks€€Fieldbus Technologies such as FF-H1, Profibus, DeviceNet and RS-485 networks€High speed €œbackbone€ applications such as ProfiNet, FF-HSE, EtherNet/IP and Sercos III€Allen Bradley networks, connectivity, drivers and cable interfaces